Workers' Compensation News
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Ethics Committee Affirms Judicial Violations on Six Complaints
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06/26/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 2080 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 49 min read
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The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee identified five violations of judicial ethics and one “technical violation” in 42 complaints it resolved last year.
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Business Owner Gets 5 Years in $5.6 Million Payroll Fraud Scheme
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06/26/2017
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1519 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owner of a Southern California paving company and property management firm was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to insurance fraud for underreporting millions of dollars in payroll, according to a ...Read More
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Bureau Cancels Impairment Rating Decisions in Wake of Protz Ruling
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06/26/2017
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By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 1386 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation has suspended all independent rating evaluations in reaction to last week's Supreme Court decision striking down the impairment rating evaluation process as unconstitutional.
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House Republicans Revive Proposals for Formulary, Medicare-Based Fee Schedule
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06/26/2017
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 1420 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read
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Republicans in the Illinois House of Representatives are using the 10-day special session, called by the governor to get a budget passed, to take another run at overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system with a Medicare-based fee schedule and drug formulary.
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Administrator Loses Comp Defense Battle With AG Madigan
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06/26/2017
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 1390 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the director of the state Department of Central Management Services could not disqualify the state attorney general from defending the state against a comp claim filed by a worker claiming to be a state employee.
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AWCC to Relocate Commissioners' Offices Friday
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06/26/2017
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 998 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission will relocate commissioners' offices to the commission's headquarters at 324 Spring St. in Little Rock, ...Read More
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Court Revives Former Comp Judge's Claims for Unpaid Wages
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06/26/2017
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 1043 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Louisiana appellate court has revived a former comp judge’s claim that the Louisiana Workforce Commission short-changed him on his wages when he left his job in December 2015.
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L&I Starts Work on 2018 Premiums
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06/26/2017
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 1255 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries published a preproposal statement of inquiry initiating the start of rule-making activity to set 2018 workers’ compensation premium rates.
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Karen Bolinder Promoted to COO at Sunz Insurance
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06/26/2017
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 1049 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Sunz Insurance Co., a large-deductible workers’ compensation carrier, has promoted Karen Bolinder from director of financial operations to chief operating officer.
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Eric Halter to Lead AF Group's New AF Specialty Unit
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06/26/2017
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 957 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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AF Group has hired Eric Halter as director of its newly launched brand, AF Specialty, which will provide fronting capacity to insurance carriers, managing general agents, reinsurance intermediaries and captive managers.
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