Workers' Compensation News
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Proposal Would Make Max PD Benefits 5th Highest in Country
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09/27/2016
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Oregon workers with permanent disabilities would enjoy the fifth highest weekly benefit payments in the nation under a legislative proposal drafted by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Division.
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Pure Premium to Drop 6.6% in 2017
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09/23/2016
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Pure premium will drop 6.6% in 2017, the fourth year in a row that the figure has fallen, Oregon's Department of Consumer and Business Services announced this week.
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Proposed Rules Impact Self-Insureds, Claims Administration
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09/22/2016
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division is proposing several rule changes that would impact coverage responsibility for employers and insurers, claims administration, the Employer-at-Injury Program, the Preferred Worker Program and vocational assistance.
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PPD Benefits Due to Murdered Worker Are Payable to His Estate
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09/16/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker who was murdered while his claim was pending, and it ruled that his benefits were payable to his estate.
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Premiums and Combined Ratios Have Fallen Steadily
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09/15/2016
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The combined ratio for Tennessee workers' comp insurers has declined steadily since reaching a peak of 121.4 in 2001, to 93.1 last year, according to a report that the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Indus...Read More
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