Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Law Change May Be Needed for Officers Injured in Vegas Shooting | 10/25/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| At least 16 law enforcement officers from Southern California have filed workers’ compensation claims for injuries sustained during the Las Vegas shooting, but legislative action may be necessary for them to receive benefits, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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RICO Claim Dismissed in EquityComp Dispute; Unfair-Competition Case Allowed to Proceed | 10/24/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge in California said employers can pursue an unfair-competition claim against Applied Underwriters for failure to file certain policy documents with state regulators, but there is no evidence the company fraudulently deceived prospective customers about its EquityComp program to sup...Read More | |||
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Roofer: Law Allowing Companies to Sidestep Benefits for Undocumented Workers Is Wrong | 10/24/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida roofer is encouraging state regulators to amend a law that allows insurance carriers to use a person's immigration status to deny workers' compensation coverage, ...Read More | |||
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Rules Commission Approves Ambulatory Surgery Center Fee Schedule | 10/24/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Rules Review Commission has approved a rule proposed by the Industrial Commission setting maximum reimbursement for ambulatory surgery centers at 200% of the Medicare rate, but state lawmakers wi...Read More | |||
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Rates to Fall 5.7% in Residual Market, 3% in Voluntary Market | 10/20/2017 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers will see workers' compensation rates decrease on Dec. 1, Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced in a statement released Wedn...Read More | |||
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Residual Market Rate Decrease of 12.5% Approved | 10/18/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Rate Bureau’s filing for revised workers’ compensation insurance residual market rates, rating values and miscellaneous values has been approved, the bureau ...Read More | |||
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Republican Senators Seek to Introduce Formulary Bill | 10/16/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three Republican senators are seeking cosponsors for a bill to create a workers' compensation drug formulary in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer r...Read More | |||
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Research Links Job Stress With Work Injuries | 10/13/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Fastening down loose rugs, providing safety goggles and taking other steps to reduce workplace hazards are not the only things employers should be thinking about in improving worker safety. ...Read More | |||
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Roofer Charged With Stealing Child's Identity to Defraud Insurer | 10/13/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Tampa man is accused of stealing a child’s Social Security number to obtain employment and then collect $21,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Risk Strategies Co. Names John Scroope Managing Director | 10/13/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has hired John Scroope to manage its New England regional operations. Scroope will also lead the company’s corporate headquarters office in Boston. ...Read More | |||
