Workers' Compensation News
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Aging Workforce Creates Issues for Comp, Speaker Says | 07/14/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Older employees are making up a larger segment of the workforce, a trend that is likely to influence workers’ comp claim costs and outcomes, a One Call Care Management vice president said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court: WCB Did Not Consider Accuracy of Medical Arbiters' Opinions | 07/13/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon's appeals court ordered the Workers' Compensation Board to reconsider whether a university employee should receive Class 1 or Class 2 permanent partial disability benefits for a cognitive impairment because the board had not adequately considered the accuracy of two medical arbiter...Read More | |||
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Alliant Acquires Boynton & Boynton Insurance Professionals | 07/13/2017 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Boynton & Boynton Insurance Professionals, a private agency in Fair Haven, New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council Meeting July 20 | 07/12/2017 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Disease Disablement will meet July 20 in Albuquerque. The Workers...Read More | |||
| Average Monthly Wage Increases 2.3% | 07/11/2017 | ||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The average monthly wage in Arizona increased 2.3%, resulting in a commensurate increase in maximum indemnity benefits for injuries sustained on or after Jan. 1, 2018. Injured workers in Arizona receive indemnity benefits at a rate of 66.67% of their average monthly wages prior to the inj...Read More | |||
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AmTrust Enters Into Reinsurance Agreement With Premia Holdings | 07/10/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has entered into a reinsurance agreement with Premia Reinsurance Ltd. to cover adverse reserve development in excess of AmTrust's net loss reserves. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Reviewing Whether Labor Regulations are Holding Back Businesses | 07/10/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Department of Labor & Industrial Relations is asking stakeholders to weigh in on whether the 2,346 restrictions in Title 8 of the Missouri Code are burdensome to the business community. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Argues Marketer Has No Case for Unpaid Referral Fees | 07/07/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California lawyer who represents professional athletes in workers’ compensation claims said in court filings that a complaint filed by a marketer demanding a percentage of attorney fees is baseless because any agreement to split fees with a non-attorney would be illegal and unenf...Read More | |||
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AIG Names Peter Zaffino Global Chief Operating Officer | 07/07/2017 | |
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| American International Group Inc. has appointed Peter Zaffino as executive vice president and global chief operating officer, effective Aug. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Aerospace Company Agrees to Pay $500,000 in Penalties for 2015 Explosion | 06/30/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Zodiac Cabin & Structures Support agreed to pay a half million dollars and to be classified as a “severe violator” in a settlement over penalties the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries levied following an investigation of a 2015 explosion. ...Read More | |||
