Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Recovery Group Appoints Paul James as President, CEO | 09/14/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insurance Recovery Group, a national firm focused on subrogation, second injury funds and cost containment for the property and casualty industry, has named Paul James as its president and chief executive officer. ...Read More | |||
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Industrial Commission Reminds Carriers to Register for E-Filing | 09/14/2017 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Industrial Commission said carriers could lose their authority to write workers’ compensation insurance in the state if they don’t register as trading partners before new electronic reporting requirements take effect in November. ...Read More | |||
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Industrial Commission Properly Exercised Jurisdiction Over Order Awarding PTD Benefits | 09/07/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission properly exercised continuing jurisdiction over a staff hearing officer’s order to deny a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Moves to Shorten Notification Time for Canceled Policies | 09/07/2017 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Insurance Commissioner has proposed amending a rule that governs the terms of canceling a workers' compensation policy. The rul...Read More | |||
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Insurance Investigator Named DWC's Chief Fraud Fighter | 09/07/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has hired an insurance company investigator as deputy commissioner of compliance and investigations. ...Read More | |||
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Insurers Directed to Be More 'Flexible' in Wake of Hurricane Harvey | 08/31/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The biggest rainmaker in the history of the continental United States prompted the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation to issue a bulletin requiring that insurers be flexible in handling workers’ claims. ...Read More | |||
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Investment House Buys 4 Physical Therapy Networks | 08/28/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York-based investment house that bills itself as an alternative asset management firm has acquired four physical therapy firms that together operate 11 clinics in four states. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Agent Charged With Pocketing $20,000 in Comp Premiums | 08/25/2017 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Rome insurance agent was arrested Thursday and charged with six counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, the Georgia Department of Insurance said. ...Read More | |||
| ISIA Conference Topics Include Spine Surgery, Drug Testing | 08/24/2017 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Self-Insurers Association will hold its ninth annual meeting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Holiday Inn & Suites in West Des Moines. The day will begin with a presentation on minimally invasive spine surgery, and how to tell the difference between acute and degenerativ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Says Mistakes by TPAs CorVel, Crawford Cost It $1.9M | 08/21/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An insurer says the incompetence of two third-party administrators left it on the hook for about $1.9 million in damages in a civil case over improper handling of workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
