Workers' Compensation News
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Trial Lawyers, Insurance Industry Square Off over Attorney Fees
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03/09/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Oregon attorneys are asking lawmakers to approve a bill that would allow them to be paid an hourly rate for representing injured workers, a proposal insurance companies say will lead to more disputes and litigation and drive up costs for the state's employers.
It will likely be at lea...Read More
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Travelers Tops WC Market in 2014, NAIC Reports
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03/04/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer
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Travelers Group was the top workers' compensation insurer in the country by direct earned premium in 2014, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Travelers brought in $4.22 billion in premium last year, according to a market share report from NAIC. The compa...Read More
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Three Frogs Execs Plead Guilty in Death of Worker
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03/02/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Three executives with a Southern California real estate firm face up to one year in jail and probation after pleading guilty to unemployment insurance fraud and operating without workers' compensation in charges stemming from the November death of a worker, according to a report by the NBC af...Read More
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Trial in Rehabilitator's Suit against KSBIT Set for March 2016
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03/02/2015
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State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A court-appointed rehabilitator’s complaint accusing former caretakers of the Kentucky School Board Insurance Trust of mismanagement, negligence and deceptive financial statements is scheduled to come to trial a year from now.
Meanwhile, the Kentucky League of Cities’ ow...Read More
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Two Members Appointed to Workers' Compensation Advisory Council
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02/25/2015
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed a vocational rehabilitation professional and an insurer representative to the state Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
Baker appointed Lisabeth "Libby" Hosford-Walsh, regional manager for VRS Disability Management, and Mich...Read More
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Texas Mutual Awards $400,000 in Grants for Workplace Safety Courses
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02/19/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded four Texas colleges a combined $400,000 in grants to fund free workplace safety courses, Texas Mutual announced in a release.
The grants went to Kilgore College, Midland College, College of the Mainland in Texas City and Del Mare College in Corpus Ch...Read More
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Tree Trimmers Face $53,900 in Fines for Lack of Fall Protection and Helmets
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02/17/2015
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Federal inspectors have fined a tree-trimming company in East Hanover, New Jersey, $53,900 for allegedly exposing its workers to fall hazards.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued two citations to Northstar Contracting Group after an inspector witnessed an employee wor...Read More
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Trucking Terminal Cited For 12 Violations Following Explosion
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02/12/2015
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Source: OSHA
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a St. Louis trucking terminal for one willful and 11 serious safety violations after an explosion at the terminal last August put four employees in the hospital, critically injuring two of them.
OSHA said in a release that t...Read More
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