Workers' Compensation News
| Average Monthly Wage Increases 2.5% | 10/19/2018 | ||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The average monthly wage in Arizona has increased 2.5%, resulting in a commensurate increase in maximum indemnity benefits for workers injured on or after Jan. 1, 2019. The maximum wage will increase, to $4,741.57, from $4,625.92 at the start of the year. Injured workers receive i...Read More | |||
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Auditors' Penalties Fall With Drop in Unpaid Compensation | 10/16/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Penalties collected from claims handlers throughout California fell by more than half in the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest audit, which found the lowest amount of unpaid compensation in more than a decade. ...Read More | |||
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American Financial Group to Acquire ABA Insurance Services | 10/16/2018 | |
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| American Financial Group has reached an agreement to acquire ABA Insurance Services Inc. from American Bankers Mutual Insurance Ltd. Under the agre...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council to Hold Hearing on WC Changes Nov. 12 | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Advisory Council will hold a public hearing Nov. 12 to hear input on changes needed to the state's compensation laws and regulations. ...Read More | |||
| Average Weekly Wage and Max Benefit Raised by $45 | 10/15/2018 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The average weekly wage in Massachusetts is now $1,383, up $45 from the fiscal 2018 level, state officials announced this week. That affects the weekly compensation rate for temporary total disability benefits, set at 60% of the worker's average weekly wage, up to a maximum of 100% of...Read More | |||
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AG Candidates Received Largest Chunk of Solakyan Campaign Contributions | 10/12/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Los Angeles businessman accused of scamming insurers out of $284 million has given generously to California politicos and has been especially fond of candidates running for law enforcement positions. ...Read More | |||
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AF Group Marketing Campaign Features Injured Workers' Stories | 10/12/2018 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ comp insurer AF Group is working with marketing agency Phire Group on a campaign to explain workers’ compensation to potential policyholders. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Liability Carrier Didn't Owe Coverage for Medical Bills From Compensable Crash | 10/10/2018 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that language in an automobile liability insurance policy exclusion stating that coverage does not apply to an injury “if workers’ or workmen’s compensation benefits are required” applied when the insured recovered from a third party and ...Read More | |||
| Alera Group Acquires Two Las Vegas Firms | 10/10/2018 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, and risk management firm, has acquired two Las Vegas-based businesses: Distinctive Insurance and GLB Insurance Group of Nevada. Distinctive Insurance provides employee benefits consulting as well as personal and commercial ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council to Vote on 19% Rate Reduction Thursday | 10/10/2018 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Advisory Council will meet Thursday to vote on one of the largest proposed rate reductions in years. Th...Read More | |||
