Workers' Compensation News
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Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Longer Tenure for Commission Chairman | 03/09/2016 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina legislature has passed a bill that would allow the governor to reappoint the chairman of the state Workers' Compensation Commission and repeal statutory language that prohibits the chairman from serving two consecutive terms. ...Read More | |||
| LETF Cites Three for Safety Violations | 03/04/2016 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Inspectors with California's Labor Enforcement Task Force ordered three cabinet makers in San Diego County to stop using unguarded saws and issued stop-work orders to two of the businesses that didn't have workers' compensation insurance. Task force inspectors from the Califor...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Exempting Volunteers from Comp Coverage | 03/04/2016 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would allow nongovernmental agencies to opt out of providing workers' compensation coverage for volunteers. ...Read More | |||
| Liberty Mutual Net Income Drops for Q4, Full Year | 03/04/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $411 million, a 25.7% decrease from net income of $553 million in the prior-year quarter. For the 12 months ending Dec. 31, Liberty Mutual reported net income of $514 million, a 71.7% decrease from $1.814 billion fo...Read More | |||
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Legislature Sends Fee Schedule Bill to Governor's Desk | 03/01/2016 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia state Senate on Monday sent a bill to direct the Workers' Compensation Commission to adopt a medical fee schedule to Gov. Terry McAuliffe's desk. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Ending Surcharge for Old WC Fund | 02/29/2016 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would slash severance taxes on coal and gas that were tacked on to pay off the debts of West Virginia's monopoly workers' compensation fund is on its way to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's desk after clearing the House of Delegates Thursday 96-3 on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to Add Two Board Members to WCF | 02/29/2016 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The board of directors for Utah's Workers Compensation Fund could add two new members under a bill lawmakers passed to the desk of Gov. Gary Herbert. ...Read More | |||
| Lampe Tapped as New Medical Consultant to Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry | 02/29/2016 | ||
| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Dr. Ernest Lampe, medical director of the Dakota Treatment Center and the St. Cloud Metro Treatment Center, has been tabbed as the new medical consultant for the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Dr. Lampe, in his role as medical consultant, will assist the department in develop...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Addressing Reinsurance Fund Payments | 02/26/2016 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would require requests for reimbursement from the Employers' Reinsurance Fund be submitted within two years. ...Read More | |||
| Law Against Forging Insurance Certificates Takes Effect April 30 | 02/26/2016 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Forging a certificate of insurance coverage will soon be a form of insurance fraud in New Jersey, according to a reminder posted on the State Department of Banking & Insurance website this week. ...Read More | |||
