Workers' Compensation News
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ICA Warns of Mail Processing Delays | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that processing of mail sent to its claims and administrative law judge divisions may be delayed as it starts working with a new scanning vendor today. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Cannot Refile Appeal After 2 Prior Dismissals | 12/17/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an injured worker who had filed two appeals to the denial of her claim and then dismissed both could not file a third time. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Approves 9.2% Loss Cost Reduction | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready on Tuesday announced a 9.2% decrease in workers' compensation loss costs for 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Attorney Can't Take Fee From Award of Penalties | 12/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s attorney was not entitled to take a portion of the penalties awarded to his client as a fee. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Adopts 6.1% Loss Cost Reduction | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Insurance Department approved a 6.1% reduction in voluntary market loss costs and a 6.2% decrease in assigned risk plan rates for policies incepting in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Fails to Prove Retaliatory Motive for His Termination | 11/18/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a take-nothing judgment on an injured worker’s claim of retaliation. Case: White v. Constructi...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Posts Guidance on Use of AI | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Insurance Department posted a bulletin with regulatory guidance for the use of artificial intelligence. The bulletin out...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Underinsured Motorist Coverage | 11/14/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to underinsured motorist benefits for an on-the-job injury caused by an inattentive driver. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Workers Can't Back Out of Settlement Agreement on Carrier's Lien | 10/31/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that two injured workers could not back out of a settlement agreement they entered with their employer’s insurance carrier to satisfy the carrier’s subrogation lien. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Division Approves 4.3% Loss Cost Cut | 10/31/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Division of Insurance announced a 4.3% average loss cost decrease for workers' compensation policies incepting in 2025. ...Read More | |||
