Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Governing Committee Meeting Wednesday | 08/02/2019 | |
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| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will discuss the annual pure premium rate filing during a meeting Wednesday in Oakland. ...Read More | |||
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Wife Can't Litigate Until Worker Arbitrates Negligence Claim | 08/02/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a woman could not proceed with the litigation of her loss of consortium claim until her husband's negligence claim is resolved by arbitration. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Reports Decline in Opioid Dispensing in 27 Study States | 08/01/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Opioid dispensing dropped in all 27 states reviewed for the fifth edition of the Interstate Variations in Dispensing of Opioids study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute, released Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Challenge to Dismissal of Suit | 07/31/2019 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker forfeited his challenges to judgment in favor of an employer by failing to raise them during the trial. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Deception Results in Permanent Forfeiture of Benefits | 07/30/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who lied about his condition and his mobility limitations for more than two years has permanently forfeited his entitlement to benefits. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Announces Plans for New Portal | 07/30/2019 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission announced plans to launch a new portal that will allow all parties to submit claims, complete reports and forms, and pay fees and fines electronically. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Accused of Double Dipping | 07/30/2019 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man who allegedly ran a business repairing and renovating foreclosed homes while receiving workers’ compensation benefits faces three counts of fraud and one count of theft by deception, according to the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meeting Aug. 1 | 07/29/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Actuarial Committee for California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will meet Aug. 1 to review alternative loss projection methodologies and loss adjustment expense experience ahead of the Jan. 1, 2020, rate filing. ...Read More | |||
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W.R. Berkley Profit Up, Comp Premium Down in Q2 | 07/26/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| W.R. Berkley Corp. has reported second-quarter net income of $217 million, a 20% increase from $180 million in the second quarter of last ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB Schedules Forum on State of System Report | 07/23/2019 | ||
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| The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will hold a webinar at the end of the month to discuss its 2019 State of the System report. Top findings from the report that the WCIRB highlighted in a ...Read More | |||
