Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Commissioner Is Expected to Gain More Control Over Group Funds | 05/23/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Louisiana legislators are poised to pass a bill that aims to hold workers’ compensation group self-insurance funds more accountable and head off potential insolvency before it’s too late. ...Read More | |||
| Immigration Services Explores Web-Based Claims Management System | 05/20/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services, is looking for potential sources of software to manage its workers’ compensation claims. The opportunity was ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC: Value of Opt-Out Benefits 'Depends' | 05/17/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| There’s no simple answer to the question of whether Oklahoma-style opt-out programs offer better benefits to injured workers, according to a paper the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions is publishing today. ...Read More | |||
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Inmate Can Sue Prison Officials for Allegedly Ignoring Injury | 05/17/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week ruled that a federal inmate who broke his back while doing his prison work assignment could sue the prison officials who were allegedly indifferent to his condition. ...Read More | |||
| Industrial Commission Says Embattled Property Manager Also Uninsured | 05/16/2016 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Industrial Commission says a property manager state police are investigating for allegedly stealing rent payments has been operating without workers’ compensation insurance for more than seven months. According to the ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Director Touts Competitive Work Comp Market | 05/16/2016 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of carriers serving Missouri's workers' compensation market has increased by 49 since 2009 to 334 active carriers, the state's Insurance Department said in a press release. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Holding Hearing on Assessment for Special Fund | 05/11/2016 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona will hold a public hearing in June to discuss levying an additional 0.5% assessment for the state’s Special Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Insulation Maker Cited for Fire Hazards, Silica Dust | 05/09/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An insulation manufacturer in Pennsylvania has been hit with a number of safety violations including exposing workers to silica dust, and fire and explosion hazards, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Forms Partnership With Industrial Medicine Center | 05/09/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insurer LCTA Worker’s Comp on Tuesday announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with an occupational medicine group to help treat injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Agent Charged With Creating Fake Certificates of Insurance for Construction Firm | 05/06/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida insurance agent on Tuesday was charged with falsifying insurance certificates for a local construction firm, ...Read More | |||
