Workers' Compensation News
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Meadowbrook Incurs $115.4M Impairment from Downgrade
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08/19/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Beleaguered insurer Meadowbrook expects to incur a provisional impairment of $115.4 million related to its Aug. 2 ratings downgrade.The $115.4 million noncash goodwill impairment caused Meadowbrook to revise its second-quarter results to reflect a net operating loss of $115.1 million....Read More
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McKinney Employer Cited for Amputation Hazards
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08/14/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a wood manufacturer with 10 safety violations and $148,400 in penalties after determining that the employer's failure to guard machinery exposed workers to amputation hazards. Investigators from the federal agency's Dallas o...Read More
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Motel Builder Allegedly Misclassified Workers, Failed to Pay Wages
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08/13/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Labor Commissioner's Office has filed a mechanic's lien against a Holiday Inn Express in Eureka, alleging that the out-of-state contractor who built the motel not only misclassified workers as independent contractors but paid them with checks that bounced because of insufficie...Read More
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Meadowbrook Seeks more Time to File 10-Q with SEC
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08/13/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Meadowbrook Insurance Group is seeking additional time to file its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The insurer, which suffered a ratings downgrade from A.M. Best, has requested that it be allowed to file the 10-Q by Aug. 14.The Southfield, Mich.-based in...Read More
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Mediators, Judges Score Well in WCB Survey
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08/13/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Attorneys in Oregon favorably rated the ability of Workers’ Compensation Board judges and mediators to preside over hearings, according to the results of the 2012 administrative law judge survey published on Monday.Overall, 65% of survey responses rated the state’s 26 workers...Read More
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Mullen & Filippi Names Christopher Morrow a Senior Partner
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08/12/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California workers’ compensation defense law firm Mullen & Filippi has named Christopher A. Morrow a senior equity partner.Morrow started with Mullen & Filippi as an associate attorney in the firm’s San Francisco office in 2002. He left a year later to move to Los...Read More
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MyMatrixx Appoints Sales Director for Western Region
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08/12/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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MyMatrixx, a pharmacy and ancillary medical benefits management company for workers’ compensation, announced Friday that Rudy Flores has joined the organization as director of sales for the West Region. Flores will be responsible for new business development for the organization&rs...Read More
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Machine Shop Hit With 13 OSHA Citations, $188K in Penalties
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08/09/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued 13 health violations against an Ohio machine shop and proposed fines of $188,300 after determining that workers were being exposed to lead and copper fumes that were higher than the federal limitations.The federal agency cited Spec...Read More
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Meadowbrook Looks to Revive Business after Ratings Downgrade
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08/08/2013
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterIt took only four months for the tide to turn against Meadowbrook Insurance Group.In April, management for the Southfield, Mich.-based insurance company praised rating agency A.M. Best for removing the “under review status” and affi...Read More
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Marsh & McLennan's Q2 Profits Up, Segments' Margins Expand
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08/08/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Broker Marsh & McLennan Cos. reported second-quarter net income of $388 million, compared to $329 million in the same period last year. Risk and insurance services revenue increased to $1.7 billion in the second quarter, while operating income for the segment rose 8% to $421 million....Read More
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