Workers' Compensation News
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Keenan Now Ranks No. 17 in U.S.
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07/26/2005
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State: NA | Segment: Business | 0
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Keenan & Associates said Monday that is now the 17th largest brokerage firm in the United States, according to a survey by Business Insurance Magazine.
Keenan said the 34th annual published survey is the leading source of information relied on by insurance buyers to help them evaluate and c...Read More
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Ky. Nets Record Penalties from Uninsured Employers
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07/22/2005
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State: KY | Segment: Fraud | 0
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Kentucky employers who failed to provide required workers' compensation insurance for employees were hit with more than 1,100 citations in fiscal year 2005, resulting in the collection of a record $737,775 in penalties, Gov. Ernie Fletcher announced Thursday.
The list of the worst workers' ...Read More
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Koch Carbon Earns OSHA Honor in Texas
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07/20/2005
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State: TX | Segment: Safety | 0
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Koch Carbon LLC was welcomed Tuesday into the prestigious "Star" Voluntary Protection Program during a ceremony in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The announcement was made by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
"Koch Carbon has demonstrate...Read More
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Kansas Maximum Weekly Benefit Rises 4%
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07/11/2005
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State: KS | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The weekly maximum for Kansas workers with disabling job-related injuries rose 4% to $467 on July 1. The $18 bump was the largest dollar increase in indemnity benefits in five years, according to the Kansas Department of Labor.
The new weekly maximum benefit represents 75% of the revised s...Read More
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Ky. League of Cities Expects No Audit Problems
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06/27/2005
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State: KY | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Kentucky League of Cities doesn't expect any regulatory action from an underway by the state Office of Insurance, Risk Pool Manager Bill Hamilton said Friday.
The League operates one of seven self-insured groups that were placed under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insurance after d...Read More
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Ky. Orders School Board Group to Beef Up Reserves
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06/24/2005
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State: KY | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Kentucky Office of Insurance this week ordered the state association that provides workers' compensation insurance for 100 local school boards to post a $6.5 million letter of credit to ensure adequate reserves.
The Kentucky School Boards Association Insurance Trust Self Insurance Fund ...Read More
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Kentucky Puts Out Rewritten WC Regs
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06/22/2005
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State: KY | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Kentucky Office of Injured Workers has filed proposed changes to six regulations, which appeared last week on the department's Web site and will be published July 1 in the monthly Administrative Register of Kentucky.
The rule changes are expected to take effect in mid-October. The Kent...Read More
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Ky. Convicts One Applicant, Charges Another
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06/22/2005
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State: KY | Segment: Fraud | 0
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The Kentucky Office of Insurance announced the convictions of two residents for workers' compensation fraud:
Michael Casper -- Between August 2000 and June 2001, Casper lied under oath when he denied any previous job injuries or workers' compensation claims during sworn depositions, thereby...Read More
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Key Committees to Hear Comp Measures
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06/15/2005
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State: CA | Segment: Politics | 0
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With the California Legislature more than halfway through this year's session, several workers' compensation bills are scheduled for key committee hearings before the end of the month, including a controversial bill that would increase state regulation over Medical Provider Networks.
The As...Read More
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Kodak Employees Participate in Obesity Study
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06/06/2005
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State: NY | Segment: Medicine | 0
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The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has a $3 million grant to study ways to help prevent obesity by influencing people's dietary and activity habits at work.
Researchers call the study the first of its kind in Rochester and in upstate New York, and any strategies or tools dev...Read More
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