Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Truck Driver Should Have Been Allowed to Proceed With Suit | 10/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an injured truck driver should have been allowed to proceed with his civil suit against his nonsubscribing out-of-state employer. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Bartender Forfeits Benefits Due to Failure to Disclose Side Gig | 10/27/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured bartender forfeited her entitlement to benefits for a period in which she failed to disclose her work activities selling clothing and graft items. ...Read More | |||
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Intercare Names New Chief Revenue Officer | 10/26/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Third-party administrator and managed care provider Intercare Holdings Insurance Services announced that Jon Lord joined the company as its new chief revenue officer. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Office Opens Portal for Financial Filings | 10/15/2020 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has created a web portal to allow insurers to post financial filings required by regulators. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Questions Treatment of Ag Industry in WCIRB Rate Filing | 10/06/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| California’s insurance commissioner on Monday said he is concerned about how a proposed pure premium rate filing would treat the state’s agriculture industry, an economic sector with employees who have been forced to continue working during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Appoints Employer Rep to WCIRB | 10/05/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday announced the appointment of Lynne Davidson as a public member of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee. ...Read More | |||
| Insurer's Telemed Plan Means Many Injured Workers Never Leave the Worksite | 09/23/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Michigan-based group of insurance companies has taken an integrated approach to telemedicine, making a triage nurse and an occupational medicine physician part of the policy and part of the work environment. ...Read More | |||
| Insurance Carrier Conducting Ergonomics Assessments via Artificial Intelligence | 09/22/2020 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| One of the nation’s largest insurance carriers says it’s the first to offer businesses ergonomics assessments using artificial intelligence. The Travelers Cos. announced Monday that it will conduct virtual and on-site assessments using AI-based technology and ergonomic researc...Read More | |||
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Insurance Exchange Can't Get Injunction Barring Rival's Allegedly Libelous Solicitation of Clients | 09/16/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance exchange was not entitled to a preliminary injunction barring a rival service provider from sending unsolicited emails to its customers containing allegedly libelous misrepresentations. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Company Stonetrust Announces Slew of New Hires | 09/08/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana workers’ compensation insurance company is adding some new names to its team, according to a company news release. ...Read More | |||
