Workers' Compensation News
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W.R. Berkley Corp. Appoints Execs for Launch of Enterprise Risk Solutions | 06/28/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| W.R. Berkley Corp. named Wayne Bryan president and Hale Johnston chief operating officer of its new Berkley Enterprise Risk Solutions, which will focus on providing workers’ compensation coverage to large businesses in California. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Tuesday | 06/24/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Actuarial Committee will discuss COVID-19 claim development and the latest insurer experience report during a meeting Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Use of Telemedicine Stabilizes Following Pandemic | 06/24/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute reported the use of telemedicine services that increased substantially in the second quarter of 2020 was already decreasing by the third quarter and has stabilized in subsequent quarters. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Amend Pleading or to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 06/24/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to amend his bill of particulars related to his alleged accident, and he was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Entitlement to Multiplier Unaffected by Termination for Cause | 06/22/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the treble increase in benefits for workers who, due to an injury, are unable to return to their time-of-injury positions, is unaffected if a worker is terminated for misconduct. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Setting Up Security Deposit Rulemaking Advisory Committee | 06/21/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that it is developing a rulemaking advisory committee soon to discuss the issue of how to handle security deposits for self-insured employers. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Use of Dermatologicals Continues to Increase as Opioids Decline | 06/17/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute said a new FlashReport from several states found payments for dermatological agents continue to increase while payments for opioids continue to decline. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Testifies That Reform Savings Have Run Their Course | 06/16/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Officials with the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California, testifying in support of a recommendation to increase the advisory pure premium rate by 7.6%, said savings from reforms passed nearly a decade ago have run their course. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell in Manhole Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/16/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from a fall down an open manhole. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Get Pension, Health or Welfare Benefits Added to AWW Calculation | 06/15/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase of his average weekly wage by including the value of his pension, health and welfare benefits in the calculation of his income. ...Read More | |||
