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Insurance Department Announces 12.6% Rate Cut 10/24/2023
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Idaho Department of Insurance on Monday announced that it accepted the National Council on Compensation Insurance's rate filing for an average 12.6% reduction in workers’ compensation rates. ...Read More
 
 

Injured Firefighter's Civil Suit Passes Constitutional Muster 10/19/2023
State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that when a plaintiff has a remedy for an injury under the Workers’ Compensation Act, the application of the Oregon Tort Claims Act to preclude lawsuits against third-party state employees does not violate the state Constitution. ...Read More
 
 

Insurance Department Approves 6.4% Loss Cost Reduction 10/17/2023
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
The Kentucky Department of Insurance on Monday announced that it approved an 18th consecutive overall decrease in loss costs. The department approv...Read More
 
 

Investigation Finds Candy Plant Wasn't Evacuated Before Explosion 10/16/2023
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The U.S. Department of Labor said a Pennsylvania candy maker failed to evacuate employees after some reported smelling gas before a March 2023 explosion that killed seven workers at the company's West Reading facility. ...Read More
 
 

Insurance Department Launching Diversity Index 10/13/2023
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Department of Insurance announced that it will release the results of its inaugural Insurance Diversity Index today. ...Read More
 
 

Insurance Commissioner Announces 7.24% Rate Cut 10/12/2023
State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro on Wednesday announced that voluntary market loss costs will decrease by an average of 7.24%, effective Dec. 1. ...Read More
 
 

Industrial Commission Has Discretion to Determine Worker's Preinjury Vision Baseline 10/10/2023
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Industrial Commission has discretion to use a claimant’s corrected vision as his preinjury visual baseline. ...Read More
 
 

Insurance Division Seeks to Improve Drug Pricing Protocols 10/10/2023
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
The Massachusetts Insurance and Financial Services Division is seeking comments on ways to facilitate compliance or improve standards for workers’ compensation prescription drug pricing protocols. ...Read More
 
 

Injured Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Further Treatment, Benefits for Hip 09/22/2023
State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a caregiver was not entitled to additional treatment or benefits for her injured hip. Case:...Read More
 
 

Independent Contractors Don't Qualify as Statutory Employers 09/21/2023
State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that independent contractors are not afforded immunity from tort liability under the workers’ compensation law as statutory employers, unlike contractors and subcontractors. ...Read More
 
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