Workers' Compensation News
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Towers Watson Appoints VP for its Brokerage Business
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04/29/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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Towers Watson said Thursday it has named Brendan Osean vice president of property insurance in its insurance brokerage business.Osean will be responsible for overseeing the design and placement of commercial property insurance programs for a wide range of U.S. and international companies...Read More
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Travelers Net Income Up 28% in First Quarter
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04/22/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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Travelers on Thursday reported first-quarter 2011 net income of $839 million, up from $647 million reported during the same period last year.The company reported net written premiums of $5,437 billion in the first quarter, a 4% increase from the prior year quarter due to strong results i...Read More
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Trench Collapse Prompts 6 Citations, $63,360 in Fines
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04/22/2011
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued six citations with fines totaling $63,360 to Trimat Construction of Bidwell following a trench collapse at a job site in Mercerville on March 8.OSHA reported that an agency OSHA inspector was performing a work site inspection w...Read More
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Treasurer Says Significant Workers' Comp Reform Looks Unlikely
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04/21/2011
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford (R) told the Belleville News-Democrat Tuesday he doubts there will be any “serious changes” to the state’s workers’ compensation system this year.The newspaper reported Rutherford met with the News-Democrat editorial board....Read More
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Texas Mutual Pays $211,381 Dividend to Texas Automotive Group
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04/21/2011
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced Wednesday it is paying a $211,381 dividend to the Texas Automotive workers' compensation purchasing group.The dividend is the second consecutive one paid to the group and was based largely on the group's overall loss ratio.Texas Au...Read More
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Trial Court Must Revisit 'Putative Spouse' Issue
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04/20/2011
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Santa Clara trial court will have to reconsider whether a deceased worker's wife was a "putative spouse," in an effort to determine whether she has the standing to sue his employer for wrongful death, the 6th District Court of Appeal ruled.Case: Ceja v. Rudolph & Sletten, Inc.,...Read More
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Times: Ethics Prosecutor Favored as Special Master of Zadroga Fund
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04/20/2011
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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The New York Times reported earlier this month that R. Blake Chisam, a former prosecutor for the U.S. House Ethics Committee, has broad support among first responders to the Sept. 1, 2001, World Trade Center attacks to become special master for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.Congress ...Read More
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Three Related Hair Care Firms Draw 22 Citations, $71,000 in Fines
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04/14/2011
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State: GA | Segment: EAST | 0
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued 22 citations with fines totaling $71,000 to three companies owned by Jinny Corp. in Doraville.The companies are JBS Beauty Club, JBS Hair Distribution Center and Jinny Beauty Supply Co., OSHA reported.Jinny Corp. pr...Read More
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Turley Law Firm Opens Office in the Hamptons
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04/13/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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Christopher M. Redmond, a senior partner at the New York workers' compensation law firm of Turley Redmond Rosasco & Rosasco, has opened a new office in the Hamptons area of Long Island, the firm announced Tuesday.The Turley firm said Redmond opened his office on Main Street in Sa...Read More
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Towers Watson Appoints 2 Execs to Reinsurance Brokerage
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04/13/2011
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
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Towers Watson said Tuesday it has named Darrell Comis, senior vice president, and David J. Albert, vice president, in its Reinsurance Brokerage business.Comis, based in the company’s Stamford, Conn., offices, will be responsible for the expansion of the facultative market strategie...Read More
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