Workers' Compensation News
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Pinnacol Highlights Performance Rating | 03/22/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado's largest workers' compensation carrier, said new data from the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation shows that the company is again the top-performing comp insurer in the state, based on injured workers' satisfaction ratings. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Issues $15 Million Dividend | 03/21/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado’s Pinnacol Assurance on Wednesday issued a $15 million dividend to policyholders. Businesses that had a policy with an expiration dat...Read More | |||
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Policy Exclusion Allows Carrier to Avoid Liability for Worker's Accident at Logging Site | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier’s policy exclusion for injuries subject to the Workers’ Compensation Act allowed it to avoid liability for a logging employee’s accident. ...Read More | |||
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Premium Dispute With State Insurance Fund Goes to Board of Claims | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a premium dispute between an employer and the State Workers’ Insurance Fund belongs before the Board of Claims. ...Read More | |||
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Plant Owner Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Claims by Subcontractors' Injured Employees | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a chemical refinery owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing civil suits filed by subcontractors' employees who were injured in an explosion at the facility. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Gets Benefits for Aggravation of Preexisting Back Problems | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits to a police officer for an aggravation of his preexisting back issues. ...Read More | |||
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Pair Arrested for Alleged Premium Fraud | 01/29/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Friday announced two arrests in an alleged $127,000 premium fraud scheme. The CFO’s office sai...Read More | |||
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Police Officers Fail to Link Layoffs to Workers' Comp Claims | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that two special police officers had not been laid off from their positions in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Pediatrician Waits Too Long to File Occupational Disease Claim | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a pediatrician waited too long to file her occupational disease claim. Dr. Stacy...Read More | |||
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Penalties for Safety Violations Increase 3.24% for Inflation | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations on Friday announced a 3.24% increase in penalties for workplace safety violations, due to inflation. S...Read More | |||
