Workers' Compensation News
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Rating Agency Removes Meadowbrook's Under Review Rating
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04/22/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the A- (Excellent) rating of Meadowbrook Insurance Group and its subsidiaries and removed it from under review with negative implications. The agency still has assigned a negative outlook to all the insurer’s ratings.A.M. Best said the negativ...Read More
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Rules Change Would Allow Return-to-Work Pilot Projects
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04/22/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division has proposed rules that would give its director authority to launch pilot return-to-work programs.The proposed change to Oregon Administrative Ru...Read More
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Regulators React to West Fertilizer Plant Explosion
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04/22/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Regulators reacted to the West Fertilizer Plant explosion by providing insurance coverage information and sending out investigative teams. The Texas Department of Insurance responded to the April 17 explosion by providing both consumer and workers' compensation assistance teams to th...Read More
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Rules Would Require Functional Assessment for Opioid Users
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04/18/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Washington Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a rules change that will require physicians who prescribe opioids to injured workers for more than six weeks to use best practices, including monitoring wh...Read More
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Reed Group Buys ACOEM's Practice Guidelines
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04/17/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Reed Group has acquired the right to publish and distribute Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.Under the agreement, ACOEM will continue to provide all the scientific research, content development and methodology wh...Read More
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Regulator Inviting Comment on Donegal Shareholder Bid
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04/16/2013
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Shareholder activist Gregory Shepard is offering to buy Pennsylvania-based Donegal Group Inc. and its subsidiaries.The Pennsylvania Department of Insurance issued a bulletin April 13 advising anyone wishing to comment specifically on Shepard's offer to acquire Donegal's subsidiar...Read More
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Report: Rural Americans Longing to Attract More Attorneys
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04/15/2013
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State: SD | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Rural Americans in states such as South Dakota are increasingly troubled by a growing shortage of attorneys, according to a new report in the New York Times. The majority of attorneys live in urban areas, near the corporations they work for. As a result, residents in rural areas of South...Read More
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Retroactive Approval of Worker's 3rd-Party Settlement Upheld
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04/15/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An injured worker was entitled to retroactive approval of a third-party settlement she received without the consent of her employer since her workers' compensation claim had not yet been allowed at the time of the settlement.Case: Lindberg v. Ross, No. 515373, 04...Read More
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Roofing Contractor Cited for Lack of Fall Protection
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04/12/2013
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an Illinois roofing contractor for eight safety violations and $47,960 in fines after determining that the employer failed to protect its employees from work-related falls.During a Jan. 16 inspection of a Woodridge Enterprises' ...Read More
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