Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Alliant Names Senior and Executive Vice Presidents | 04/18/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services Inc. announced the hiring of Justin Riccio as senior vice president, and Pat Walsh as executive vice president. ...Read More | |||
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AWW Doesn't Include Income From Work-Program Benefits | 04/11/2019 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Rhode Island Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured worker’s income from a state-approved work-sharing program cannot be included in the calculation of his average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Names Gregg Aleman First Vice President of Employee Benefits Group | 04/11/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services Inc. named Gregg Aleman the first vice president of its Employee Benefits Group. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Says She Was Fired for Blocking Officer's WC Claim | 04/11/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In many cases around the country, municipalities — conscious of taxpayer expenses — are often seen as the ones denying workers' compensation claims from first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Puts Brakes on Presumption Expansion | 04/10/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Senate Appropriations Committee put a hold on a bill that would expand peace officer presumptions in California to get a better sense of whether the state's budget could absorb the potential cost of the measure. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Term-Limit Bill Passes Committee; Rebman Supreme Court Case Still Pending | 04/08/2019 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill that's been called a roundabout way to limit the term of an unpopular administrative law judge passed a Senate committee Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Athletico Opens Second PT Clinic in Gilbert | 04/08/2019 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Athletico Physical Therapy has opened a second location in Gilbert, Arizona. Athletico Gilbert East is at the southwest corner of South Higley and ...Read More | |||
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Auditor's Report Called 'Hearsay' Due to Lack of Names | 04/03/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California state auditor’s report that alleges “gross misconduct” by a former agency director should be kept out of an employee’s disciplinary hearing because the report doesn’t name individuals, the state is arguing. ...Read More | |||
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After a Year of Battles Over Arbitrators, Controversy Seems to Have Cooled | 03/29/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Almost a year ago, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner poured gasoline on the fire that has smoldered between claimants and insurers — and between political parties — when he charged that the state's workers' compensation system was full of corrupt judges and arbitrators....Read More | |||
