State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 314 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Gov. Chris Christie has signed a law that gives companies that work with professional employer organizations the option to choose where to purchase workers' compensation coverage.
...Read More
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 330 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that a jury’s verdict dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim against a property owner was not contrary to the weight of the evidence.
...Read More
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 245 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Chief Judge of Compensation Russell Wojtenko has notified stakeholders that the Division of Workers’ Compensation will use three court reporter services th...Read More
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 485 | 0 | Popular with Legal
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s 2018 regulatory filing that increases eligibility requirements for experience rating and tweaks dual wage thresholds for 17 construction industry codes.
...Read More
State: NA | Segment: Top | 365 | 0 | Popular with Legal
CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. is buying workers’ comp carrier PacificComp for $150 million in cash, in a major step toward the former Arizona state fund’s goals for expansion.
...Read More
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 247 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a worker’s malpractice case against his former attorneys, finding that any alleged negligence by the attorneys had not caused legal harm to the worker because the comp claim wasn't viable in the first place.
...Read More
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 188 | 0 | Popular with State agency
The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the revocation of an insurance agent’s license for having misappropriated his client’s payments for workers’ compensation coverage.
...Read More
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 191 | 0 | Popular with Legal
Chubb has appointed Lou Capparelli as executive vice president of Chubb's Global Casualty business unit, which provides casualty insurance to national and multinational companies within its North America Major Accounts division.
...Read More
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 139 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The South Carolina business defense firm Collins & Lacy has promoted Ashley Kirkham to shareholder and chairwoman of the firm's workers' compensation practice group.
...Read More
State: MT | Segment: WEST | 284 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the resident manager of a mobile home park was not entitled to benefits for an apparent fall off his porch, resulting in quadriplegia, because his accident was caused by severe intoxication.
...Read More
