Workers' Compensation News
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Gov. Downplays Cost of Defense in Discrimination Case | 12/26/2019 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds downplayed the increasing costs taxpayers are covering to defend her predecessor in a discrimination case over the firing of former Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Finance Presumed Coverage Fund | 12/26/2019 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation legalizing sports betting in the state that is expected to generate an additional $4 million for a fund that provides workers’ compensation benefits for firefighters with presumptive cancer claims. ...Read More | |||
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Governing Committee to Meet Wednesday | 12/09/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will review potential actuarial and research projects for 2020 during a Wednesday meeting in Oakland. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Names Six More Arbitrators, Filling Positions That Had Been Vacant for Months | 12/04/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After more than a year without a full staff of workers' compensation arbitrators, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week named six new faces to the panel. Two of them are claimants' lawyers, one is an insurance defense attorney, and two have spent time at the Workers' Compensation Comm...Read More | |||
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Guaranty Association Can Get Reimbursement for Deductible | 11/15/2019 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the state Insurance Guaranty Association was entitled to reimbursement from an employer for amounts advanced toward the deductible in a now-defunct carrier’s policy. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Dedicates Week to Kids' Chance | 11/06/2019 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Christopher Sununu designated Nov. 11-15 as Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire awareness week in an effort to increase the visibility of the organization that now has chapters in 47 states. ...Read More | |||
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Gig Economy Advocates Call for Compromise on Classification, Benefits | 10/18/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gig-economy advocates urged New York lawmakers this week to innovate new ways to cover injured workers, instead of classifying them as traditional employees as California has done. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes Bill to Expand School District 4850 Benefits | 10/15/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed all school district police officers in the state to receive up to one year of salary continuation benefits in lieu of temporary disability. ...Read More | |||
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Geoff Godsey Joins Alliant Office in Dallas | 10/15/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services Inc. announced that Geoff Godsey will join its Dallas staff as part of the company’s efforts to strengthen its position in the Southwest. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Require Reporting of Schedule V Prescriptions | 10/14/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed into law Assembly Bill 528, which will require pharmacies to start reporting Schedule V prescriptions to California's Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System, or CURES. ...Read More | |||
