Workers' Compensation News
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Gov. Haley Appoints AIA Regional Director as Insurance Director
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11/14/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: SC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday announced the appointment of Raymond G. Farmer as director of the state Insurance Department.The governor's selection won immediate praise from the American Insurance Association for appointing one of its own executives to the slot. Farmer i...Read More
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Governor Picks Little Rock M.D. for State Medical Board
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11/13/2012
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Dr. Richard (Scott) Pace, M.D., of Little Rock to the Arkansas State Medical Board for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2015.Pace replaces Rose Crain of Little Rock, who is deceased, the governor's office said.Pace received his medical degre...Read More
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Goodwin Approves 0.5% Decrease in Loss Costs
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11/06/2012
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State: NC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has approved a 0.5% decrease in loss costs to take effect on April 1, 2013.The North Carolina Rate Bureau said in a circular that insurers deciding to change their loss-cost multipliers file...Read More
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Governor Appoints Top Staffer's Wife to SBWC
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11/05/2012
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State: GA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed the wife of his administration's chief operating officer to become one of the three members of the State Board of Workers' Compensation (SBWC), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Friday.A spokeswoman for SBWC Chairman Richard Thomp...Read More
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Governor Appoints 2 to WCB
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11/02/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Pam Cline and Mark Talbert to the Workers’ Compensation Board on Thursday.Cline is the business representative for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1547 and has been a certified pharmacy technician since 1999. She was appo...Read More
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Goldsmith Asks IWIF and other Insurers for Hurricane Grace Period
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11/02/2012
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State: MD | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Goldsmith on Thursday asked the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund (IWIF) and other property and casualty insurers to extend grace periods to policyholders to allow for late premium payments in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.Goldsmith said in a re...Read More
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Guard's Post-Flu Heart Problems Were Presumptively Work-Related
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10/17/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A prison guard whose stomach flu led to his development of cardiac problems was entitled to benefit from the statutory presumption of industrial causation for his condition.Case: Walters v. State of Florida, No. 1D11-6707, 10/16/2012, published....Read More
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Guaranty Fund Liable for Borrowed Employee's Injury
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10/16/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A policy issued by a carrier to the employer of a borrowed employee was not "other insurance" that had to be exhausted before the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund could be held liable for benefits due to that worker after he was hurt on the job.Case: Illinois Insuran...Read More
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Governor Picks Podiatric Medicine, Nursing Board Members
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10/16/2012
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe today announced 24 appointments to state boards and commissions, including three to the State Board of Nursing and one to the Board of Podiatric Medicine.Dr. H. F. (Bunny) Brown III, Little Rock, was reappointed to the Board of Podiatric Medicine. Brown's app...Read More
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Governor Says Shift away from State Courts Major Possibility
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10/11/2012
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is continuing to develop a workers' compensation reform plan but said taking the initial adjudication of claims disputes out of the state's courts is a major possibility, the Nashville Business Journal reported on Wednesday."That's one of the ones w...Read More
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