Workers' Compensation News
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Va. Carriers Must Notify All Non-Renewals or Be Liable
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02/08/2007
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State: VA | Segment: Courts | 0
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Workers' compensation carriers doing business in Virginia are required to issue non-renewal notifications even when it's the employer who drops the carrier, a court of appeals decided Wednesday.
Travelers Property Casualty Co. was ordered to pay two claims that occurred after a policy had...Read More
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Vermont Gov. Takes Action on Sick Building
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02/05/2007
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State: VT | Segment: Politics | 0
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Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas last week ordered a "phased shutdown" of a state office building in Bennington where six workers have been diagnosed with a rare lung disease, according to press reports.
The governor acted after state senators introduced a bill that would make workers eligible fo...Read More
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Video Library Closed For a Week
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01/30/2007
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State: OH | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's Division of Safety and Hygiene announced the video library will be shut the week of Feb. 5-9.
The division announced it is "no longer accepting orders to ship out that week."
Normal business operations will resume Feb. 12.
T...Read More
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Victoria Office to Host Session on Forms
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01/19/2007
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State: TX | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Victoria field office of the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will host a "brown bag" educational session on division forms on Jan. 31.
The free session is from noon to 1 p.m. at Citizens Hospital at 2701 Hospital Drive.
The session will be an open forum in which pa...Read More
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Ventura Court Ordered to Review CIGA Reimbursement
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01/11/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Ventura County appeals court was ordered to review a reimbursement dispute between the California Insurance Guarantee Association and State Fund and to rule on the merits of the association's claim for a full $43,500 repayment.
The guarantee association (CIGA) paid the claims of insolv...Read More
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Vermont Making Second Pass on Voc-Rehab Rules
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12/15/2006
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State: VT | Segment: Top | 0
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State regulators in Vermont have withdrawn proposed rules that would have directed vocational rehabilitation screening of injured workers to the state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Steve Monahan, director of the state Workers' Compensation & Safety Division, said he learned only ...Read More
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Vargas Lands Job with Safeco in Calif.
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12/08/2006
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State: CA | Segment: Politics | 0
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Juan Vargas, the former chairman of the Assembly Insurance Committee, was appointed vice president of external relations for insurance carrier Safeco in California, Safeco announced Thursday.
"We're thrilled to welcome Juan Vargas to Safeco -- a leader who has
been instrumental in shap...Read More
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Victoria Field Office to Host 'Brown-Bag'
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12/08/2006
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State: TX | Segment: Events | 0
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The Victoria field office of the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will host a "brown bag" educational session Dec. 27 on navigating the Department of Insurance and division Web site.
The free session is set for noon to 1 p.m. at Citizens Hospital at 2701 Hospital Drive.
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Virginia Finalizes Coal Mine Rate Changes
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11/30/2006
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State: VA | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Virginia State Corporation Commission on Wednesday finalized minor changes it ordered in pure premiums charged to the state's surface and underground coal mines, scheduled to take effect April 1, 2007.
Based on the changes, loss costs for surface mines will be increase by 9.7% -- dow...Read More
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Va. Corporation Commission Modifies Coal Mine Rates
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11/21/2006
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State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Virginia State Corporation Commission ordered the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) to reduce the rate increase it recommended for workers' compensation rates charged for surface coal mines and deepen the cuts it planned for underground mines.
The panel ordered that av...Read More
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