Workers' Compensation News
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L&I Drafting Rules to Drop Pension Discount Rate, to 4.5% | 07/03/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries is drafting rules to bring its pension discount rate in line with actuarial recommendations while setting a separate rate for self-insured employers to try to ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Approves Higher Attorney Fees; Insurers Warn of Chilling Effect on Settlements | 06/28/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the legislation four years ago. Now, claimants lawyers are hoping that Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will sign a measure that would raise attorney fees and would fundamentally change the way insurance carriers make some settlement offers to injured worke...Read More | |||
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L&I Offering Grants for Safety, Return-to-Work Projects | 06/25/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is accepting applications for annual grants that can be used to develop training courses, purchase equipment or implement strategies to protect workers and make workplaces safer. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Plans Meetings to Discuss Premium Rates | 06/25/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Department of Labor and Industries announced that two advisory committees will discuss possible changes to premium rates later this year, and the department will hold formal rule-making hearings in October and November to discuss 2019 rate proposals. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Seeks to Make Available Public Self-Insurer Data | 06/22/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Bay Area lawmaker is pushing legislation that would allow the Office of Self-Insurance Plans to release information about self-insurance programs run by public agencies throughout California. ...Read More | |||
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Lawyers Concerned After Indictment, New Data on Top-Billing Attorneys | 06/22/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas workers' compensation legal community is abuzz with concern after two major developments: A claimants' attorney was indicted on charges of overbilling and fraudulent billing, and a database released by the state shows other lawyers appear to be billing for an unrealistic number ...Read More | |||
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Large Minority of Claims Shops Still Lack URAC Accreditation as Deadline Looms | 06/18/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| With a July 1 deadline looming, only 56% of active utilization review organizations in California’s workers’ comp system had obtained URAC accreditation as required under Senate Bill 1160. ...Read More | |||
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Longmeyer Testifies That Claims Company Got Contract, Even Though Bid Was Much Higher | 06/15/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Illinois-based company retained a claims-management contract for Kentucky's state employee workers' compensation program, even though its bid was $200,000 higher than another firm's offer, the star witness in a bribery trial testified Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
| Liberty Mutual Appoints Waters to Lead National Insurance Specialty Unit | 06/14/2018 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Liberty Mutual has appointed Matt Waters as chief underwriting officer and senior vice president to its National Insurance Specialty unit. He will be responsible for primary and excess products sold to large and mid-sized construction and energy companies. ...Read More | |||
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Lobbyist on Trial for Allegedly Bribing Official on WC Claims Management Contract | 06/13/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A jailed state official is set to testify today against a lobbyist who, prosecutors say, spent thousands of dollars in bribes to win a claims management contract for Kentucky state government's public-employee workers' compensation program. ...Read More | |||
