Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman to Resign | 02/22/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will resign her position Friday, the governor’s office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Incorporation of Company Doesn't Allow Owner to Dodge Unpaid Premium | 02/18/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a business owner could not avoid liability for his unpaid workers’ compensation premiums just because the carrier addressed the bill to his subsequently formed, solely owned corporate entity. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Proposes Rules for Cancer Claim Reporting | 02/15/2022 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona introduced rules to carry out a requirement from a 2021 bill that carriers, self-insured employers and self-insurance pools report cancer claims by firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Carrier Fails to Prove Applicability of Coverage Exclusion to Worker's Accident | 02/01/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier was liable for a claim filed by a worker injured during a construction project. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Additional Benefits, Emergency Assistance | 01/28/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to either an increase in benefits for her two established claims or emergency financial assistance. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Approves 8th Consecutive Rate Decrease | 01/14/2022 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Connecticut Insurance Department approved yet another workers’ compensation rate decrease, effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Industrial Commission Names Director of Claims Administration, Announces Reappointments | 01/13/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission named Brittany Brown Walton as its new director of claims administration. The commission also announ...Read More | |||
| Injured Automobile Mechanic Fails to Prove Entitlement to TTD, PTD Benefits | 01/03/2022 | ||
| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that an automobile mechanic was not entitled to temporary or permanent total disability benefits for his injuries from catching a transmission that was falling from a vehicle on an overhead lift. ...Read More | |||
| Insurance Commissioner Approves 10.5% Rate Cut | 12/29/2021 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon approved the annual loss cost filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance reducing workers’ compensation rates. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Names Heather Lore Interim Executive Director | 12/28/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced that Heather Lore will serve as interim executive director while the board of directors recruits a new permanent director. ...Read More | |||
