Workers' Compensation News
|
Approval of Diagnostic Testing Doesn't Make Condition Compensable | 01/28/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a decision by a claims administrator to deny reopening of an injured worker’s claim, explaining that authorization for diagnostic testing does not render a condition compensable. ...Read More | |||
|
After Layoffs, Pond Lehocky Names Five as Partners | 01/21/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Eight months after Pond Lehocky Giordano, one of Pennsylvania's largest claimants' firms, laid off a quarter of its workforce, the firm has named five lawyers as partners. ...Read More | |||
|
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Atlas General Insurance Services | 01/20/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on Tuesday announced the acquisition of San Diego-based Atlas General Holdings LLC, which operates as Atlas General Insurance Services. ...Read More | |||
|
Agency Hosts Webinar on Record Keeping, Reporting of Injuries | 01/20/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Labor Cabinet is offering a free webinar on proper record keeping and reporting of injures, illnesses and deaths at the workplace. ...Read More | |||
|
As Grocer Plans to Replace Drivers, Observers Question Sufficiency of Prop. 22 Benefits | 01/13/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When some California workers’ compensation stakeholders learned that grocery giant Albertsons planned to lay off non-union delivery drivers and replace them with part-time independent contractors, they said they were frustrated but not surprised. ...Read More | |||
|
AmTrust and Bold Penguin Expand Small Business Insurance Partnership | 01/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insurance technology provider Bold Penguin announced that AmTrust joined the list of carriers on its platform offering an embedded, fully digital quoting experience in workers' compensation coverage for small businesses. ...Read More | |||
|
Alliant Acquires Vertus, Expands Global Benefits Capabilities | 01/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California-based Alliant Insurance Services announced the acquisition of employee benefits company Vertus, based in Chicago. ...Read More | |||
|
Audit Shows Insurers Fully Investigating COVID-19 Claims Before Denials, WCD Says | 01/11/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The administrator for the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division said a recent audit of COVID-19 claims shows insurers are complying with a new rule requiring them to conduc...Read More | |||
|
All but Workers' Comp PBMs Must Register With Insurance Department | 01/11/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Thanks to a New Hampshire law that was passed in 2019, pharmacy benefits managers must register with the state Department of Insurance. ...Read More | |||
|
AF Group Appoints Paul Kearney as Chief Claims Officer | 01/06/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AF Group appointed Paul Kearney as its chief claims officer, a position that will see him leading the company’s claims team to support policyholders and injured workers throughout the country. ...Read More | |||
