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Regulation	10014
Title	Bureau Resolution of Disputes [Repealed]

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MD - Officer's PTSD Claim Helped Drive $20 Million Settlement in Fatal Shooting Case

10/01/2020 | 59 | 0 | 1 min read

A Maryland police officer's workers' compensation claim for mental stress played a significant role in a $20 million settlement with the family of a man killed by the officer, according to a news report. The Washington Post reported that the settlement, in Prince George's County, outside of Washington, D.C., is one of the larg... Read More

NATL. - Gallagher Bassett Systems Still Down After Ransomware Attack

10/01/2020 | 200 | 0 | 1 min read

The website for Gallagher Bassett, a nationwide claims service company, was still out of commission Wednesday after a cyberattack on its computer systems. “We are currently experiencing a system outage and are working diligently to restore all functionality,” reads a notice on the otherwise blank website. The firm's parent company... Read More

TN - There's a Bot for That: System Lets Claimants Fill Out Forms by Speaking Into Phone

10/01/2020 | 70 | 0

A Siri-like voice recognition system for workers' comp claims is proving useful in Tennessee, where many claimants are finding it difficult to hire attorneys. The Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services have teamed up to create an application that lets injured workers fill out f... Read More

NATL. - Most Meat Plant Workers' COVID Claims Denied, Report Finds

09/30/2020 | 143 | 0 | 57 min read

Workers at meatpacking plants that have been the sites of outbreaks of COVID-19 continue to have their workers' compensation claims denied, according to a news service. Reuters reported Tuesday that at a JBS USA facility in Minnesota, the site of a major outbreak this year, employees filed 930 workers' compensation claims. None were accept... Read More

ID - Rates to Decrease 1.7%

09/30/2020 | 81 | 0 | 17 min read

The Idaho Department of Insurance approved a National Council on Compensation Insurance recommendation to cut workers’ compensation rates by an average of 1.7% for policies incepting in 2021. The cut follows a 6.2% decrease approved for 2020 and a 4.2% rate decrease for 2019 policies. Information about what is driving the rate cut, NCCI&rsq... Read More

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