Workers' Compensation News
Ametros Launches WC Podcast | 08/25/2021 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Ametros, a provider of post-settlement medical administration, launched a podcast that will feature interviews with injured workers, their loved ones and insurance professionals. ...Read More | |||
App-Based Companies Say They'll Appeal Ruling That Prop. 22 Is Unconstitutional | 08/24/2021 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
Representatives from app-based driving companies who do business in California said they are appealing a ruling from a superior court judge who said a relatively new law that allows them to classify drivers as independent contractors is unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
Applied Underwriters to Acquire Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange | 08/24/2021 | ||
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Applied Underwriters said it anticipates acquiring Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange by the fourth quarter of the year after it completes the conversion from a reciprocal to a stock insurance company. ...Read More | |||
Apportionment Still Widely Misunderstood Despite Updated Regs, Lengthy Case History, Experts Say | 08/23/2021 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
Despite decades of relevant case law and several rounds of regulatory rehashing, California workers’ compensation stakeholders on both sides of the courtroom still often misunderstand or misapply the concept of apportionment, comp legal experts said. ...Read More | |||
Appropriations Committees Vote on Comp Bills Thursday | 08/23/2021 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Appropriations committees in the California Assembly and Senate on Thursday will vote on bills sent to their suspense files that address presumptions, salary continuation benefits for some firefighters, and mandatory updates to the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule. ...Read More | |||
Assembly Committee Sends to Suspense File Bill That Would Expand PTSD Presumption | 08/20/2021 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday moved to its suspense file a bill that would expand the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable injury for certain first responders, giving lawmakers more time to assess the fiscal implications before the sessio...Read More | |||
Applications for Workplace Safety Grants Due by Dec. 31 | 08/20/2021 | ||
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents is accepting applications for fiscal year 2022 workplace safety grants through Dec. 31. Each fisc...Read More | |||
A.I.M. Mutual Adds to Business Development, Underwriting Team | 08/20/2021 | ||
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
Edward Keenan and Marilynn Rokes joined the A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos.’ business development and underwriting team, the Massachusetts-based workers’ compensation carrier announced. ...Read More | |||
Alternate Employer Organization Rules Up for Review | 08/04/2021 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation published a notice that rules intended to implement legislation to create alternate employer organizations are up for “common sense” review. ...Read More | |||
Akeso Medical Holdings Buys South Coast Medical Clinic | 07/28/2021 | ||
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Occupational medical clinic group developer Akeso Medical Holdings announced it has acquired South Coast Medical Clinic in San Diego. ...Read More | |||