Workers' Compensation News
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Amended Bill Would Abrogate Decision Allowing Apportionment to Genetics | 03/09/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 768 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 35 min read | |||
| The chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee is pushing legislation to overturn a California Court of Appeals decision that condoned apportioning part of a worker’s permanent disability to a genetic predisposition. ...Read More | |||
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Advocacy-Based Claims Tactics Include Get-Well Cards, Avoiding Rude Adjusters | 03/07/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 690 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 54 min read | |||
| Sending a “get well” card to an employee who has recently been injured is one step that can be used as part of an advocacy-based claims approach, a strategy that some say helps reduce litigation. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Acquires Hecht & Hecht's Property and Casualty Operations | 03/06/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 130 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has acquired the property and casualty operations of Hecht & Hecht, a Portland-based brokerage. The deal follows All...Read More | |||
| AmTrust Drops to No. 16 in 2017 Market Share Ranking | 03/05/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 291 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 55 min read | |||
| The Travelers Group and The Hartford hung onto their No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively, in an annual workers’ comp market share ranking, while AmTrust plummeted from No. 3 in the previous year’s ranking to No. 16. The market share rankings, based on direct premiums written, ...Read More | |||
| Appalachian Underwriters Appoints Commercial Underwriter | 03/05/2018 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 157 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| Appalachian Underwriters has appointed Siran Wixom as a commercial specialty underwriter in its Oak Ridge, Tennessee, office. ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust's Troubles Linger as Board Approves Privatization Proposal | 03/02/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1155 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read | |||
| The board of directors of AmTrust Financial Services has approved a $2.7 billion deal to privatize the company through an acquisition of all common stock by members of AmTrust’s founding family and Stone Point Capital. ...Read More | |||
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Airport Worker Struck by Lightning Hires Workers' Comp Attorney | 03/01/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 245 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| A 21-year-old airport worker is still recovering from being struck by lightning on the tarmac during a storm warning last summer, and his family has hired a workers' compensation attorney in an attempt to ensure he receives benefits promptly, ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Danielle Nelson Joins Goldberg Segalla in Rochester | 03/01/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 127 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| Goldberg Segalla has added associate Danielle Nelson to the firm’s workers’ compensation practice group in Rochester. Nelson coun...Read More | |||
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Amendment Boosts Optimism Over Work Comp Reform Measure | 02/23/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 530 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 98 min read | |||
| A wide-ranging workers’ comp reform bill in the Kentucky legislature has cleared the House and is being taken up by the Senate, following a floor amendment by its sponsor to appease firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Judge: Clean Up Statute on Accidental Disability Retirement | 02/16/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 276 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| Labor advocates say they intend to push for legislation to fix the state law on disability retirements for state workers who suffer workplace injuries, after an appellate court judge said the statute's definition of "accident" is difficult to apply to first responders. ...Read More | |||
