Workers' Compensation News
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TDI Warns Some Applications Will Be Unavailable this Weekend
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08/22/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance warned that a number of online applications will be unavailable this weekend due to scheduled maintenance.The agency said that users will be unable to use eight of its applications due to scheduled maintenance. The outage will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday...Read More
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Travelers: Employers Report More Injuries in August
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08/22/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas employers reported more workers' compensation claims in August than in any other month, according to Travelers Insurance's analysis of its workers' compensation claims during 2011 and 2012."Employees are the backbone of any successful company, so it is important that em...Read More
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TSA Cited for Hazards at Logan International Airport
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08/22/2013
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State: MA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued 14 notices of unsafe or unhealthy working conditions to the Transportation Security Administration following a Feb. 6 inspection of TSA operations at Boston's Logan International Airport.Brenda Gordon, OSHA's area ...Read More
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Time Ran out for Claimant who Delayed Carpal Tunnel Treatment
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08/16/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: MS | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The two-year statute of limitations on a claim for carpal tunnel syndrome began to run when the claimant received a second opinion from a specialist that her injury was likely work related, not when she received final test results confirming the diagnosis, the Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled....Read More
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TMIC, Brokers Attribute Premium Growth to Economic Uptick
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08/09/2013
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterTexas Mutual Insurance Co.'s dominant hold on the state's workers' compensation market grew by 3.3% last year as all carriers collected the highest amount of Texas premium since 2008....Read More
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Toledo MMA Instructor Pleads Guilty to Double-Dipping Charge
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08/08/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Toledo man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of workers' compensation fraud on Tuesday, according to a report from the Toledo Blade newspaper.Bobby Morgan, Sr., 44, pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor count of workers' compensation fraud, after originally being...Read More
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Three More Convicted in Long Island Rail Road Disability Scheme
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08/08/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A board-certified orthopedist and two "disability consultants" were convicted on Tuesday in connection with a scheme to defraud New York's Long Island Rail Road by workers who filed false disability claims to supplement their benefits from early retirement.U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara...Read More
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Travis County Grand Jury Indicts Drywaller on Fraud Charges
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08/05/2013
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Travis County grand jury indicted a drywaller on workers' compensation fraud charges after he allegedly misclassified his employee laborers as subcontractors, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Co.The grand jury indicted Mark Edward Helm and McClanahan Drywall of Emory, Texas, for...Read More
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The Hartford Names Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
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07/29/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hartford has promoted Patricia McEvoy to chief ethics and compliance officer.McEvoy, who was previously vice president and assistant general counsel in the corporate and property and casualty litigation unit of the law department, will now be responsible for leading enterprise compli...Read More
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Texas Mutual Begins Distributing $175M in Dividends
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07/26/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced Thursday that it has begun distributing $175 million in dividends among approximately 40,000 policyholders. The state-chartered carrier said this is the 15th consecutive year it has paid dividends, bringing the total to almost $1.4 billion. The compan...Read More
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