Workers' Compensation News
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MWCIA: Average Pure Premium Rates to Drop 2% in 2014
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10/10/2013
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurers Association announced that the updated average pure premium rates will reflect a 2% decrease in 2014.The association announced that the 2014 average pure premium rate will be 2% lower than the 2013 rates, marking the ninth decrease during ...Read More
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MEMIC to Pay $16 Million in Dividends
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10/09/2013
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State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The MEMIC Group announced Tuesday that policyholders of Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Co. will receive dividend checks totaling more than $16 million this November, a record amount for the company.MEMIC said its board of directors approved the dividends at a meeting in late Septe...Read More
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Meat-Processing Plant's Maintenance Mechanic Was Not an Employee
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10/07/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A worker who had an arrangement to come in to perform maintenance work at a meat-processing plant on an as-needed basis was an independent contractor, not an employee, an Arkansas appellate court ruled.Case: Webb v. Hot Springs Packing Co., No. CV-13-254, 09/25/2013,...Read More
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Manhattan Restaurateur Charged with Filing False Comp Application
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10/04/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Investigators for New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman have arrested the owner of a new Manhattan restaurant on charges that he shortchanged 54 workers out of more than $100,000 in wages and filed a false application for workers' compensation insurance.Schneiderman said in ...Read More
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MarketScout Beefs Up Comp Division with New Hires
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10/01/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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MarketScout, a Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange and specialty managing general agency, has appointed Brian Barrilleaux senior vice president of its workers’ compensation specialty division.Barrilleaux will lead the division's growth across all platforms with a focus o...Read More
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Marina Fined $59,200 for Safety Violations
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09/30/2013
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State: RI | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a marina in Georgetown, S.C., for 32 safety and health violations involving respiratory protection and work in confined spaces.OSHA said in a news release inspectors issued the citations following an inspection of Hazzard M...Read More
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Munich Re Execs Join Ace Commercial Risk's Program Unit
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09/30/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Ace Commercial Risk Services, the small business division of the Ace Group, has appointed Tom McGrath as senior vice president, head of programs. McGrath, who joins Ace from Munich Re America, will be based in Philadelphia, where he will oversee all underwriting, marketing and operations...Read More
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More Flexible Captives another Option to Control Comp Costs
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09/27/2013
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State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterThe well-known "Oklahoma option," which will allow employers to opt out of the state workers' compensation system next year by purchasing alternative benefit plans, wasn't the only rewrit...Read More
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Maximus Mum on Delays after Spike in IMR Requests
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09/26/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe company that secured a two-year no-bid contract to provide independent medical review in California is reportedly adding staff and fax lines while also trying to find ways to be more...Read More
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MLAC Impairment Rating Subcommittee Meeting Oct. 4
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09/26/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Impairment Rating Subcommittee of the Oregon Management-Labor Advisory Committee will hear testimony and review past documents regarding how permanent disability ratings are calculated during an Oct. 4 meeting in Salem.The subcommittee met from 2008 through 2011 to review the state&r...Read More
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