Workers' Compensation News
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ProAssurance Notes Increase in Inexperienced-Worker Claims in 3Q Results | 11/13/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ProAssurance Corp. has reported net income for the third quarter of $31.2 million, an 8% increase from $28.9 million in the same quarter last year. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Cuts Rates, Approves Dividend as Carriers Caution Against Employer Complacency | 11/12/2018 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Colorado’s state-chartered Pinnacol Assurance approved a 10% average rate reduction for 2019 in addition to a $70 million dividend. ...Read More | |||
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Preferred Employers Appoints Regional Sales Manager | 11/07/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Preferred Employers Insurance, a subsidiary of W.R. Berkley that offers specialty workers' compensation insurance in California, announced Tuesday the appointment of Rick Chen as regional sales and distribution manager for Northern California. ...Read More | |||
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Police File for WC After Red Tide in Palm Beach | 11/06/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A day at the beach is no day at the beach, at least in parts of Florida when the red tide is rising. Five Palm Beach police officers last month repo...Read More | |||
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Proposal Would Tighten Rules for No-Shows, Clean Up Outdated Language | 11/05/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Parties who fail to show up for hearings in the Texas workers’ compensation system won’t get a second hearing unless they can show they had a good reason for missing the first, under one of numerous proposed rule changes posted in Friday’s state Register. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol's Krista O'Rourke Named VP of Agency Relations and Safety Services | 11/01/2018 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Krista O’Rourke Colorado&rsquo...Read More | |||
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Plumbing Co. Agrees to Enhance Safety Measures, Pay $225K Fine | 11/01/2018 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri plumbing company has agreed to beef up safety measures and pay a $225,000 fine to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after an employee was killed when an unprotected trench collapsed on him as he worked. ...Read More | |||
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PCI Elects New Officers at Annual Meeting | 10/30/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Ahead of a planned merger with the American Insurance Association, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has elected a slate of new officers. ...Read More | |||
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Park Avenue Doc's Authorization Revoked | 10/29/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A doctor with an office on Park Avenue in New York City has had his authorization to treat injured workers revoked by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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PBM Regulation Remains High on Lawmakers' Agendas | 10/26/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council of Insurance Legislators is moving closer to finalizing a model law that would make it easier for states to increase regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. ...Read More | |||
