Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Picks 7 for Board of Medicine
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02/01/2012
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gov. Rick Snyder has announced the appointment of six members and the reappointment of one member to the Michigan Board of Medicine, which oversees the practice of medicine and serves as the state's licensing board.The new appointments include:Mohammed Arsiwala of Novi, p...Read More
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Guidewire IPO Exceeds Initial Expectations
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01/31/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefThe initial public offering for a Silicon Valley firm that develops claims-management software for workers' comp carriers and other insurers exceeded the expectations of analysts and...Read More
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Global Options Inks Deal to Serve as SIU for Companion
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01/31/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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GlobalOptions said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to serve as the special investigations unit for Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Co. and its wholly owned subsidiaries.The investigations company said as Companion's SIU, it will handle regulatory compliance, frau...Read More
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Governor Picks Andrew Boron to Head Insurance Department
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01/31/2012
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed Andrew Boron as director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, the governor's office announced last week.Boron has experience in insurance, government and the private sector.He is returning to state government after working as vice presiden...Read More
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GAO Reports Flaws in Federal Comp Monitoring
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01/30/2012
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported last week it has found gaps in the system used for monitoring federal workers' compensation claims that create an opening for claimant fraud.GAO said in an interim report released to Congress last Wednesday that it is in the p...Read More
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Gold Mining Activity Leads to Fraud Conviction
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01/27/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Northern California man was convicted on five counts of workers' compensation insurance fraud Tuesday for exaggerating the extent of his injury, the Yolo County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.Stephen Eugene Harder, 45, faces a maximum of eight years in prison and a f...Read More
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Governor Appoints 3 New Arbitrators
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01/27/2012
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday the appointment of three additional arbitrators to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. They will join the 27 arbitrators the governor appointed in 2011.The three appointees are Brandon J. Zanotti of Jackson County, D. Douglas McCarthy of...Read More
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Governor Suggests Changes to Pinnacol Restructuring Plan
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01/27/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper supports restructuring Pinnacol Assurance, but he wants more money upfront and more in annual dividends.The Pinnacol board of directors on Nov. 3 approved a plan to convert the carrier into a mutual company owned by policyholders that is allowed to cover r...Read More
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Guard's Injury From Sliding Out of Raised Chair Was Compensable
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01/26/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: VA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A correctional officer employed at a Virginia prison who hurt himself sliding out of an elevated chair while supervising inmates in the facility's medical department suffered a compensable injury, the state appellate court ruled.Case: Dovell v. Coffeewood Correctional Center, No. 074...Read More
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Governor Appoints 3 to State Medical Board
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01/26/2012
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gov. Rick Perry has appointed three members to the Texas Medical Board, which is charged with regulating the practice of medicine in Texas.Carlos Gallardo of Frisco and William (Roy) Smythe of Belton are new appointees. Paulette Southard of Alice is being reappointed.Gallardo...Read More
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