Workers' Compensation News
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Activists Offer Reward for Info on Murder of Black-Lung Attorneys | 10/26/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two political activists have offered a reward for information about the murder of a long-time black-lung claimants' attorney and his wife after police have made little headway in the case. ...Read More | |||
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Author of 'Patel Memo' Still Surprised at Growth of Set-Aside Industry He Spawned | 10/23/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When a little-known federal official signed a memo almost 20 years ago outlining the need for Medicare to protect its interests in workers' compensation settlements, he had no idea that the action would spawn a multimillion-dollar industry. ...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Sues CDI, Lara Over Conservatorship Efforts | 10/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A day after the California Department of Insurance’s Conservation and Liquidation Office presented to the San Mateo County Superior Court its plans for California Insurance Co., a company formerly affiliated with the embattled carrier filed a lawsuit with the federal court in Sacramento acc...Read More | |||
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Another Court Finds Dancers Are Employees, Not Independent Contractors | 10/16/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Superior Court upheld an arbitrator's decision finding six exotic dancers were misclassified as independent contractors and denied wages and workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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At Hearing, Officials Hint at Ratemaking Methodology Changes Ahead | 10/14/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida insurers have learned to live with the higher costs from a court ruling that struck down statutory limits on attorney fees, and they are now in a “post-Castellanos” era, a senior actuary told state regulators Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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AG Announces $2.4M in Restitution in Restaurant Tax, Fraud Scheme | 10/12/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s office announced that a defendant who pleaded guilty to multiple felonies relating to an eight-year tax fraud and insurance scheme paid $2.4 million in restitution before his arraignment last week. ...Read More | |||
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Ag, Labor Reps Want to Remove COVID-19 Cost Projections From Rate Filing | 10/07/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara considers the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s pure premium rate filing, California labor and agriculture advoca...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council Meets Friday | 10/06/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana’s Labor-Management Advisory Council will meet Friday to review security deposit requirements for private carriers that the state Department of Labor & Industry said are unnecessary, as well as marijuana legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council to Review Medical Report at Oct. 27 Meeting | 10/05/2020 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the South Dakota Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council will review reports on medical trends and the use of opioids in the state when they meet Oct. 27. ...Read More | |||
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Artificial Intelligence Raises Concerns About Insurance Layoffs, Transparency | 10/02/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Artificial intelligence will have a huge effect on how insurers and regulators find and investigate fraud in the next few years, but the technology raises new ethical and legal questions about how it will be used. ...Read More | |||
