Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Approve Bill Giving State Another Year to Track Construction Fatalities | 02/16/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A better way of tracking construction-site fatalities may be badly needed, but it could be at least another year before such a system is set up by the New York State Department of Labor. ...Read More | |||
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Law Now Requires, Not Allows, Direct Deposit | 02/12/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Just a few months after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law allowing injured workers to opt for direct deposit of benefits, he has signed another bill requiring the direct electronic payments when requested. ...Read More | |||
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Lack of New Business, Premium Returns Could Weigh Down Carriers in 2021 | 02/10/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip much of the U.S., workers’ compensation insurance carriers may feel the negative effects of the virus throughout 2021 and beyond, according to a new study on comp trends. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Vote to Move $145 Million From Comp Fund for COVID Relief | 02/08/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania General Assembly has agreed to move $145 million from the cash-rich Workers' Compensation Security Fund to a program that would help rescue the state's hospitality industry. ...Read More | |||
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Location of Alleged Accident Allows for Partial Summary Judgment | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of the worker’s claims based on his alleged fall. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Plowing Ahead With Comp Bills | 02/04/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia's legislature is steaming ahead with at least five bills that could affect workers' compensation claims, including a COVID-19 presumption, expansion of coverage to domestic workers and limits on the effect that personal protective equipment may have on worker classification....Read More | |||
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Lawyers Hope Lawmakers Will Fix What Supreme Court Did Not | 02/01/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Having struck out at the state and the U.S. Supreme Court, some Minnesota claimants' attorneys are now hoping the Legislature will put an end to what they say is an outdated law that penalizes Minnesotans who work in North Dakota. ...Read More | |||
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Lauren Gregory Joins Alliant Insurance Services | 01/20/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lauren Gregory joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president of Alliant Specialty Group, Public Entity. Gregory will be located ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes Privatization for MEM | 01/13/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. would be required to create a private successor mutual insurance company by the start of 2023, under a bill introduced in the General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes COVID-19 Presumption for School Workers | 01/11/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Occupational exposure to the new coronavirus would be presumed for Minnesota teachers, administrators and other school workers who catch COVID-19, under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
