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Insurance Industry Hiring Is Up, Study Finds 08/19/2016
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
A newly released labor market study for the U.S. insurance industry has found that 66.3% of companies plan to increase their staffing in the next 12 months. It’s the highest number in the history of the study, released twice a year since mid-2009 by the Jacobson Group and Ward Group...Read More
 
 
ICA Meeting to Review Penalties, Self-Insurance Authorization 08/18/2016
State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Industrial Commission of Arizona will review potential penalties for alleged workplace safety violations and uninsured employers during its meeting today in Phoenix. Members will vote on whether to approve proposed civil penalties against four employers accused of illegally operating ...Read More
 
 

Injured Worker Receiving Benefits Allegedly Seen on SeaWorld Waterslide 08/18/2016
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
An Ohio postal worker receiving workers’ compensation benefits was allegedly seen on video surveillance riding a slide at Orlando’s SeaWorld and has been indicted on a fraud charge. ...Read More
 
 
Insurance Agent Accused of Pocketing Payment for Workers' Comp Policy 08/16/2016
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
An insurance agent in Gwinnett County has been arrested on suspicion of pocketing a workers’ compensation insurance payment from a client, leaving the client without coverage. Julia Cruz, 37, of Norcross, has been charged with two counts of insurance fraud and one count of thef...Read More
 
 

Insurer Agrees to Pay County $600,000 for 30-Year-Old Injury 08/16/2016
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A carrier has offered to settle a Florida worker’s compensation claim that originated 30 years ago for $600,000 with Palm Beach County. Count...Read More
 
 
Investigation Finds Samsung and South Korea Colluding Against Sick Workers 08/12/2016
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Samsung is blocking its workers or their survivors from accessing information about deadly chemicals they routinely are exposed to at computer chip and liquid crystal display factories, the ...Read More
 
 

Insurers, Regulators Stymied by Federal Law on Air Ambulance Service 08/11/2016
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Despite a defeat in Congress of an amendment that would have given states greater control over fees charged by air ambulance companies, a group of state legislators and regulators who met this summer have renewed their determination to tackle the issue. ...Read More
 
 

ICA Considering Adoption of Three Federal OSHA Standards 08/10/2016
State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Industrial Commission of Arizona will discuss the possibility of adopting federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards relating to record-keeping, eye and face protection, and crystalline silica exposure, during an Aug. 12 meeting in Phoenix. ...Read More
 
 
Inpatient Hospital Reimbursement Rates and New Medical Fee Schedule Released 08/10/2016
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has proposed changes to its Hospital Inpatient Reimbursement Rule and its Professional Provider Medical Services Fee Schedule. Effective Feb. 1, the MS-DRG reimbursement rate under ...Read More
 
 

Injured Firefighter Waits for Back Pay Amid Judicial Squabble 08/09/2016
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A Missouri fire department has not reinstated the disabled firefighter it illegally terminated in 2009 or paid back pay, despite multiple court orders to do so, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist reports. ...Read More
 
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