Workers' Compensation News
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Ammunition Maker Fined $188K After Explosion Kills 2 | 03/22/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an ammunition manufacturer after an explosion killed two workers at the company’s facility in Perry, Florida. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Hires Adam Glenn as VP | 03/14/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has hired Adam Glenn as vice president to work out of the company’s office in Dallas. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Board Rules 'de Facto' Control Sufficient to Stay Lien | 03/11/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Friday issued a significant panel decision finding the automatic stay on liens can apply to a company that is effectively controlled by a provider even if that person is not designated as an officer and does not own at least 10% of t...Read More | |||
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Auditor to Investigate QME, State Comp Programs | 03/07/2019 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers on Wednesday asked the state auditor to investigate the dwindling number of qualified medical evaluators participating in the workers’ compensation system, and develop recommendations to ensure a sufficient number of doctors are available to evaluate disabilities and wr...Read More | |||
| AG: Man Surrenders on Fraud Charge Following Indictment | 03/07/2019 | ||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced that a man turned himself in after being indicted on one count of workers' compensation fraud. Charles Stevenson,...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Asks ALJ to Overrule Regulators on Captive Comp Program | 03/06/2019 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Applied Underwriters, Berkshire Hathaway's workers' compensation division, has been the subject of scrutiny from regulators and courts in a number of states for the last few years, thanks in part to its multi-layered captive insurance program. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Adds Shane Jacobsen to Employee Benefits Group | 03/06/2019 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Omaha-based benefits consultant Shane Jacobsen has joined the Employee Benefits Group at Alliant. Jacobsen has more than 20 years of benefits exper...Read More | |||
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Amerisafe Reports Increased Competition but Boosts Annual Profit | 03/05/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Amerisafe Inc. has reported net income of $18.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, compared to net income of $649,000 in the fourth quarter of 2017. ...Read More | |||
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After Revisions, WC Revamp Bill Heads to House Floor | 03/04/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After two years of negotiations and revisions, a bill that would revamp much of Oklahoma's troubled workers' compensation law is on its way to the House floor. ...Read More | |||
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Advanced Practice Nurse Bill Up for Final Senate Vote | 03/01/2019 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would allow advanced practice nurses to receive Level I accreditation could be called for a final vote in the Senate as early as today. ...Read More | |||
