Workers' Compensation News
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COVID Variants, Climate Change Will Impact Comp System in Near Future, Experts Say | 07/23/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Evolving COVID-19 variants and the effects of climate change will have huge impacts on California and its workers’ compensation system over the next decade and possibly beyond, a panel of experts said Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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No Disability Retirement Benefits for Corrections Officer With Back Injury | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a corrections officer with an old weightlifting injury was not entitled to disability retirement benefits after he became incapacitated from duty. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 5.44% Rate Cut | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable on Thursday announced a 5.44% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates. ...Read More | |||
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Court Split on Constitutionality of Mental Injury Law | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a police officer for post-traumatic stress disorder, with the dissenting judge arguing that the statutory standard of compensability for mental injuries is unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Injured Workers Saw No Treatment Delay in Early 2020 | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The pandemic had no noticeable impact on medical treatment for injured workers who filed non-COVID-19 claims, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Motion to Quash Can't Be Used as Means for Dismissal of Comp Claim | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker’s appeal of an adverse judgment was viable even though the decision did not conform to the Code of Civil Procedure and that the claim should not have been dismissed by way of a motion to quash. ...Read More | |||
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Matthew Keeping Joins Foresight as New Head of Distribution | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Foresight Risk & Insurance Services announced that Matthew Keeping will join the company as head of distribution, leading the business development team and overseeing all market-facing functions. ...Read More | |||
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DWC to Adopt Final Utilization and Reimbursement Dispute Rules | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the final adopted versions of its utilization and reimbursement dispute rules will take effect Aug. 2. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: State Survived COVID-19 'Shock' and — Hopefully — Will Return to Comp 'Golden Age' | 07/22/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s workers’ comp infrastructure fared better than anticipated in 2020, but it's still unclear how long the COVID-19 pandemic will linger as stakeholders try to return the system to its healthy and stable pre-virus days, executives from the Workers’ Compen...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Frequency, Losses Spiked in 2020 for Private Self-Insureds | 07/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that frequency among private self-insureds rose in 2020, driven by a big increase in the incidence of indemnity claims that more than offset a decline in medical-only claim frequency. ...Read More | |||
