Workers' Compensation News
| Insurance Department Announces RFP for PBM Services | 06/12/2023 | ||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Department of Insurance announced a request for proposals for pharmacy benefit manager examination services. The department said its accepting proposals for a two-year contract that starts Oct. 1. Responses must be received by 9:30 a.m. June 30, the department said. ...Read More | |||
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Iva Yuan Named SVP, Product and Actuarial for ICW Group Insurance Cos. | 06/07/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos. promoted Iva Yuan to senior vice president, product and actuarial, where she will be charged with leading the company’s actuarial and product management practices. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Sets Fee Schedule Hearing | 06/07/2023 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona is holding a public hearing to review its Physicians’ and Pharmaceutical Fee Schedule at 1 p.m. June 29. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Appoints Deputies for Market Regulation, P&C | 06/06/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky appointed Sheryl Parker as the first deputy commissioner of market regulation and Virginia Christy as the Office of Insurance Regulation’s deputy commissioner of property and casualty. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Former Attorneys Not Entitled to Larger Fee Award | 05/31/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s original attorneys were not entitled to a larger chunk of her settlement as fees for their services. ...Read More | |||
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IG Seeks Review of Comp-Fueled Staffing Crisis at Correctional Facilities | 05/26/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Inspector General’s Office is requesting an analysis to determine the causes of what it calls a staffing crisis caused by workers' compensation claims from correctional workers. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Police Officer Gets Treatment Expenses for Knee, Back, but Not Hip | 05/24/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an injured police officer was not entitled to an award of payment for medical expenses for the treatment of his left hip, but he was entitled to awards for treatment of his left knee and lumbar spine. ...Read More | |||
| Injured Teacher Gets Award for Permanent Partial Disability, Wage-Loss Benefits | 05/22/2023 | ||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial impairment and wage-loss benefits to an elementary school teacher for her injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Irrigation District Faces Fines for Allegedly Exposing Workers to Dangerous Trench | 05/11/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined an irrigation district $168,000 for allegedly failing to protect workers from the dangers of trenching. ...Read More | |||
| Insurance Department Schedules Sept. 1 Hearing on Rate Filing | 05/08/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The California Department of Insurance will hold a virtual public hearing June 7 to hear testimony on a recommendation to increase the advisory pure premium rate by 0.3%. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee in April voted to recommend that the insur...Read More | |||
