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Workers' Compensation News

 
Kerr Joins Accident Fund as HR Vice President 10/19/2009
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
Accident Fund Insurance Co. announced Friday the appointment of Darcy Kerr as vice president of human resources.Kerr brings more than 17 years of human resources experience, Accident Fund said in a press release. She joined the Lansing, Mich.-based company from Accenture of Chicago, and ...Read More
 
 
Kankakee Hearings Move to New Site Nov. 4 10/06/2009
State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that the Kankakee hearing site is moving effective Nov. 4.Beginning then, the Kankakee hearings will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn at 455 River Stone Parkway in Sugarcreek, Rooms 1 and 2.Source: Illinois Workers...Read More
 
 
Kanjorski Draft Moves Closer to Obama Plan for an ONI 10/02/2009
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., has released what appears to be a compromise with the White House over calls for a new federal insurance office empowered to negotiate international insurance compacts and preempt conflicting state laws and regulations.Democratic staffers for the House Fi...Read More
 
 
Kennard: Motorist's Arguments Inconsistent With Comp Logic 08/25/2009
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
An insured motorist's arguments were inconsistent with the "American rule" that parties bear their own litigation costs, and the scheme underlying the workers' compensation system, according to a concurring opinion by California Supreme Court Justice Joyce Kennard.Kennard wrote t...Read More
 
 
Kankakee Agent Charged with Defrauding Clients of Almost $370,000 06/30/2009
State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Illinois Department of Insurance announced Monday that insurance agent Larry Chouinard of Kankakee was arrested last week by Bradley police after the state attorney general unsealed a 19-count indictment alleging that Chouinard engaged in a five-year scheme through which he collected nearly $370...Read More
 
 
Keystone State Becomes 37th to Protest GM Bankruptcy Plan 06/26/2009
State: PA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
Pennsylvania became the 37th state to file objections to the bankruptcy plan for General Motors (GM) this week as part of a continuing national debate over its workers' compensation systems, tax claims and other issues.Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said Wednesday he has f...Read More
 
 
Kanjorski Calls for Federal Regulation on Eve of Obama Plan 06/17/2009
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., one of the chief architects of the blueprint being drafted for financial regulatory reform, on Tuesday called for the federal regulation of specific lines of insurance and for oversight of carriers that pose a major risk to the system.Kanjorski, chairman ...Read More
 
 
Key Witness in AIG/Gen Re Probe Draws Probation 06/17/2009
State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0
A former executive of Berkshire Hathaway-owned Irish reinsurer Cologne Re Dublin was sentenced to two years probation and fined $5,000 Monday for his role in the complex reinsurance scam that boosted American International Group's loss reserves by $500 million and landed five other former insura...Read More
 
 
Kanjorski Panel to Look at Systemic Risk and Insurance 06/12/2009
State: NA | Segment: Regulatory | 0
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises has scheduled a hearing Tuesday to examine the regulation of insurers that pose a systemic risk to the nation's economy.The panel is chaired by U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., who's be...Read More
 
 
Kent Eldridge Becomes Workers' Comp Court Presiding Judge 06/09/2009
State: OK | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
Gov. Brad Henry (D) has appointed Judge Kent Eldridge as presiding judge of the Workers’ Compensation Court.Eldridge succeeds Judge Mary Black. Eldridge has selected Judge Michael J. Harkey as vice presiding judge to succeed Judge Tom Leonard, the court reported....Read More
 
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