Workers' Compensation News
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Aircraft Manufacturer Exposed Workers to Carcinogen, OSHA Alleges | 05/10/2019 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Kansas aircraft manufacturer is facing proposed federal penalties of $193,218 for allegedly exposing workers to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Bill Covering Off-Duty Firefighters | 05/08/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly passed a bill to make workers’ compensation benefits available to firefighters injured while proceeding to or engaging in fire suppression or rescue operations, along with those hurt protecting life or property, without regard for whether the firefighters were o...Read More | |||
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AIG Reports General Insurance Underwriting Profit in Q1 | 05/08/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| American International Group Inc. has reported first quarter net income of $654 million, compared to $938 million in the first quarter of...Read More | |||
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Amazon, OSHA Reach Agreement Over Distribution Center Citations | 05/07/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has reached an informal settlement with Amazon for unsafe workplace conditions at the company’s temporary distribution center in Nampa. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Bill Potentially Allowing Penalties When UR Overturned | 05/06/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly passed a bill that would open up the possibility for injured workers to seek penalties for unreasonable delays when a utilization review determination is overturned by independent medical review. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Acquires North County Insurance | 05/03/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has acquired North County Insurance, a 79-year-old brokerage based in Escondido. ...Read More | |||
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AmGuard Fined $152,000 by Insurance Commissioner | 05/01/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AmGuard Insurance Co. has been fined $152,000 by the Connecticut Insurance Department after the agency found that agents for the company were operating without licenses. ...Read More | |||
| Annual Report Recaps CHSWC Recommendations, Research | 04/30/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation has released its annual report for 2018. The report recaps the labor-management advisory body’s recommendati...Read More | |||
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Analysts Search for Signs of Hardening Rates | 04/29/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Following four consecutive years of workers’ comp insurance rates decreases, analysts are watching closely for any signs that the trend might be reversing. ...Read More | |||
| Acuity to Implement Cloud-Based System for OWCP | 04/29/2019 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a contract to Acuity Systems LLC to develop a cloud-based case management, analytics and business process management system for the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. The OWCP Workers’ Compensation System will be a unified p...Read More | |||
