Workers' Compensation News
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Jefferson Joins Comp Commission | 03/28/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Asha Joseph Jefferson was recently appointed a member of the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Jan Mello Joins ICW Group as Vice President, Head of Human Resources | 02/24/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos. announced that Jan Mello joined the group of property and casualty carriers as vice president and head of human resources. ...Read More | |||
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Jennifer Santiago Named RIMS 2023 President | 01/04/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| RIMS, the risk management society, on Tuesday announced that Jennifer Santiago will lead the organization as president in 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Janitorial Business to Pay $180,000 in Restitution for Fraud | 12/05/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| HSC International Ltd. was ordered to pay $180,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to premium fraud allegations, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Errs in Rejecting Settlement, Disqualifying Carrier's Counsel | 11/17/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a trial judge erred in rejecting a workers’ compensation settlement and dismissing an insurance carrier’s counsel based on what she perceived to be a conflict of interest. ...Read More | |||
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Joint Powers Insurance Authority Contracts With Athens Administrators | 11/14/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Joint Powers Insurance Authority announced that Athens Administrators will provide claims administration services for its workers’ compensation programs in 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Allows Feds to Seek Damages for Whistleblower Who Dismissed Private Action | 11/01/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge in New York held that claim preclusion doesn’t apply to an action the U.S. Labor Secretary and the Department of Labor brought against a Staten Island health provider seeking damages for a whistleblower who agreed to dismiss a similar private claim brought under state law....Read More | |||
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Judge of Compensation Claims Lacks Jurisdiction to Vacate Arbitration Award | 10/17/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims lacked jurisdiction over a worker’s motion to vacate an adverse arbitration award. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Tosses Challenge to Board's Finding Narcotic Medication Unnecessary | 08/18/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Delaware Superior Court judge threw out a worker’s challenge to an Industrial Accident Board decision finding his narcotic medication was not reasonable or necessary treatment, saying the board never should have addressed the issue in the first place. ...Read More | |||
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Jeff Nelson Named DWC Commissioner | 08/10/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Jeff Nelson as commissioner of the Division of Workers’ Compensation for a term that will run through Feb. 1, 2023. ...Read More | |||
