Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Nominates Adrienne Harris as DFS Superintendent | 09/01/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday nominated Adrienne Harris to serve as the state’s insurance and banking regulator. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Asks BWC to Extend 2020 Dividend | 08/30/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine requested that the board of directors for the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation expand a 2020 dividend to include about 3,000 employers that did not meet eligibility requirements last year. ...Read More | |||
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Guaranty Association Gets Reimbursement From Second Injury Fund | 08/27/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association was entitled to reimbursement from the state Second Injury Fund for benefits paid to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Mulls Special Session on Pandemic Emergency, COVID Presumption | 08/25/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is considering a special session to extend an emergency declaration, saying among other things that doing so would help preserve the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Staph Infection Presumption | 08/24/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill creating a presumption that staph infections arise out of employment for firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics. ...Read More | |||
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Governor, Carrier Looking to Settle Coverage Lawsuit | 08/18/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York-based Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are working to settle a lawsuit alleging a company the governor runs with his adult children refused to pay $166,000 in deductibles on workers’ compensation and employer liability policies, according ...Read More | |||
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Governor's Conference to Explore Comp and Pandemic | 08/03/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Governor’s 2021 Conference on Workers’ Compensation will explore topics including the pandemic’s effect on workers’ compensation, how the comp system responded to it, and changes moving forward. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Allowing Electronic Benefit Payment | 07/08/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday enacted a bill that allows electronic payments of workers’ compensation benefits and makes other changes relating to Second Injury Fund liabilities and surcharges. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Names 3 New Arbitrators to Workers' Compensation Commission | 06/29/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has appointed three new arbitrators to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission, the commission’s chair announced. ...Read More | |||
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Gravedigger With Alleged Psych Injury Fails to Assert Viable Claim | 06/24/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a gravedigger failed to state a viable claim for the intentional infliction of emotional distress and constructive discharge against his employer. ...Read More | |||
