Workers' Compensation News
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Officer Who Caused Colleague's Compensable Injuries Doesn't Have Tort Immunity | 10/29/2021 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a police officer was not immune from civil liability for injuries he caused a coworker he struck with his personal vehicle while they were attending mandatory firearms training. ...Read More | |||
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Omaha National Announces New Members of Board of Directors | 10/28/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Omaha National Group added four new directors to its board to guide the company’s growth. ...Read More | |||
| OIG: Pandemic Delayed FECA Claim Adjudication | 10/07/2021 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Office of Inspector General reported that the COVID-19 pandemic delayed adjudication of federal workers’ compensation claims and that changes to the federal opioid management rules did not increase use of narcotic painkillers. The Office of Workers’ Compensation Progr...Read More | |||
| Origami Risk Launches Workers Comp Solutions Bundle | 10/05/2021 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Origami Risk LLC, a Chicago-based safety and insurance technology company, announced Monday it has packaged its online workers compensation claims administration solutions into a standard offering for insurers, third-party administrators, risk pools and managing general agents. ...Read More | |||
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One Call Launches Mobile Physical Therapy Service | 10/04/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| One Call, a provider of workers' compensation services, on Thursday added mobile physical therapy to its offerings. The mobile physica...Read More | |||
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Owners of Painting, Construction Companies Accused of $5 Million Fraud Scheme | 09/21/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that owners of painting and construction companies were charged with orchestrating a scheme to underreport payroll and fraudulently reduce workers’ compensation premiums by $5 million. ...Read More | |||
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One Call Names Jay Krueger President | 09/21/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| One Call, a provider of workers’ compensation ancillary services, announced that Jay Krueger will join the company in the newly created role of president, overseeing the company’s operations, specialty network solutions, complex network solutions and provider network teams. ...Read More | |||
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Officer Can't Claim Presumption for Hypertension | 09/20/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that evidence precluded a law enforcement officer's claim of industrial causation for high blood pressure. ...Read More | |||
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Owner of Private Security Firm Charged With Payroll Fraud | 09/13/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a private security firm and an insurance and financial solutions company was arraigned on five felony counts of fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums, according to the California Department of Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Omnibus Bill Goes Back to Insurance Committee | 09/03/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California omnibus bill that would change state insurance laws relating to notice requirements to cancel workers’ compensation policies has been sent back to the Assembly Insurance Committee because of amendments made while the measure was in the Senate. ...Read More | |||
