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Workers' Compensation News

 
AWCO to Host Spring Conference May 4-5 02/24/2017
State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
The Alabama Workers' Compensation Organization will hold its spring conference May 4-5 at the Hyatt Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Alabama. The conference is free for members and $100 for non-members. Those who want to sign up for an annual AWCO membership fo...Read More
 
 

Alliance: Comp Costs Not Out of Line, Benefits Inadequate 02/23/2017
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance issued a report Wednesday to make the case that amounts paid in benefits have increased only modestly since 2012 and are not out of line with other states. ...Read More
 
 

Amputated Fingers Didn't Entitle Worker to Award for Loss of Hand Use 02/22/2017
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker who suffered the amputation of three fingers was not entitled to an award for the loss of use of his hand. ...Read More
 
 

Applicants' Attorney Pleads Guilty to Union Boss Kickbacks 02/21/2017
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
 
 

Accused Chiropractor Leading Constitutional Challenge to Fraud Reforms 02/17/2017
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
 
 

Apportionment Discrimination Bill Back With a Twist 02/16/2017
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
 
 

AIG Reports $3B Loss in Q4, $5.6B Reserve Charge 02/16/2017
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
 
 

Agency Created to Combat Fraud Had Just Six Convictions in Past Two Years 02/14/2017
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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