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Workers' Compensation News

 
Mutual Captive to Distribute about $1 Million in annual Dividend Payments 04/15/2015
Source: Builders Insurance Group
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Builders Insurance Group has announced that member mutual-captive company Builders Insurance will distribute about $1 million in the second quarter of 2015 to Georgia policyholders who qualify for the group’s annual dividend payment. To be eligible for a dividend payment, policyhold...Read More
 
 
Michigan Workers' Comp Agency Announces Long as new Director 04/15/2015
State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Mark Long has been appointed as director of the Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency, state Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Mike Zimmer announced Tuesday. Long had been working as the agency’s funds admi...Read More
 
 
Main Street America Introduces WC Coverage to State 04/14/2015
State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Main Street America Group announced Monday that its NGM Insurance Co. has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program in Vermont via its network of independent insurance agents. “Our expanded coverage options and pricing levels in Vermont, available through NGM an...Read More
 
 
Mandamus Isn't Required for Doctor to Clarify Worker's Limitations, High Court Rules 04/13/2015
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that mandamus was not necessary for an evaluating doctor to clarify whether a worker's limited ability to perform repetitive lifting, carrying or bending activities would prevent him from sedentary employment. Case: State ex rel. Metz v. GTC, No. 2013-0509...Read More
 
 
Macon Woman Accused of Cashing Comp Checks Intended for deceased Mother 04/13/2015
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Macon, Georgia, woman has been charged with 23 felony counts after allegedly cashing workers’ compensation checks issued to her dead mother, according to local news reports. The Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation’s Enforcement Division announced the arrest of...Read More
 
 
MEMIC Appoints new COO 04/10/2015
State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company has hired a new chief operating officer from inside the company. Daniel McGarvey, formerly MEMIC's senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, will take on the new role, according to a Tuesday ...Read More
 
 
McCrory Nominates Loutit for Spot on Industrial Commission 04/08/2015
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has nominated Christopher Loutit to a spot on the North Carolina Industrial Commission, according to a release Tuesday by the governor’s office. Loutit is currently the Industrial Commission’s chief deputy commissioner, a post he’s held si...Read More
 
 

Med Board Seeks Discipline for Psychiatrist for Prescribing without Documented Reasoning 04/09/2015
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Sacramento psychiatrist and qualified medical evaluator is facing revocation or suspension of his license for allegedly prescribing medication to patients without documenting why – including some drugs made by pharmaceutical companies that have paid him thousands of dollars. ...Read More
 
 
MWCIA: Premium Volume Continues to Rise while Rates Decline 04/07/2015
State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Premium volume has been on a multi-year upward trend in Minnesota while rates are decreasing, according to the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurers Association. Workers' compensation premium volume rose 6% in the state in 2013, compared with a 5% decrease across the country, a...Read More
 
 

Mattax Elected Chairman of IIPRC 04/03/2015
Source: Texas Department of Insurance, IIPRC
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has been elected chairman of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission, the IIPRC and the Texas Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More
 
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