Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Can't Hold Borrowing Employer Civilly Liable | 11/09/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that an injured worker could not pursue a civil claim against his borrowing employer. Cas...Read More | |||
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Insurance Division Approves 3.4% Loss Cost Reduction | 11/07/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Colorado Division of Insurance approved a 3.4% loss cost reduction for policies incepting in 2024. Loss costs are the average cost of lost...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Fired From Job Still Gets TTD Benefits, Industrial Loss of Use Award | 11/06/2023 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker who was fired from his job, plus an industrial loss of use award. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Moves to New Tulsa Office | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Oklahoma Insurance Department completed the move to a new office in Tulsa. The new office in the Meridian Tower on East Skelly Drive opened Tuesda...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Announces 12.6% Rate Cut | 10/24/2023 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance on Monday announced that it accepted the National Council on Compensation Insurance's rate filing for an average 12.6% reduction in workers’ compensation rates. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Firefighter's Civil Suit Passes Constitutional Muster | 10/19/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that when a plaintiff has a remedy for an injury under the Workers’ Compensation Act, the application of the Oregon Tort Claims Act to preclude lawsuits against third-party state employees does not violate the state Constitution. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Approves 6.4% Loss Cost Reduction | 10/17/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Kentucky Department of Insurance on Monday announced that it approved an 18th consecutive overall decrease in loss costs. The department approv...Read More | |||
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Investigation Finds Candy Plant Wasn't Evacuated Before Explosion | 10/16/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor said a Pennsylvania candy maker failed to evacuate employees after some reported smelling gas before a March 2023 explosion that killed seven workers at the company's West Reading facility. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Launching Diversity Index | 10/13/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that it will release the results of its inaugural Insurance Diversity Index today. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Announces 7.24% Rate Cut | 10/12/2023 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro on Wednesday announced that voluntary market loss costs will decrease by an average of 7.24%, effective Dec. 1. ...Read More | |||
