Insurers, Employers Far Apart on Tooey Bill

Although insurers and employers are often on the same side of the workers' compensation battlefield, representatives from the two groups offered diverging opinions about how best to handle asbestos claims in Pennsylvania during a House of Representatives committee hearing. Business representatives testifying Monday at the House Labor and Industry Committee urged passage of House Bill 1234, by Rep. Jim Cox, R-Sinking Spring, which would make most long-tail occupational disease claims once again covered by workers' compensation insurance. But an insurance group reiterated concerns that ...