Workers' Compensation News
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Reports: Workers Sickened With COVID-19 Fight for Comp Benefits | 07/14/2020 | |
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| The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News, in separate articles published Monday, reported that some frontline workers who contract COVID-19 will face a fight to receive workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Registration Info Posted for WCIRB's State of System Webinar | 07/13/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California recently posted registration information to its website for a free webinar exploring its seventh annual state of the system report. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Police, Firefighters Partner in Push for COVID Presumption | 07/10/2020 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Arizona police and firefighter unions are pressing Gov. Doug Ducey to issue an executive order declaring that COVID-19 is a compensable condition for their members, according to a report by talk news radio station ...Read More | |||
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Recession, Unemployment Will Cut Written Premium Sharply, Moody's Says | 07/09/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The coronavirus recession will likely have a much bigger impact on employment and on workers' compensation written premium than did the Great Recession of 2009, Moody's Investors Service said in a research ...Read More | |||
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Registration Open for Annual Governor's Conference | 07/08/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Department of Labor and Industry is hosting its annual Governor’s Conference in a virtual setting Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. The work...Read More | |||
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Report: Comp Carriers Issue $82.7M in Premium Refunds Due to COVID-19 | 07/02/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation carriers returned at least $82.7 million in aggregate premium refunds to California businesses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis by actuarial consulting firm ...Read More | |||
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Report: County Risk Department Rejects Push for Quarterly Updates | 07/01/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The risk department for a county in Northern California rejected an auditor’s recommendation to consider sending quarterly newsletters about its work comp program to managers and supervisors, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Report: MSF Extends Premium Deferral | 06/25/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana State Fund extended premium deferrals through September, according to a report by the Havre Daily News. ...Read More | |||
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Residual Market Plan to Give $28 Million in Refunds | 06/18/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| About 13,000 Florida employers, some of which may no longer be in business, will soon be in line for almost $28 million in premium refunds from the workers' compensation insurer of last resort. ...Read More | |||
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Rule From Protz Can Apply Retroactively to Pending Case | 06/18/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said its 2017 decision invalidating the state’s impairment rating evaluation process applies retroactively to a case that was on appeal at the time of the ruling. ...Read More | |||
