Workers' Compensation News
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Industrial Commission Changes Benefits Reinstatement Form
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08/28/2013
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The North Carolina Industrial Commission has posted revisions to its Application to Reinstate Payment of Disability Compensation in response to requirements included in legislation adopted by the General Assembly during the 2013 session.The required revisions were included in Senate Bill...Read More
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Industrial Commission Facing Challenges from 2013 Legislation
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08/27/2013
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State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefNorth Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has signed bills that will strip civil service protections from the state's 20 workers' compensation judges and hand those judges the job of admi...Read More
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Indiana's Work-Related Deaths Declined again in 2012
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08/27/2013
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State: IN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Indiana Department of Labor announced that 2012 featured the lowest number of work-related deaths since the agency began tracking fatal occupational injuries in 1992. A total of 113 workers died in work-related accidents in Indiana in 2012, nine fewer than in 2011, the agency announc...Read More
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Interpreters Request Grace Period for Certification Rules
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08/26/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefInterpreters say they were caught off guard by California Division of Workers' Compensation regulations that took effect Aug. 13 requiring them to obtain certification, and as a resu...Read More
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Injured Worker's Appeal was Untimely, Appellate Court Rules
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08/22/2013
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An employer prevailed against a negligence suit by citing exclusive remedy and proving that the injured worker filed an untimely appeal, under a decision by the Illinois Appellate Court.Case: Zamora v. Montiel, et al., No. 02-13-0579, 8/19/13, published.Facts: Juan Zamora, an...Read More
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Insurer Not Required to Advance Travel Costs to Claimant
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08/19/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An insurer is not required to make advance payments to a claimant to cover hotel and meal expenses while traveling to see his authorized treating physician, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled. The court, however, noted the "harsh" result its ruling may have on some injured workers when ...Read More
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Insurance Broker M&A Remains Robust a Year after Peak
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08/15/2013
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By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterBrokers Brown & Brown and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. have made two of this year’s largest acquisitions in the insurance brokerage sector, a strong indication that the multiyear-long consolidation within the space has hardly run out of steam....Read More
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Insurance Receivers Group Meeting in Indianapolis Aug. 23
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08/15/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: IN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Warning signs that an insurer is facing financial trouble is one of the topics to be discussed during a meeting of the International Association of Insurance Receivers slated for Indianapolis on Aug. 23."The Wide, Wide World of Weird and Wacky Warning Signs" is one of several presentatio...Read More
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Industry Awaits Congressional Action on Terrorism Bills
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08/13/2013
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By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterCongress left for summer recess this month with three bills seeking to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act program still stuck in various committees and with nothing to show in terms of progress.Nonetheless, insurers and proponents of ...Read More
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