Workers' Compensation News
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Amended Bill Would Make COVID-19 Presumption Permanent for Hospital Workers | 03/08/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California hospital workers would continue to be covered by a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable after a presumption that lawmakers created last year sunsets in 2023, under recent amendments to a bill in the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
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ACP Celebrates Bills It Says Remove Licensing Barriers | 03/05/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Association of Claims Professionals applauded the introduction of legislation in the New York State Assembly that it said would modernize insurance laws by repealing what it called outdated and redundant surety bond and character reference requirements for licensing. ...Read More | |||
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AG Announces Formation of Worker Protection Unit | 03/05/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced the creation of a Worker Protection Unit that will focus on misclassification, payroll fraud, wage theft and other avenues of worker exploitation. ...Read More | |||
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Average Incurred Cost on TBI Claims Double, NCCI Reports | 03/01/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The average total incurred cost for a claim with a traumatic brain injury was more than double the average of all lost-time claims between 2013 and 2018, according to a new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Ag Company Owner, Daughter to Serve Six Years for $2.5M Fraud Scheme | 02/25/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a Merced agricultural company, and his daughter, will both serve six years in custody after they pleaded no contest to six felony counts of insurance fraud each in what the California Department of Insurance called a $2.5 million scheme. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Parts Maker Fined $15,604 for COVID Violations After Worker's Death | 02/25/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An auto parts manufacturer in Missouri was fined $15,604 for allegedly failing to implement or enforce recommended COVID-19 protections after a worker died from the virus. ...Read More | |||
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All 935 Meat Worker COVID Claims Denied, Newspaper Reports | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Despite widespread media attention and complaints from workers, all 935 COVID-19 workers' compensation claims at Minnesota's largest meatpacking plants have been denied, according to the Star Tribune newspaper. ...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Announces Acquisition of Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance | 02/17/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Risk services firm Applied Underwriters announced Tuesday that North American Casualty Co. has acquired Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance Co., according to a news release. ...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Finalizes Centauri Insurance Acquisition | 02/09/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Risk services firm Applied Underwriters announced Monday it has officially acquired Florida-based Centauri Speciality Insurance Co. and Centauri National Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
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A.I.M. Mutual Expands Coverage | 02/08/2021 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A.I.M. Mutual announced that it expanded its workers’ compensation coverage territory to include Rhode Island. The monoline workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
