Workers' Compensation News
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Towns Get New Distributions From Risk Pool | 07/31/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency, one of the largest providers of workers' compensation coverage to local governments in the state, this week presented a $51,959 dividend check to the town of Fairfield and the Fairfield Board of Education. ...Read More | |||
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TMI to Host Three-Day WC Fraud Conference | 07/31/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. will host a three-day workers' compensation fraud conference in October. The Oct. 21-23 conference in Aust...Read More | |||
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Travelers' Net Income Rises 6% in Q2 | 07/24/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Travelers Cos. on Tuesday reported second quarter net income of $557 million, a 6% increase from $524 million in the prior-year quarter....Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Sentenced for Workers' Comp Fraud | 07/23/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former truck driver in Ventura County who was caught working on cars while collecting workers’ comp benefits for a shoulder injury has pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and has been sentenced to three years of probation. ...Read More | |||
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Time to Review Rules on Procedures, Rulemaking, Self-Insurance, DWC Says | 07/12/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will accept public comments on whether changes are needed to the rules that govern everything from general procedures at the division to self-insurance and second injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Gives $53,000 for City's Comp Safety Program | 07/10/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has granted a $53,000 dividend to the City of Converse for maintaining a workers' compensation safety program. A local ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Reinstated After Refusing to Drive in Winter Weather | 07/01/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered a Kentucky trucking company to reinstate a driver who was fired after refusing to drive in hazardous winter conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Two Contractors Fined After Fatal Fall | 06/26/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two construction contractors after a worker at a Miami Beach construction site fell from an elevated platform and died. ...Read More | |||
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Therapy Clinic Owner Convicted of Defrauding Federal Comp Program | 06/26/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of several San Antonio-based physical therapy clinics is awaiting sentencing after he was convicted on charges that he defrauded the federal workers' compensation program out of millions of dollars. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Fraud | 06/20/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A truck driver observed working on cars while receiving workers’ compensation benefits pleaded guilty to one felony count of fraud, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
