Workers' Compensation News
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Ins. Division Schedules Hearing on Contractor Exemption
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04/28/2015
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State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The South Dakota Division of Insurance scheduled a public hearing for May 18 to hear testimony on proposed rules to implement a bill allowing independent contractors to sign an affidavit stating they are exempt from workers' compensation coverage requirements.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard on ...Read More
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IAIABC Holding Self-Insurance Webinar May 8
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04/27/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions will provide an overview of self-insurance plans during a May 8 webinar.
The webinar will explore the benefits and challenges of self-insuring for policymakers and the differences between self-insurance, group sel...Read More
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Industrial Commission Posts Timeline for EDI Update
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04/22/2015
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Idaho Industrial Commission will begin the formal rulemaking process to update its Electronic Data Interface rules next month, according to a timetable posted to its website.
The commission earlier in April released a draft version for EDI Claims Release 3.0 that employers will be req...Read More
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Insurance Division Ends Expedited Review of TRIA Filings
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04/17/2015
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oregon Insurance Division on Thursday announced that it will no longer expedite review of carrier filings to ensure compliance with the Terrorist Risk Insurance Act.
After President Obama on Jan. 12 signed into law a six-year reauthorization of TRIA, the Insurance Division announced t...Read More
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Insurance Commissioner Approves 2.1% Loss-Cost Cut for Voluntary Market
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04/17/2015
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has announced decreases in workers’ compensation rates for the state’s voluntary loss-cost and assigned-risk markets, according to a release from the Arkansas Insurance Department.
Effective July 1, overall loss costs in the voluntary...Read More
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Insurance Agent Gets 6 Months Jail Term for Pocketing Comp and Auto Premiums
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04/16/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A California insurance agent was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and ordered to pay $39,043.61 in restitution for pocketing auto and workers' compensation premiums from his partner's clients, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
Ernie Morris...Read More
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Injured Worker's Refusal to Take Housekeeping Assignment Wasn't Willful Misconduct
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04/16/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A former housekeeper who wasn't subject to medical restrictions, but claimed to be physically unable to perform the tasks her employer demanded of her, did not commit willful misconduct in refusing to do the job her employer gave her and therefore did not lose her ability to seek reconsiderat...Read More
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