Workers' Compensation News
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AIP Luncheon to Focus on Holding Claims-Handling Seminar | 10/09/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Association of Insurance Professionals education luncheon in October will focus on ways claims handlers can ensure positive outcomes for the workers’ compensation cases they handle in California. ...Read More | |||
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Armada Physical Therapy Acquired by Rehab Network | 10/06/2017 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Physical Rehabilitation Network has acquired a majority interest in Armada Physical Therapy, expanding the California-based company’s footprint into New Mexico. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney-Turned-Truck Driver Lacked Credibility | 10/06/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to an attorney-turned-truck driver for his alleged injuries from a 2014 accident. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Group Gives Nod to ODG Formulary | 10/05/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Montana’s labor-management advisory committee has voted to adopt the Official Disability Guidelines drug formulary, a state official confirmed Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Must Register to Practice Before the Commission | 10/04/2017 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission has issued an attorney registration and information update that states all attorneys who appear before the commission must be registered to practice before the panel. ...Read More | |||
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Actuaries Will Explain Proposed 12.6% Rate Decrease | 10/04/2017 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Actuaries will break down the latest voluntary loss cost filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance at the next meeting of the Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Approves NCCI Manual Amendments for Trucking and Towing | 10/03/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance has adopted amendments to National Council on Compensation Insurance manuals regarding trucking and towing classifications. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Rate Filing Recommends 12.1% Reduction in Loss Costs | 10/02/2017 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau has proposed its 2018 advisory rate filing and recommends a 12.1% decrease in overall voluntary loss costs, and a 12.8% reduction in the overall rate level in the voluntary and assigned-risk markets. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ's Causation Findings Were Binding on Judge Who Presided Over Later Hearings | 09/29/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona appellate court ruled that an administrative law judge could not disregard a prior judge’s findings of a causal relationship between a worker’s symptoms and a 2012 accident. ...Read More | |||
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A.M. Best: Specialist Carriers Grabbing Bigger Percentage of Premium | 09/28/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As large, multi-line insurance carriers such as American International Group are pulling back from workers’ compensation, smaller, specialty writers are stepping in to write more of the business, according to a new ...Read More | |||
