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Workers' Compensation News
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Subsequent Injuries Are Common and Costly, Report Finds | 06/06/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 436 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 93 min read | |||
| Far from being a rare occurrence, subsequent workplace injuries in employees who have already suffered one work-related injury are “common and costly,” according to a new report from the Texas D...Read More | |||
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Sunz Acquires Case Management Company Ascential | 06/06/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 102 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| Sunz Holdings has acquired Ascential Care Partners LLC, a national, accredited case management and utilization review company. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Hires Chief Actuarial Officer | 06/06/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 205 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. has hired Laura Robison as its new chief actuarial officer. ...Read More | |||
| SAIF Corp. Board Meeting to Discuss Finances, Dividends | 06/05/2018 | ||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 95 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 7 min read | |||
| The board of directors for Oregon’s SAIF Corp. will discuss dividends and finances during a meeting Wednesday in Salem. Directors are scheduled to only discuss a dividend, not to vote on any recommendation. The agenda for the meeting doesn’t have any information about the pote...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Special Funds Case; Could Cost Insurers More Than $1 Billion | 06/05/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 323 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read | |||
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and its subsidiaries brought over the discontinuation of New York's fund for reopened claims. ...Read More | |||
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Second-Injury Fund Facing Insolvency in Months, but No Action on Solutions | 06/04/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 343 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read | |||
| With the clock ticking, Oklahoma regulators are pinning their hopes on little more than a yet-to-be formed study commission to figure out a way to save the 75-year-old second-injury trust fund from insolvency. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insureds Must Dot Their I's on New Application Forms, Board Says | 06/04/2018 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 159 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 10 min read | |||
| Indiana's workers' compensation board has released new application forms and guidelines for self-insurers, and the agency is urging employers to make sure they complete the form in full. ...Read More | |||
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State Stands Out for Rapid Cost Growth, Cost Per Claim | 06/01/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 180 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| Workers’ compensation total costs per claim in Louisiana were the highest in a recent study of 18 states conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Firm Owner and Daughter Accused of Defrauding Comp Insurer | 06/01/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 277 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| The owner of a Massachusetts temporary employment agency, and her daughter, face insurance fraud charges for allegedly disguising the size of the company’s payroll to avoid workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Surge in Workplace Deaths and Injuries Worries State Officials | 05/31/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 203 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| Hawaii, which normally enjoys a far lower occupational injury and fatality rate than the national average, experienced a surge of serious workplace accidents and deaths during the first three weeks in May. ...Read More | |||
