Workers' Compensation News
| TDI Adopts Deductible Update to Statistical Plan | 05/27/2021 | ||
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| The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday said it adopted an update to the Statistical Plan for Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance, correcting an error by removing an expiration date for deductible plan code “13.” A 2017 order inadvertently added ...Read More | |||
| Tow Company Must Pay Benefits for Driver's Fatal Accident Since Driver Qualified as Employee | 05/17/2021 | ||
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a tow company operator was liable for the payment of death benefits to the family of a tow truck driver because he was an employee and not an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Names Larry Martin SVP of Human Resources | 05/17/2021 | |
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| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. Company named Larry Martin as the company’s new senior vice president of human resources. ...Read More | |||
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Testan Law Announces Death of Founding Partner Steve Testan | 05/13/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Testan Law on Wednesday announced the death of founding partner Steven Carl Testan. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Names Bill Potter New CFO | 05/13/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. on Wednesday announced that Bill Potter will serve as its new chief financial officer. ...Read More | |||
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Treatment Provider Waits Too Long to Dispute Employer's Payment of Bill | 05/12/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a treatment provider waited too long after being allegedly short-changed by a municipal employer to file a claim for additional payment. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Announces $330M Dividend | 05/04/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. on Monday announced that its board of directors unanimously approved a $330 million dividend distribution for 2021. The p...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA Partners Completes SOC 2 Type II Audit | 04/29/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners, a Medicare set-aside and Medicare secondary payer compliance services company, announced that it completed its SOC 2 Type II audit. ...Read More | |||
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Treatment Provider Gets Paid Despite Employer's Retroactive Controversion of Claim | 04/20/2021 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld an award of payment to a provider for services it rendered to a state worker before the employer filed a retroactive controversion of medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Errs in Granting Challenge to Jurisdiction | 04/13/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker’s personal injury suit against his employer should not have been dismissed on a plea to the jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
