Workers' Compensation News
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Kennard: Motorist's Arguments Inconsistent With Comp Logic
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08/25/2009
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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Kankakee Agent Charged with Defrauding Clients of Almost $370,000
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06/30/2009
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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
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Keystone State Becomes 37th to Protest GM Bankruptcy Plan
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06/26/2009
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State: PA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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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
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Kanjorski Calls for Federal Regulation on Eve of Obama Plan
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06/17/2009
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
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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
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Key Witness in AIG/Gen Re Probe Draws Probation
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06/17/2009
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State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0
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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
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Kanjorski Panel to Look at Systemic Risk and Insurance
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06/12/2009
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State: NA | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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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
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Kent Eldridge Becomes Workers' Comp Court Presiding Judge
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06/09/2009
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State: OK | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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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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KDI Logs Another Sentence in Underreporting Case
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05/28/2009
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State: KY | Segment: Fraud | 0
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The wife of a Kentucky trucking company owner accused of working with insurance agents to underreport his payroll has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.The Kentucky Department of Insurance (KDI) said Tena Pennington, 44, pleaded guilty to a felony count of mail fraud in U.S. ...Read More
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Kanjorski Reintroduces Office of Insurance Info Bill
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05/27/2009
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
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U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., has reintroduced legislation that would create the federal Office of Insurance Information within the U.S. Treasury Department.Kanjorski, considered one of the chief architects of Congress' efforts to overhaul financial regulation, filed the Insurance...Read More
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Kucinich Announces Probe of AIG Claims Handling
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05/11/2009
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State: NA | Segment: EAST | 0
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U. S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has asked American International Group (AIG) to turn over records on its handling of claims from injured defense contract workers who were insured under the federal Defense Base Act, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported last week.Kucinich granted a requ...Read More
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