Workers' Compensation News
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Falling Rates for Comp Insurance in Q3
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12/15/2015
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Commercial insurance prices were nearly flat in the third quarter of 2015, while prices for workers’ compensation insurance fell nationally, ...Read More
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Firefighter's Hypertension Claim Was Timely
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12/15/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Connecticut Appellate court ruled that although a firefighter's claim for hypertension was filed more than four years after a doctor to...Read More
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Finger Amputations Prompt $131,000 OSHA Fine for Manufacturer
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12/11/2015
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Two employees of an Ohio wire manufacturer suffered partial finger amputations in separate incidents — just months after the electrocution of another worker who touched live wires at a company facility.
ITC Manufacturing on Wednesday was issued citations for 25 serious violations by...Read More
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Fee Schedule Increases by 1.2%
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12/09/2015
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical fees will increase by 1.2% next year in Maryland, prices based on the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).
The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission announced this week that it will pass on the inflation adjustment by increasing the conversion factors that are used to calculate ...Read More
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Federal Rule Aims to Reduce Commercial Driver Coercion
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12/01/2015
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A final rule published in the Federal Register on Monday will help protect commercial truck and bus drivers from being forced to violate federal safety regulations. The final rule will ...Read More
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Fitch: U.S. P/C Industry Loss Reserves Remain Adequate
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11/30/2015
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U.S. property and casualty insurance reserves remain adequate, although projected deficiencies remain for workers' compensation and commercial auto liability segments, Fitch Ratings concluded in a special report released last week.
Loss reserves are the largest liability on insur...Read More
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Fire Chief Fired After Pleading Guilty to Fraud
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11/30/2015
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Trustees for Bokescreek Township, Ohio fired a fire chief after he pleaded guilty to workers' compensation fraud for collecting benefits from an injury on a previous job while leading the town's fire department.
The township trustees voted Tuesday to strip Fire Chief Don...Read More
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