Workers' Compensation News
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Appalachian Underwriters Adds Alon Cohn to Sanford Office | 02/16/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 163 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has hired workers’ compensation underwriter Alon Cohn to work in the company’s office in Sanford, Florida. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Ruling to Change How Workers Qualify for Vocational Assistance | 02/15/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 375 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals has invalidated a rule that failed to take injured workers’ supplemental earnings into account when determining their eligibility for vocational assistance. ...Read More | |||
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AmComp Conference to Spotlight Industry's Challenges, Opportunities | 02/06/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 212 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read | |||
| Cybersecurity, the future workforce and insure tech opportunities are among the topics that will be discussed during the American Society of Workers’ Compensation Professionals, or AmComp, annual conference next month. ...Read More | |||
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Apportionment of Liability Upheld in Case for Worker Who Nixed Surgery | 02/05/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 237 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals panel ruled that a worker’s decision to forego corrective surgery because of his pre-existing heart condition did not justify a greater shift in liability from his employer to the Second Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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After Years of Runoff, ICA Placed Into Liquidation | 02/02/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 405 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| Insurance Company of the Americas, or ICA, has been ordered into liquidation by a Florida court, a step that brings the workers’ comp carrier's years-long saga closer to an end. ...Read More | |||
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American Financial Group's P&C Earnings up 29% in 4Q | 02/02/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 173 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 86 min read | |||
| American Financial Group Inc., the parent company of property and casualty carrier Great American Insurance Group, has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $166 million. ...Read More | |||
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AG Sues Car Wash for Alleged Wage Theft and Comp Fraud | 02/02/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 246 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is suing a Brooklyn car wash for alleged wage theft and underpaying workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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AIG Drops Spinal Kickback Lawsuit, Questions Probability of Financial Recovery | 02/01/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1150 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read | |||
| American Insurance Group and its affiliates dropped a civil lawsuit against two-dozen companies and providers it sued last year for unspecified damages resulting from the kickback scheme at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach. ...Read More | |||
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Assessments for Second Injury Fund Eliminated for 2018 | 02/01/2018 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: Top | 375 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| Employers could get another round of rate reductions after notification by the Department of Insurance that insurers no longer will be forced to pay assessments into the Second Injury Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Parts Maker Fined After Worker's Finger Amputation | 02/01/2018 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 191 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A Georgia auto parts manufacturer is facing proposed federal penalties of $129,336 after a worker suffered a finger amputation. HP Pelzer Systems A...Read More | |||
