Workers' Compensation News
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McCracken Appointed to Lead Division Offering Coverage to U.S. Contractors
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07/09/2015
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Starr Companies appointed Kevin McCracken to lead a division that offers workers’ compensation to U.S. government contractors.
McCracken will be heading the Defense Base Act & Home Foreign Casualty Division, focusing on growth and operations of the division, the carrier sa...Read More
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MarketScout: WC Rates One of few that Are Rising
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07/07/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Despite stagnating property and casualty rates in general, workers’ compensation rates increased by 1% nationally, according to MarketScout’s Commercial and Personal Lines Market Barometer.
By coverage class, the majority of lines remained flat. Only business interruptio...Read More
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Medicare Experts Say Trend in Reimbursement Disputes Bodes ill for Carriers
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07/06/2015
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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Medicare experts say that comp carriers should be keeping tabs on a dangerous trend developing in the federal court system on the rights of Medicare Advantage Organizations to get reimbursements from them pursuant to the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
Jennifer Jordan, general counsel for M...Read More
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Manufacturing Co. Fined $71K in Relation to Workers' Injury
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07/02/2015
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Island Lake manufacturing company is facing $71,000 in fines after inspectors with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the company had bypassed safety devices which resulted in a worker suffering from serious injuries, according to a release from the administration.&nb...Read More
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Majesco Merges with Cover-All Technologies
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06/30/2015
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Technology solutions provider, Majesco, has completed its merger with Cover-All Technologies, a property and casualty insurance technology company, nearly six months since the two companies originally signed the agreement.
Majesco and Cover-All Technologies signed the merger agreeme...Read More
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MarketScout Adds Hunter as a Producer in its Dallas Office
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06/26/2015
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MarketScout, a managing general agent, added Amber Hunter as a producer to its Dallas office.
Hunter will be in charge of growing the company’s workers’ compensation business and underwriting accounts in Texas and the Western United States.
Prior to MarketS...Read More
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Maximum Weekly Benefit Increasing to $844.29
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06/25/2015
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The maximum weekly benefit for New York's injured workers will increase to $844.29 effective on July 1, 2015, based on an increase in the statewide average weekly wage in 2014.
The New York State Workers' Compensation Board announced in a bulletin last week that the statewide aver...Read More
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