Workers' Compensation News
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Newspaper Says Texas Mutual Fraud Contract a Conflict of Interest
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09/22/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Dallas Morning News called for an end to a contract by which Texas Mutual Insurance pays for the salaries of prosecutors and support staff for a fraud unit at the Travis County District Attorney's Office that prosecutes only crimes committed against the insurance carrier.
"Th...Read More
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NYSIF Reduces Loss-Cost Multiplier by 5%
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09/22/2015
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New York State Insurance Fund announced that it is reducing its loss-cost multiplier by 5% effective Oct. 1, a move that would eliminate much of the sting from a 5.9% rate increase proposed by the state Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.
NYSIF said in a press release that its board of ...Read More
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Newspaper: Lansing Becoming Insurance Industry Hub
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09/21/2015
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State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The steady growth of insurers, including workers' comp carrier Accident Fund Insurance Co., is bringing insurance-industry employment in Lansing, Michigan, to nearly 10,000, which would make the city an insurance hub on par with Hartford, Connecticut, and Indianapolis, Indiana, according to ...Read More
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NCCI Recommending 8.2% Reduction in Loss Costs
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09/18/2015
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State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending an 8.2% decrease in loss costs for both the voluntary and assigned risk markets in Alabama, effective March 1.
NCCI said loss experience for policy years 2011, 2012 and 2013 is more favorable than that observed before policy y...Read More
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No Benefits for Truck Driver Who Lied about History of Back Problems
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09/16/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Supreme Court of Tennessee's Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a truck driver who concealed his long history of back problems was not entitled to benefits for his two alleged back injuries in 2009.
Case: Gamble v. Mid-State Industrial Supply, No. M2014-010...Read More
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Noncontributors of Assessments Cannot Claim COLA Payment Reimbursement
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09/15/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A now-defunct comp carrier was not entitled to reimbursement from the Workers' Compensation Trust Fund for the cost-of-living payments it paid to injured workers covered by its policies once it began winding down its operations and stopped collecting COLA assessments from its insureds.
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No Writ Relief for Worker Who Failed to Pursue Administrative Appeal
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09/11/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker who failed to appeal from an administrative decision refusing to expand his comp claim to include additional conditions could not then ask the Industrial Commission to exercise its continuing jurisdiction over his claim to address an alleged deficiency ...Read More
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No Review of Post-Termination Claims Bar Dispute
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09/08/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California's 4th District Court of Appeal has declined an invitation to weigh in on whether the Labor Code bars a worker from filing a cumulative trauma claim after he has separated from his employment.
In the writ petition she filed with the court last month in West Coast Drywal...Read More
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Nine Attorneys Applying for 3 JCC Positions
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09/08/2015
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Nine attorneys have applied for three vacant administrative law judge positions with the Florida Office of Judges of Workers' Compensation Claims, OJCC Deputy Chief Judge David Langham reported on his blog Friday.
The Statewide...Read More
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