Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Deception Results in Permanent Forfeiture of Benefits | 07/30/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who lied about his condition and his mobility limitations for more than two years has permanently forfeited his entitlement to benefits. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Announces Plans for New Portal | 07/30/2019 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission announced plans to launch a new portal that will allow all parties to submit claims, complete reports and forms, and pay fees and fines electronically. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Accused of Double Dipping | 07/30/2019 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man who allegedly ran a business repairing and renovating foreclosed homes while receiving workers’ compensation benefits faces three counts of fraud and one count of theft by deception, according to the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meeting Aug. 1 | 07/29/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Actuarial Committee for California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will meet Aug. 1 to review alternative loss projection methodologies and loss adjustment expense experience ahead of the Jan. 1, 2020, rate filing. ...Read More | |||
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W.R. Berkley Profit Up, Comp Premium Down in Q2 | 07/26/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| W.R. Berkley Corp. has reported second-quarter net income of $217 million, a 20% increase from $180 million in the second quarter of last ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB Schedules Forum on State of System Report | 07/23/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will hold a webinar at the end of the month to discuss its 2019 State of the System report. Top findings from the report that the WCIRB highlighted in a ...Read More | |||
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WCD Proposes Rules to Implement Legislation | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Friday posted draft rules intended to implement legislation passed over the last two years. ...Read More | |||
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WaPo: 76 Billion Pain Pills Distributed Over 7-Year Period | 07/19/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Drugmakers flooded the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pills during the seven-year period from 2006 through 2012, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Son Can't Be Substituted as Movant | 07/18/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that worker’s son was not entitled to an award for a loss of use. Case: State ex rel. Cottrell v...Read More | |||
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Webinar to Explore Ramifications of Medical Marijuana | 07/18/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Coventry is hosting a free webinar in August that will explore the impact medical marijuana laws and rules are having on workers’ compensation systems throughout the state. ...Read More | |||
