Workers' Compensation News
|
KEMI Board Trims CEO's Salary After Audit Findings | 04/23/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Just days after a state auditor's report questioned some spending practices at Kentucky's largest workers' compensation carrier, the mutual company's board has recommended that the CEO take a pay cut and lose his long-term contract. ...Read More | |||
|
KEMI Already Making Changes After Audit Findings, but Questions Remain | 04/18/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The largest workers' compensation carrier in Kentucky has already made some reforms after a state auditor's report chastised it for a lack of cost controls and some inappropriate spending, its president said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
|
Kevin Gaffney Named Deputy Insurance Commissioner | 03/21/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Kevin Gaffney Vermont Gov. Phil Scott appoi...Read More | |||
|
KEMI to Refund $5 Million to Schools From Insolvent Self-Insurance Fund | 03/20/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After five years of paying assessments to bail out the insolvent Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust, school districts across the state will soon see thousands of dollars in refunds. ...Read More | |||
|
Ketamine-Derived Drug Approved for Depression Treatment | 03/08/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new FDA-approved drug that is a form of club drug ketamine is being hailed as a much-needed treatment for depression, but some in workers’ comp are expressing concerns about its safety. ...Read More | |||
|
Kriya Capital Acquires Receivable Solutions Specialist Inc. | 01/11/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Kriya Capital has acquired Receivable Solutions Specialist Inc., a company based in Natchez, Mississippi, that works on the resolution of occupational medicine bills. ...Read More | |||
|
Katharine Wade Resigns as Insurance Commissioner | 12/18/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade is resigning, effective Wednesday, her office confirmed, as Governor-elect Ned Lamont prepares to take office on Jan. 9. ...Read More | |||
|
Kentucky Adopts Formulary Rules; Compounds Must Be Pre-Approved | 12/17/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After eight months of deliberations and input from stakeholders, Kentucky's workers' compensation commissioner plans to approve drug formulary regulations by the end of this week that would require all compound medications to be pre-authorized, even if all ingredients are on the approved ...Read More | |||
|
Kittleman Loses Re-Election as County Exec, Gets Appointment to WC Commission | 11/30/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed two new members to the state's Workers' Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
|
Keith Higdon Named President of Chubb's Esis Division | 10/26/2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Chubb has named Keith Higdon division president of Esis Inc., the company's risk management services division. ...Read More | |||
