Workers' Compensation News
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TDI Adopts New Section in TAC's Prepaid Access Card Rules
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01/19/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted amendments to Section 124.5 and added a new Section 124.6 of Title 28, Part 2, Chapter 124 of the Texas Administrative Code, which addresses the use of electronic transfer payments made through a prepaid access...Read More
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Temp Worker Forced to Stay in Golden State to Get Treatment
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01/13/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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What was supposed to be a temporary 13-week assignment in California has turned into a three-year ordeal for Alabama nurse Althea Hart, who, according to the Bakersfield Californian, would have to forgo medical treatment for her occupational injury if she returns home.
Hart started workin...Read More
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TDI Issues Mandatory Call for 4th-Quarter Data
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01/13/2015
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Source: Texas Department of Insurance
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a mandatory data call for fourth-quarter experience to all insurance companies licensed to write workers’ compensation policies, as well as other lines of insurance.
The data call is the basis for a quarterly report that TDI submits to th...Read More
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The Hilb Group Acquires CityInsurance Brokerage
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01/13/2015
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hilb Group, a Virginia-based insurance brokerage, has acquired the West Virginia operations of CityInsurance.
CityInsurance is the brokerage arm of City National Bank and offers business and property and casualty coverage, including workers' compensation, according to its ...Read More
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TDI Announces New Methodology for Calculating Assessment Rates
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01/12/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Department of Insurance has announced changes to the way it calculates assessments on carriers it's inspecting.
The new method consists of "determined by calculating the department's total cost need, and subtracting from that number funds resulting from fee revenue ...Read More
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Two WC Defense Firms Merge
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01/08/2015
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Hudson, Ohio, law firm specializing in employment and workers' compensation has merged with a larger legal practice in Canton.
The merger was effective Jan. 1 and will combine the five-attorney practice Andrews & Wyatt with the 45-lawyer firm Day Ketterer, according to...Read More
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Three-Member Panel to Consider Reimbursement Manuals at Jan. 22 Meeting
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01/07/2015
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Three-Member Panel will hold a public meeting to consider the 2015 Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual and the Ambulatory Surgical Center Reimbursement Manual on Jan. 22, the division announced in a release.
The Three-Membe...Read More
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Tristar Contracted to Manage State Worker Claims
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01/06/2015
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Tristar Risk Management will administer workers' compensation claims filed by Alaska state employees in 2015, according to the Division of Workers' Compensation website.
The division on Jan. 2 updated its website to note that Tristar, headquartered in Long Beach, California, has t...Read More
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TDI Fraud Unit Looks to Step Up Prosecution Referrals
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12/31/2014
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Lack of manpower, high investigator turnover and even – in an indirect way – the power struggle that led to outgoing Gov. Rick Perry’s indictment have been connected to the Texas Insurance’s Department's recent troubles with generating referrals for prosecution of work...Read More
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