Workers' Compensation News
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Truck Driver Can't Get Benefits from Cos. that Hired his Employer
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03/27/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: KY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a supplier of promotional items, and the company that it used to find shipping services, were not liable for workers' compensation benefits to the employee of the shipping company they had contracted with to make a delivery.C...Read More
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Texas Dept. of Insurance to Adopt NCCI Basic Manual Oct. 1
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03/26/2014
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance will adopt the National Council on Compensation Insurance Basic Manual with Texas exceptions effective Oct. 1, which allows carriers to adopt the manual as early as June 1, according to a department order issued Tuesday.Terri Robinso...Read More
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Trailer Manufacturer Faces $30,000 in OSHA Fines
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03/26/2014
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Truck trailer manufacturer Great Dane Limited Partnership faces $30,000 in proposed penalties from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing employees to hexavalent chromium at its Danville facility.Investigators found that one welder was...Read More
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Toll from Park Avenue Insurance Scam Still Rising
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03/25/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, WorkCompCentral CorrespondentLosses from two Oklahoma workers' compensation insurers toppled by a national fraud scheme tied to Park Avenue Bank in New York have reached $92 million and are expected to...Read More
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Taxi Company Owners Indicted for Underreporting
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03/19/2014
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The two owners of a Poughkeepsie taxi company have been indicted on workers’ compensation fraud and other charges for failing to carry workers’ compensation insurance, underreporting their payroll and misclassifying employees.Call A Cab owners William Boy...Read More
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Timber Group Approves $2.2 Million Dividend
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03/13/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange board of governors approved a $2.2 million dividend that will be split between its 34 policyholders based on their safety performance in 2013.Michael Hinchen, manager of Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange, said the amount of dividend checks mailed on Ma...Read More
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Towers Watson: Commercial Insurance Prices Up 5%
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03/11/2014
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Commercial insurance price increased by 5% in aggregate during the fourth quarter of 2013, the third consecutive year of price increases, Towers Watson said in a press release Monday.The company's ...Read More
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Two Deputy Workers' Comp Commissioners Hired by DWC
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03/11/2014
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two deputy workers' compensation commissioners have been hired by the state Division of Workers' Compensation.Erin Q. Pals will start her duties with the commission on March 28. Joseph L. Walsh started his commission duties on...Read More
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Travelers Bumps Liberty as Top Workers' Comp Insurer
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03/05/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Travelers Group surpassed Liberty Mutual Group as the nation’s top workers’ compensation insurer in 2013, reporting direct written premiums of $4.14 billion to Liberty’s $3.59 billion, according to ...Read More
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