Workers' Compensation News
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Two Contractors Plead Guilty to Failing to Provide WC Insurance
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12/06/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Two Monterey County contractors pleaded guilty this week to failing to obtain workers' compensation insurance and other charges, the county District Attorney's Office announced Thursday. Matthew Cunningham, 61, of Felton, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to provi...Read More
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Texas Mutual Names Woody Hill as VP of Loss Prevention
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12/06/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Woody Hill will be the carrier's vice president of loss-prevention services.Hill will oversee the insurer's strategic workplace safety services program, which delivers safety programs to the carrier's 57,000 policyholders. ...Read More
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Telemedicine Rules Could be Ready by Spring
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11/27/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Permanent rules that would allow physicians to be paid for using interactive communication equipment such as a video conference to remotely examine injured workers in Nevada could be adopted by spring, according to an attorney for the state’s Division of Industrial Relations.Propos...Read More
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TDI Posts Summaries of New Laws Affecting Insurers
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11/27/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin featuring summaries of new laws affecting the insurance industry.The list features one workers' compensation bill, Senate Bill 1286, which defines co-employment and took effect on Sept. 1. The purpose of the bill is to clarify w...Read More
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Tower Issues 2Q Report, Confirms $365 Boost to Loss Reserves
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11/26/2013
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterShares of Tower Group International Ltd. improved by more than 5% on Monday after the company issued a delayed second-quarter report that confirmed the company took a $365 million hit on its bott...Read More
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Trucker Fined $10K for Refusing to Purchase WC Insurance
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11/25/2013
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owner of a Chicago trucking company has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to a felony for refusing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance since 2010, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission said.According to an IWCC ...Read More
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Texas Mutual Announces $2.6 Million in Dividend Distributions
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11/19/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that it has begun distributing $2.6 million in workers' compensation dividends among 3,300 new policyholders.The dividend distribution will complete the carrier's $175 million dividend distribution in 2013. "Texas Mutual is a polic...Read More
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Tesla Faces Possible 3rd Safety Violation in 3 Years
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11/18/2013
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating how three workers were burned by hot metal Wednesday at Bay Area Tesla Motors, Inc. in Fremont.Tesla has been cited twice for safety violations since 2011, according to CalOSH records. It was ...Read More
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TDI Begins Accepting Captives' Redomestication Applications
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11/18/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance is now accepting captive insurers' redomestication applications. State lawmakers approved the state's new captive insurance market with the passage of Senate Bill 734 in June, which allowed pure captive insurers to domicile in Texas. Since then, ...Read More
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