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Workers' Compensation News

 
Texas Mutual Reports 3 Indicted for Alleged Premium Fraud 04/12/2011
State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced Monday that a Travis County grand jury has indicted Robert Crow, Helen Crow and Coy Crow, all of Midland, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The Crows operated Vanco Insulation, Inc., a Midland-based asbestos abatement business with...Read More
 
 
Ten Comp Bills on Committee Agendas 04/11/2011
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California state Capitol will be bustling with talk of workers’ compensation legislation Wednesday morning with three Assembly and Senate committees taking public testimony on a total of 10 bills.The Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations will take testimony on thre...Read More
 
 
Time Running Out for Fee Schedule Bill 04/11/2011
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0
Lawmakers in Alaska have not done anything with a bill that would establish a permanent medical fee schedule in the state, and there are just seven days left before the Legislature is required to adjourn.The situation is similar to what happened last year, and something observers were co...Read More
 
 
Treatment Facility Death Brings 7 Citations, $28,000 in Fines 04/08/2011
State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued seven citations with fines totaling $28,000 to The Renaissance Project in Ellenville for alleged safety violations following the death of one employee and the wounding of another at the addiction treatment facility.OSHA began a...Read More
 
 
The Hanover Expands BOP Offering to 6 Western States, D.C. 04/07/2011
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0
The Hanover Insurance Group said Wednesday that it will further expand its small commercial capabilities in six Western states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington, and also in the District of Colombia.The Hanover said it will make its business owner's policy (BOP)...Read More
 
 
Tomblin Signs $5 Million Rescue Plan for VFD Comp System 04/06/2011
State: WV | Segment: EAST | 0
Acting West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Monday signed legislation that will provide $5 million to cover anticipated increases in workers' compensation premiums for the state's more than 400 volunteer fire departments (VFDs).Tomblin included House Bill 3271 in a package of 2...Read More
 
 
Turlock Postal Worker Charged with Work Comp Fraud 04/04/2011
By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Federal prosecutors announced Friday the indictment of a Turlock, Calif., Postal Service worker on 30 counts of mail fraud and two counts of federal workers' compensation fraud.Karina S. Beard, 44, is accused of lying about the extent of her injuries in order to collect benefits from...Read More
 
 
Trust Rescue Plan Getting High Marks from Stakeholders 04/01/2011
State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe 11th-hour rescue plan for New York's troubled group self-insured trust system hammered out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers this week is getting high marks from stakeholders r...Read More
 
 
Texas Mutual Pays $1,759,699 Dividend to Manufacturers Group 03/31/2011
State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. presented a $1,175,699 dividend Wednesday to the Texas Association of Manufacturers group purchasing program.The dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio, Texas Mutual reported.Texas Association of Manufacturers members hav...Read More
 
 
Trucking Company Owner Charged with Failing to Carry Comp 03/29/2011
State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0
The owner of an Erie, Pa., trucking company that hauled mail for the U.S. Postal Service is facing criminal charges for failing to carry workers' compensation insurance, The Erie Times-News reported Saturday.The newspaper said Douglas A. Pifer, 53, was arraigned in Greene Township, P...Read More
 
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