Workers' Compensation News
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Applicants' Attorney Pleads Guilty to Union Boss Kickbacks | 02/21/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Northern California applicants’ attorney has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he paid illegal kickbacks to a union boss in exchange for client referrals. ...Read More | |||
| Allan McVey Named Insurance Commissioner | 02/21/2017 | ||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Allan McVey will be West Virginia's new insurance commissioner, the governor's office announced last week. McVey, the current vice president and agency manager of BB&T-Carson Insurance Services, will start on April 1. He has 48 years of experience in the insurance industry....Read More | |||
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Accused Chiropractor Leading Constitutional Challenge to Fraud Reforms | 02/17/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As California regulators are vowing to move swiftly to kick out of the workers’ compensation system providers convicted of fraud, a chiropractor who pleaded guilty to fraud charges, and other plaintiffs, have filed a lawsuit asking a state appellate court to declare the ...Read More | |||
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Apportionment Discrimination Bill Back With a Twist | 02/16/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher is making a third run at legislation that would end what she says is gender-based discrimination in apportionment determinations. ...Read More | |||
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AIG Reports $3B Loss in Q4, $5.6B Reserve Charge | 02/16/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| It’s been said that unpredictable claim costs for long-tailed lines of insurance such as workers’ compensation have long been the bane of insurers. In the case of American International Group Inc., billions of dollars of adverse loss development have led to a particularly hellish four...Read More | |||
| Arch Capital's Net Income Up 18% in Q4 | 02/15/2017 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Arch Capital Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based provider of insurance and reinsurance, reported fourth quarter net income available to common shareholders of $62.4 million, an 18% increase from $53.1 million in the prior year quarter. For the full year, net income was $665 million, up 29% from $...Read More | |||
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Agency Created to Combat Fraud Had Just Six Convictions in Past Two Years | 02/14/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| More than a decade after Illinois criminalized workers’ compensation fraud and noncompliance, the agency created to lead the charge has managed only 42 convictions, or fewer than five a year. ...Read More | |||
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AIP to Analyze Opponents Playbook at Luncheon | 02/13/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Association of Insurance Professionals will crack open the applicants’ attorney playbook during a luncheon Feb. 21 in San Diego. ...Read More | |||
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Another Amicus Brief Filed on Behalf of Claimants' Attorney in Suit Against NCCI | 02/10/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance operated in a “shroud of secrecy” and should be required to obey Florida’s Sunshine Law, according to an amicus brief...Read More | |||
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App for Measuring Workplace Noise Piques Comp Interest | 02/09/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new sound level meter app unveiled by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health may help workers determine if they’re being exposed to unsafe levels of noise. ...Read More | |||
