Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Auctioneer Must Pursue Maritime Claims in Different Venue | 04/25/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld the dismissal of an art auctioneer’s lawsuit against two cruise line operators, finding the terms of his independent contractor agreement required that he bring his claims in the Turks and Caicos Islands. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Suspended After Third DUI Arrest | 04/25/2019 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Bar Association has suspended a Charlotte-area workers' compensation and personal injury attorney from practice for five years after his third arrest on drunken driving charges, the bar announced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Approves Death Benefit Increase | 04/25/2019 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Assembly passed a bill that would create a cost-of-living adjustment for workers’ compensation death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Antidepressants May Be a Red Flag in Work Comp Claims, Researchers Say | 04/24/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claims in which antidepressants were prescribed along with opioids had substantially higher costs than those with opioids alone, according to a new study from workers’ comp insurer AF Group. ...Read More | |||
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AG Launches Payroll Fraud Unit to Stem Misclassification | 04/24/2019 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michigan's attorney general launched a new enforcement unit to prosecute worker misclassification and wage theft by employers. ...Read More | |||
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AM Best's Outlook Improves for Chesapeake Employers' Insurance | 04/24/2019 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AM Best has revised its outlook from stable to positive, and affirmed the financial strength rating of A-minus, or excellent, for Maryland-based Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
