Workers' Compensation News
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General Contractor Doesn't Get Coverage Under Subcontractor's Policy | 06/07/2019 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Rhode Island ruled that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier was not contractually obligated to provide a defense or indemnity to a general contractor listed as an additional insured. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Didn't Know Comp Commissioner Is Gay, Attorney Says at Trial | 06/07/2019 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad didn't know the state's workers' compensation commissioner is gay when he asked him to resign, then slashed his salary in 2010, Branstad's lawyer said in the opening day of trial in a discrimination lawsuit. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Death Benefit Increase | 06/05/2019 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gov. Steve Sisolak enacted legislation to increase death benefits, by 2.3% next year. The Democrat governor on Thursday signed ...Read More | |||
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Governor Looking for Interim Insurance Commissioner After Beck's Suspension | 05/22/2019 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Georgia will have a temporary insurance commissioner after newly elected Commissioner Jim Beck suspended himself from office following his federal indictment. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Weighing Options on Indicted Insurance Commissioner | 05/16/2019 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said today that he is not quite ready to ask state Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck to step aside, something state law allows the governor to do after an indictment. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Firefighter Cancer Bill | 05/06/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a bill that would allow firefighters diagnosed with any of 21 types of cancer to receive disability and death benefits outside of the state’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Approves Bill Allowing Employers to Communicate Claim Decisions | 05/03/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claim closure notices forwarded by self-insured employers in Washington state would have the same effect as those sent from the Department of Labor and Industries, under legislation signed by Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Two Cancer Bills Into Law | 05/02/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Larry Hogan this week signed into law two bills that expand cancer presumption for first responders. The action is the latest in a year t...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Expanding Presumption for Hanford Workers | 04/30/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill intended to close what some have called a loophole in the state’s cancer presumption for Hanford nuclear site workers. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Firefighter Presumption | 04/19/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Thursday signed into law a bill creating a presumption that cancer and other specified diseases are occupational for paid firefighters throughout the state. ...Read More | |||
