Workers' Compensation News
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Allegedly Injured Worker Waited Too Long to Add New Claims | 01/09/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker was not entitled to amend his complaint against his admitted employer to add claims he could have previously asserted. ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust, Swiss Re Make Deal on Small Commercial Policies | 01/07/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has entered into a quota share agreement for 2019 with Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. The agreement covers U.S. sm...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Accuses Employers of Shifting Legal Theories | 12/31/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Applied Underwriters is asking a federal judge to ignore the reply brief that a group of California employers filed in support of their motion for class certification because it allegedly introduced new legal theories, proposed a new subclass and included several misstatements. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Rules Against Municipal League in Firefighter's Cancer Claim | 12/31/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In another round in the battle between municipal insurers and sickened firefighters, an administrative law judge this month ruled against the Texas Municipal League's denial of a Mission, Texas, fireman's cancer claim. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Committee Announces Schedule for Meetings | 12/28/2018 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Alaska's Workers' Compensation Review and Advisory Committee announced dates for three of four quarterly meetings to be held in 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Alston & Bird to Lead Webinar on Post-Obamacare World | 12/27/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Self-Insurance Institute of America will host a webinar Jan. 7 on the implications of a post-Obamacare world, following the recent ruling by a Texas federal judge. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Cites Incompetence to Testify in Bid to Dismiss Kickback Charges | 12/24/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California attorney accused of paying kickbacks to providers who referred patients to get shockwave treatments from his company argues that charges should be dismissed because he can’t testify in his own defense. ...Read More | |||
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AIA/APCI Approve Merger Starting Jan. 1 | 12/24/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The memberships of two associations that represent workers' compensation insurers have approved a long-awaited merger, creating a lobbying group that represents almost 60% of the property and casualty market. ...Read More | |||
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A.M. Best: Market Delivering Most Comp Premiums to Specialist Carriers | 12/20/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Most of the U.S. workers’ compensation market is written by carriers that specialize in the line, up from slightly more than a third in 2010, according to a new report by A.M. Best. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney's Concessions Sink Worker's Claim of Belated Payment on Award | 12/20/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court rejected an injured worker’s claim that his employer’s comp carrier had failed to timely pay his award of benefits. ...Read More | |||
