Workers' Compensation News
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Vetoed Bill Included Repeal of Alternate Health Care in Comp
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05/22/2009
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Economic development legislation vetoed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty earlier this month included a provision to repeal a prohibition against alternative health care in Minnesota’s workers’ compensation system.Senate File 2081, the Jobs and Economic Development Finance Omnibus Bill, w...Read More
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VIAW: Lengthy Process to Get Benefit Causes Small Settlements
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05/04/2009
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
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Senate Bill 3 is the result of repeated complaints about injured workers settling their rights to the supplemental job displacement benefit for "pennies on the dollar," because the process of obtaining the actual benefit takes far too long, the president of Voters Injured at Work said.Je...Read More
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Voices Pushes to Equalize Fee Caps between Workers and Employers
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04/24/2009
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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The Florida injured workers' group that broke ranks with claimants' lawyers this week over a compromise amendment to legislation triggered by the debate over the 2003 cap on attorneys' fees is pushing to equalize a set of proposed fee caps whether workers or employers are footing the bil...Read More
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Vito Confirmed as Labor & Industry Secretary
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04/24/2009
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0
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The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday confirmed Sandy Vito to become the state's 32nd Labor & Industry Secretary overseeing 6,000 employees in an agency that regulates unemployment, workers' compensation, labor law compliance and vocational rehabilitation.Gov. Edward G. Rendel...Read More
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Virginia Beach Agent Draws Probation for 'Churning' Policies
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04/14/2009
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State: VA | Segment: Fraud | 0
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A Virginia Beach, Va., insurance agent who forged the names of four clients to switch their Medicare Advantage policies has drawn probation following his April 6 conviction on forgery charges.The Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud Unit said Peter L. Holbert signed the names of four se...Read More
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Venbrook Insurance Services Appoints Three to Construction Group
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03/24/2009
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
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Venbrook Insurance Services announced Monday that it has hired three commercial insurance specialists to join its Construction Group, headed by Tim Johnston.The brokerage, based in Woodland Hills, Calif., said it assigned commercial insurance veterans Eileen Parnes, Donna Rowland and Jul...Read More
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Veteran City Lobbyist Tapped as Top Comp Administrator
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02/27/2009
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State: SC | Segment: Top | 0
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The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission has tapped a veteran lobbyist for the state Municipal Association to become the panel's executive director amid continuing turmoil over a 2007 standoff with Gov. Mark Sanford over his mandates that the panel use the American Medical Associa...Read More
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Vermont Approves 13% Cut in Loss Costs
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02/23/2009
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State: VT | Segment: EAST | 0
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Vermont's top insurance regulator has approved a call by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) to cut average loss costs for the voluntary market by 13% and slash assigned-risk rates by an average 9.6% effective April 1.Paulette Thabault, commissioner of the Departmen...Read More
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