Workers' Compensation News
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Berkshire Jumps Ahead in Market Share Ranking as Comp Results Stay Steady | 03/12/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Berkshire Hathaway apparently leapfrogged over two competitors to nab the No. 3 spot in workers’ compensation market share in 2018, according to a recently released ranking. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Allow Stakeholders to Petition for Hearings on WC Rulemaking | 03/12/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York Senate last week approved two bills that could make workers' compensation rulemaking hearings more frequent and more accessible via electronic means. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Give Police Weapons Back Sooner After Treatment | 03/11/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Connecticut lawmakers have yet to pass a PTSD presumption bill for first responders, but another bill could shorten the time that traumatized police officers would be off the job. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Keep Bonuses Out of Payroll Calculations | 03/08/2019 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two bills have passed key Senate committees that could potentially save employers a little money on workers' compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Board's Rejection of Defense Didn't Mean Combined Condition Must Be Accepted | 03/07/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an employer properly closed an injured worker’s claim without any benefits for permanent impairment or work disability. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Tie Outpatient Charges to Medicare Rates | 03/07/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Yet another bill would require more specificity about the nature of claims, but would also adjust medical reimbursement levels. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Provide COLAs, Ease Mental Health Compensability Proof | 03/07/2019 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Labor leaders and firefighters voiced their support this week for bills that would make it easier for mental stress to be compensable and would restore cost-of-living adjustments to benefits, something that's been missing for a quarter-century. ...Read More | |||
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Beth Austerman Joins MEMIC as Senior Production Underwriter | 03/06/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Beth Austerman has been hired as a senior production underwriter by workers' compensation insurer The MEMIC Group. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Exempt Carriers From New Privacy Law | 03/04/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Carriers, agents and “support organizations” would be exempted from a new law allowing California residents to request that businesses delete personal information and disclose what kind of data they are collecting, under a bill introduced by the chairman of the Assembly Insurance Comm...Read More | |||
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Bill for Worker Choice of Physician Likely Dead | 03/04/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would allow Montana workers to choose a physician to treat occupational injuries is likely dead, according to a notice on the Legislature’s website. ...Read More | |||
