Workers' Compensation News
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Loss Portfolio Transfers Are Not New — Except in Lone Star State, Carrier Says | 11/07/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Insurers are happy to hear that Texas is making it easier for self-insured employers to re-enter the commercial workers' compensation insurance market, something a number of other states have allowed for years. ...Read More | |||
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Lost-Time Claim Costs Climb Steadily With Worker Age, Study Finds | 11/05/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Older employees who are hurt on the job tend to have more severe injuries than their younger counterparts, a trend that is quantified in a new white paper from Lockton. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Schedules Hearing on Rules to Implement ODG Formulary | 11/02/2018 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Department of Labor and Industry scheduled a hearing for Nov. 9 to get feedback on proposed rules that would adopt the Official Disability Guidelines drug formulary. ...Read More | |||
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Legislative Committee to Review Procedural Rule Changes | 11/02/2018 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Rules Review Commission will consider 14 rule amendments proposed by the Industrial Commission when it meets on Nov. 15, according to a notice in Thursday’s state Regist...Read More | |||
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Laura Huggins Joins Church Mutual as AVP of Marketing | 10/24/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Laura Huggins has been named assistant vice president of marketing for Church Mutual Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Commission Proposes Reduction in Reinsurance Fund Assessment | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Labor commission is proposing to cut next year’s assessment by 33% for the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, which had a deficit of $6.8 million as of June 30. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Surplus Grows Due to Surge in Investment Earnings | 10/19/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington state’s monopoly workers’ compensation insurer spent more on losses and expenses than it earned in premiums during the past fiscal year, but tripled its investment earnings and finished the year $1.383 billion in the black, according to ...Read More | |||
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LASIE Offers Seminar for Adjuster Licensing | 10/17/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In keeping with a Louisiana law that requires claims adjusters to be licensed, the Louisiana Department of Insurance and the Louisiana Association of Self-Insured Employers will host a seminar to help aspiring adjusters pass the exam. ...Read More | |||
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Lawyer Suspended Months After Pleading to Defrauding Federal WC Program | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| More than a year after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal workers' compensation system, a Dallas-area lawyer with roots in Zimbabwe has been disbarred. ...Read More | |||
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Lack of Settlement Authority a Barrier to Claim Closure | 10/12/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In many workers’ comp cases, there’s a narrow window of opportunity when parties on both sides of the claim are close to reaching a settlement, some say. ...Read More | |||
