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02/20/2026
Workers' Comp & Safety
News from Sedgwick
Understanding and addressing workers' compensation fraud
In 2024, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) reported more than $72 million in annual savings resulting from the efforts of its Special Investigations Department (SID) to identify and prevent fraud.
As part of our continued commitment to providing the most effective tools to help you manage your workers’ compensation costs, it is important to highlight fraud as a cost driver that is not always as visible as other containment strategies.
The latest issue of Sedgwick Comp Notes has more information about workers' compensation fraud, unemployment compensation hearings, workplace injury trends and training opportunities in the areas of workers' comp, unemployment and safety.
Save significantly on your worker's compensation premium
Did you know that many alternative discounts are available to help reduce your annual Ohio workers’ compensation costs? Through the Sedgwick workers’ compensation program, your business can significantly reduce your workers’ compensation costs through a variety of alternative rating programs. Sedgwick offers you quality service and stability through the complex workers’ compensation environment.
For over 50 years, Sedgwick has been helping employers navigate Ohio’s workers’ compensation system, providing services to help them control claim-related costs and reduce premiums. Sedgwick serves nearly 65,000 Ohio employers including organizations of all sizes operating in various industries across the state. Group rating programs administered by Sedgwick have produced over $4 billion in savings since group rating was introduced in 1991, and their group retrospective programs have returned over $1 billion in premium refunds since the program began in 2009.
If your organization is not yet participating in this member benefit, and you would like to receive a free, no-obligation analysis from Sedgwick, email Julia Bowling at julia.bowling@sedgwick.com or to apply online click here.
Contact OWMA's Sedgwick representative
Julia Bowling, Business Development Manager
Phone: 513-218-4062
Email: julia.bowling@sedgwick.com
Website: www.sedgwick.com/ohiotpa
Sedgwick Safety Resource Page
www.sedgwick.com/ohiotpa/resources