Workers' Compensation News
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Russell Michiels to Manage LUBA Claims Department | 10/12/2017 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| LUBA Workers’ Comp has promoted Russell Michiels to manager of its claims department. ...Read More | |||
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Risk Pool Challenging Whether Companion Should Receive Death Benefits | 10/12/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pearland police officer’s companion is attempting for a third time to receive death benefits under the city’s workers’ compensation fund following his death at the hands of a drunk driver, the ...Read More | |||
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Rate Decrease Would Mean Lawmakers Have No Stomach for Reforms | 10/09/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The enthusiasm of the business community and lawmakers to pass workers’ compensation reforms, particularly limiting claimants’ attorney fees, has waned in the wake of a proposed overall 9.3% rate decrease, stakeholders said. ...Read More | |||
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Report Says Health Care Networks Are Reducing Medical Costs | 10/04/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Health care networks created by Texas lawmakers in 2005 reform legislation are lowering costs and improving outcomes in the state, according to the Division of Workers' Compensation's latest analysis. ...Read More | |||
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Rates to Drop 5.8% in 2018 | 10/03/2017 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance said workers’ compensation rates will drop an average of 5.8% next year. The department said the National Counc...Read More | |||
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Ramsey County Selects Insurity's SIMS Claims System | 10/03/2017 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Insurity, a provider of software and services to property and casualty insurers, has announced that Ramsey County, Minnesota, has selected its SIMS Claims system for administering workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Insurance Industry Lost Jobs in August | 10/02/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. economy lost 300 insurance jobs in August, according to preliminary numbers in a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. ...Read More | |||
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Rigid Leave Policies May Conflict With ADA, Employers Warned | 09/29/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Having a maximum-absence policy that is set in stone can cause an employer to run afoul of the Americans with Disabilities Act, disability experts said in a recent webinar. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau Says It Will Pull Rate Filing Increase With Protz Fix | 09/28/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state’s rating bureau on Wednesday pledged to withdraw an “unprecedented” interim loss cost filing with a recommended 6.06% increase if legislators quickly craft a “fix” to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s recent Protz decision. ...Read More | |||
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Reasonable Accommodation Under ADA Does Not Include Extended Leave, 7th Circuit Rules | 09/27/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Americans with Disabilities Act does not require an employer to grant a three-month leave of absence to an employee who had exhausted his Family Medical Leave Act benefits, the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
