Workers' Compensation News
Firefighter Benefit, PTSD Expansion Passes; MLFS Bill on Hold | 08/30/2021 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
California legislative committees last week passed bills that would give more firefighters access to salary continuation benefits and a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable. ...Read More | |||
Financing Company Gets Refund of Unearned Premium From Carrier, Plus Interest | 08/17/2021 | ||
State: NE | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A federal appellate court ruled that a premium financing company was entitled to a refund of unearned premium it paid for insurance coverage, plus interest on the full amount. ...Read More | |||
Former Mayor Pleads Guilty to Charges From Insurance Scheme | 08/17/2021 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
An insurance agent and the former mayor of a city in southern Illinois pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about sharing a commission his agency earned on a work comp policy with the mayor of the city that purchased the coverage. ...Read More | |||
Farm to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Citations Connected to COVID Deaths | 08/05/2021 | ||
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced a $2.1 million settlement with a farm that received what the agency called one of the largest workplace safety and health fines in state history. ...Read More | |||
Firefighter's Entitlement to Benefits After Heart Attack Not Affected by Prior Part-Time Status | 08/04/2021 | ||
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that a firefighter who went from part-time to full-time status before undergoing a quadruple bypass surgery was entitled to benefits for his heart condition. ...Read More | |||
Flat Rate for Copy Shops Would Jump 22%; Perjury Attestation Remains in Proposed Fee Schedule | 08/02/2021 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation wants to raise the flat rate for copy services by $45 starting in 2022, according to proposed amendments to the state’s Copy Service Fee Schedule ...Read More | |||
Fraud Conviction Results in Denial of Naturalization Application | 07/30/2021 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A federal appellate court ruled that a worker was properly denied naturalization based on an old conviction for concealing employment while collecting disability and workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
Formal Return-to-Work Plans Can Put a Dent in Rising Claims Costs, Experts Say | 06/21/2021 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Annual nationwide workers’ comp claims costs have risen by tens of billions of dollars over the past three decades, but employers who maintain formalized return-to-work plans for injured employees can help mitigate cost-drivers such as growing medical costs and expensive litigation, two com...Read More | |||
Fitch Predicts Strong Underwriting in 2021, but Profitability Unsustainable | 06/14/2021 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Workers’ compensation underwriting performance should remain strong in 2021, but current levels of profitability are not sustainable over the long term, according to Fitch Ratings. ...Read More | |||
Former Forklift Operator Gets PTD Award for Elbow Injury | 06/09/2021 | ||
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a former forklift operator for an elbow injury. ...Read More | |||