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Executive VP Appointed for Specialty Markets Plus 01/11/2016
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
SMP Consulting Group, a national premium-audit consulting firm, announced that its subsidiary company, Specialty Markets Plus, has appointed Edward Ragan as executive vice president. Ragan brings 35 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance marketplace to his position at Specia...Read More
 
 

Electrotherapy Proponents Working for Greater Acceptance 12/28/2015
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Though electrotherapy's effectiveness as a pain reliever has been the subject of much debate, and even lawsuits, the practice is gaining credibility among medical cost-containment service providers. ...Read More
 
 

Early 2015 Medical Trends Show Possible Erosion of Savings, WCIRB says 12/15/2015
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Medical costs dropped more than expected after Senate Bill 863 took effect in 2013, but the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau...Read More
 
 

Excela Health Offering Occ Med Services 12/14/2015
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Excela Health has launched an occupational medicine program at its outpatient center in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in conjunction with Washi...Read More
 
 
Energy Company Fined $58,025 for Explosion 12/11/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
California workplace safety regulators fined Quantum Energy Storage Corp. $58,025 for a failure to follow safe machine operating standards that resulted in an explosion, injuring four workers. Cal-OSHA said a 7-foot, 11,000-pound metal flywheel used to test the energy storage system ...Read More
 
 

Employer Can't Sue 3rd Party for Accident that Drove Up Comp Premiums 12/11/2015
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The New Mexico Court of Appeals this week ruled that an employer cannot recover economic losses -- in the form of increased insurance premiums and l...Read More
 
 

Employers Call Proposed Hourly Attorney Fee Too High; Claimants' Attorneys Disagree 12/11/2015
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Associations representing Oregon employers said a proposal to allow claimants' attorneys to receive an hourly fee of $300 for ...Read More
 
 
Employer Fined After Worker Falls Inside Water Tower 12/10/2015
State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A worker repainting a water tower in Baraboo, Wisconsin suffered severe injuries when he fell inside the tower to a platform below, resulting in proposed fines of $178,640 against his employer. LC United Painting Co. was issued citations for 40 serious violations by the federal Occupation...Read More
 
 

Employer Fined $16,895 for Electrocution 12/09/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a Santa Maria company $16,895 after one worker was killed and another injured when a pump hoist contacted a live ...Read More
 
 
Ethnic Makeup Cited as Possible Explanation for High L.A. Claim Costs 12/07/2015
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
Of the myraid potential explanations for higher workers' compensation claims costs and frequency in the Los Angeles region, there one potentially simple explanation: A large number of Latinos. During a legislative hearing in Downey on Wednesday, California Applicants' Attorneys As...Read More
 
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