Workers' Compensation News
| |
|
NAIC Names Officers for 2016
|
11/24/2015
|
|
|
|
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has elected officers for 2016. The
...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
NCCI Predicts 0.7% Cost Increase from Fee Schedule Changes
|
11/23/2015
|
|
|
|
State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical
|
|
Changes to Colorado's Medical Fee Schedule that take effect Jan. 1 will increase total system costs in the state by 0.7%, according to a National Council on Compensation Insurance analysis.
Fee schedule changes taking effect at the start of next year will:
Update the ph...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
NCCI Finds Medical Costs Smaller Part of WC Pie than Most States
|
11/18/2015
|
|
|
|
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Medical costs in the North Carolina workers' compensation system have risen slower than in the nation as a whole and remain a smaller percentage of total system costs than in most other state systems, according to a report posted online by the state Industrial Commission this week.
...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
New Appointments to State DWD Announced
|
11/17/2015
|
|
|
|
State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Two new appointments to Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development, the parent agency of its workers' compensation division, have been announced.
Karl Dahlen has been appointed chief legal counsel while Andrew Evenson has been named the agency's legislative liaison....Read More
|
| |
| |
|
New System Launched to Ease Annual Audit
|
11/17/2015
|
|
|
|
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
A new system designed to make it easier for New York policyholders to manage their annual auditing is now online.
Policyholders or their representatives can, from today, log on to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) website to access the new system....Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Nearly 5,000 Liens Activated Since Relaunch of Payment Portal
|
11/16/2015
|
|
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
|
|
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
Nearly 5,000 liens were activated, bringing in close to $500,000 in fees, in the first four days after the Division of Workers' Compensation relaunched its online payment portal Monday.
...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
No Change to Overall Rates Next Year
|
11/16/2015
|
|
|
|
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has approved a rate filing that will result in no change to overall workers' compensation and employers' liability rates in 2016, the New Jersey Inspection and Rating Bureau announced Friday.
While overall premium level will remai...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
Nurse Hotline Program Shows Promise at PG&E
|
11/12/2015
|
|
|
|
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
LAS VEGAS -- The number of worker injuries being reported at Pacific Gas & Electric is going up. But the company is happy with the result, because the injuries are being reported within a day or so of when they occur, a period when treatment is typically simpler and costs are lower.
...Read More
|
| |
| |
|
No Accidental Disability Retirement Benefits for Officer's Injuries
|
11/10/2015
|
|
Source: WorkCompCentral
|
|
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
|
|
A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer was not entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits for his injuries from foreseeable risks of his job.
Case: Matter of Schoales v. DiNapoli, No. 519852, 10/29/2015, published.
Facts: Edward Schoales worked as a poli...Read More
|
| |
1500 Results
Page 150 of 150
