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	Bill Lowers Employers' Comp Fund Contribution, Increases Work Safety Violation Penalties		06/12/2017
	State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 257 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed an economic development bill on Thursday that reduces a workers' compensation tax on employers from 1.75% to 1.4% of premium.  ...Read More

	Bishops Decry Bill That Bars Work Comp for Undocumented Workers		06/08/2017
	State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 610 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Roman Catholic Church has come out against state legislation that contains a provision barring workers’ compensation benefits for undocumented workers. ...Read More

	Businesses Want Special Session to Include Comp but Concede It's a Long Shot		06/07/2017
	By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
	State: FL | Segment: Top | 411 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Florida lawmakers failed to overhaul the state workers’ compensation system, but they were so close to a compromise last month that a business group wants them to try again during the special legislative session that begins today and ends Friday. ...Read More

	Bill Would Give Newspaper Carriers Access to Workers' Comp Benefits		06/07/2017
	State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 407 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Thanks to a North Carolina senator's amendment to House Bill 205, newspaper carriers in the state could soon have access to workers' compensation benefits....Read More

	BWC Grants Aim to Help Improve Safety at Nearly 30 Employers		06/07/2017
	State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 281 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Twenty-nine Ohio employers will share $677,000 in grants from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation to buy equipment designed to improve safety. ...Read More

	Bill Would Make NYSIF Pay Commissions, Submit to DFS Rules		06/05/2017
	State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 488 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Insurance brokers are supporting a bill that would require the New York State Insurance Fund to pay commissions to licensed brokers and place the carrier under supervision of the superintendent of the Department of Financial Services.  ...Read More

	BWC Proposes Rule Amendments for Self-Insuring Risk Providers		06/05/2017
	State: OH | Segment: SOUTH | 287 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing to consider amendments to 4123-19 regarding self-insured risk providers. ...Read More

	BWC May Extend Pilot Program on Treatment Reimbursement		06/02/2017
	State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 498 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has proposed extending through 2019 a pilot program that allows for more flexibility on treatment authorization during a claim's first two months. The program allows managed care organizations to approve requests for reimbursement of a...Read More

	Bevin Appoints Two ALJs to Dept. of Workers' Claims		06/01/2017
	State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 388 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed two Bowling Green attorneys as administrative law judges within the Department of Workers’ Claims, the department announced Wednesday. ...Read More

	Berkshire Rebrands Direct Comp Offering		05/31/2017
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 860 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A unit of Berkshire Hathaway that sells workers’ compensation insurance directly to customers online is moving forward under a new name — biBerk, short for Business Insurance Berkshire Hathaway. ...Read More