Workers' Compensation News
Amerisafe Names Ray Wise Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer | 07/20/2023 | ||
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Specialty work comp provider Amerisafe announced that Ray Wise is joining the company as executive vice president and chief sales officer. ...Read More | |||
AM Best: Comp Line Driving Profits for Property/Casualty Sector | 07/19/2023 | ||
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Rating agency AM Best in a new report characterized the workers’ compensation line as a profit engine for the property and casualty sector in 2022. ...Read More | |||
Average Monthly Wage Increasing 5% | 07/17/2023 | ||
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Arizona’s average monthly wage will increase 5% for injuries occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2024. The Industrial Commission of Arizona announc...Read More | |||
Appropriations Committee Passes Death Benefit Bill, Holds PTSD Expansion Measure | 07/12/2023 | ||
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The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would add state firefighters to the list of public employees who are exempt from certain limits on death benefits. ...Read More | |||
Alternative Payment Study Report on Agenda for July 14 CHSWC Meeting | 07/06/2023 | ||
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California’s joint labor-management panel is scheduled to discuss during an in-person meeting July 14 a report on alternative payment models for medical providers treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
Appeals Court Orders Partial Publication of Retaliation, Emotional Distress Decision | 07/05/2023 | ||
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A California appellate court last week ordered partial publication of its determination that an elected city official’s claims for retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress should have been subjected to the defendants’ special motion to strike. ...Read More | |||
Appeals Court Orders Review of City's Entitlement to Reduce Judgment | 07/05/2023 | ||
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A California appellate court ruled that a trial court needed to revisit its determination that a city was not entitled to reduce a judgment against it to account for the workers’ compensation benefits a plaintiff had received. ...Read More | |||
Assembly Passes PBM Transparency Measure | 07/03/2023 | ||
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The New Jersey Assembly on Friday passed a bill setting new transparency standards for pharmacy benefit manager business practices. S...Read More | |||
Alexandra Cohen Joins Goldberg Segalla Office in New York | 06/27/2023 | ||
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Goldberg Segalla announced that Alexandra L. Cohen joined the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Manhattan. ...Read More | |||
Appeals Court Says Pet Service App Not Employer, Doesn't Need Comp | 06/08/2023 | ||
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An online platform that connects pet owners to people providing services such as dog walking or grooming and pockets a percentage of any payments as compensation for the matchmaking is not an employer required to pay for workers’ compensation insurance, an appellate court in Washington...Read More | |||