Workers' Compensation News
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GOP Lawmakers Signing Up to Promote New Classification Bill
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09/04/2013
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State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterRepublican state lawmakers are signing up to cosponsor a bill that would make it easier for manufacturers to classify people who work from their homes as independent contractors instead of employ...Read More
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Gallagher Bassett Appoints Senior VP for Workers' Comp
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08/30/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gallagher Bassett Services announced Thursday the appointment of Srivatsan Sridharan as senior vice president of workers' compensation product management. Sridharan was formerly claims consulting practice leader for Marsh USA's Central Zone. In his new role at Gallagher Bassett, ...Read More
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Guaranty Assn. Not Liable for Benefits Paid during Litigation
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08/29/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The 3rd District Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association did not have to reimburse an insurance carrier for the more than $1 million in benefits the carrier paid to two injured workers while the case was in litigation, even though ...Read More
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Global Settlement Didn't Necessarily Bar New Petition by Claimant
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08/13/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Other
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A settlement agreement releasing an employer and the employer's insurance carrier from further liability for a worker's injury did not automatically entitle the employer and carrier to summary dismissal of a petition seeking benefits allegedly still due under the terms of the settlement...Read More
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Garbage Haulers Charged with Failing to Carry Comp
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08/08/2013
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The owners of a garbage-hauling business in Coal Township, Pa., have been charged with more than 1,000 violations of the state Workers' Compensation Act, the News-Item, of Shamokin, Pa., reported Wednesday.The newspaper reported that Robert A. Jones and Daniel T. Jones, two brothers ...Read More
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Guam Port Solicits More Bids for Comp Coverage
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08/01/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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The Port Authority of Guam is soliciting additional bids to provide workers’ compensation coverage after determining the only proposal it has received is cost prohibitive, according to KUAM.Online documents from a March 28 board meeting show the one carrier that submitted a proposa...Read More
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Gov. Names New Insurance Commissioner
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07/25/2013
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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 appointed Marguerite Salazar to serve as the state’s new insurance commissioner beginning Aug. 19.Salazar will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Jim Riesberg, who served as commissioner since July 2011 and retired on June 8.&l...Read More
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Grand Juries Hand Down 4 Double-Dipping Indictments
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07/24/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Grand juries indicted four claimants on workers' compensation fraud charges in four separate cases for double dipping, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Co.The carrier announced that Travis County grand juries indicted Mohammad Abid, of Fort Worth, Texas; Ernest U. Martinez of Midl...Read More
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Gallagher Bassett Poaches Broadspire Analytics Leader
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07/18/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. has hired Gary Anderberg as senior vice president, claim analytics.In his new role, Anderberg will lead Gallagher Bassett’s efforts to improve analytics and technology.Anderberg joins Gallagher Bassett from Broadspire, where he was practi...Read More
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