Workers' Compensation News
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Triable Issue on Scope of Work Prevents Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim, not because of the homeowners' exemption applied by the trial justice, but because of a triable issue as to the type of work being performed. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Board Approves $330M Dividend | 05/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Texas Mutual Insurance Co. approved a $330 million general dividend distribution in 2025. Texas Mutual said dividend chec...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA Partners Acquires Axiom National | 05/01/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Tower MSA Partners on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Axiom National, a Medicare secondary payer compliance and settlement planning firm. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Offers $8 Million in Grant Funding | 04/28/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced plans to distribute $8 million in grant funding to nonprofits this year. The carrier said the first grant cyc...Read More | |||
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Three Plead Guilty to Evading Payroll Tax, Comp Coverage | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Three residents of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax fraud through a years-long scheme of avoiding workers' compensation coverage and vastly underreporting payroll. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Accepting Comments on Proposed Classification Changes | 04/02/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance is accepting comments through May on proposed changes to classifications for hazardous material removal. The Natio...Read More | |||
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TDI Approves 11.5% Loss Cost Reduction | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance announced that it adopted a National Council on Compensation Insurance recommendation to reduce the average advisory loss cost by 11.5%, effective July 1. ...Read More | |||
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Tow Truck Operator Charged With Failing to Provide Comp Coverage | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Department of Justice announced that the owner of a tow truck company was arrested and charged with failing to provide workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Lift Stay in Billing Dispute | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court said a trial court erroneously lifted a stay in a dispute over payments for medical services because neither party filed a timely challenge to the final order putting the case on hold pending arbitration. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Abuses Discretion in Denying Venue Change After Missed Hearing | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appeals court held that a trial court abused its discretion in finding attorneys who were unable to attend a motion hearing due to severe weather had abandoned their request to transfer the case to a different venue. ...Read More | |||
