Workers' Compensation News
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Attorneys Ask High Court to Declare State's Self-Insured Program Illegal | 05/05/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two years after the state brushed aside Bob Burke's concerns that the self-insured workers' compensation program for state employees runs afoul of Oklahoma law, the claimants' attorney is making his case in a lawsuit. ...Read More | |||
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AFG Profit Grows to $153M in Q1 | 05/05/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| First-quarter net income at American Financial Group Inc. rose to $153 million in the first quarter, a 51% increase from $101 million in the same quarter of 2016, the company reported on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Acquires Summit Insurance Resource Group | 05/03/2017 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Summit Insurance Resource Group, a brokerage in Sandpoint, Idaho. ...Read More | |||
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Assistant Attorney General Selected as Workers' Compensation Commissioner | 05/03/2017 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Mary Fallin on Monday nominated Assistant Attorney General Megan Tilly to serve a six-year term on the Workers’ Compensation Commission, pending confirmation by the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
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Anti-Fraud Legislation Nearing House Floor Vote | 05/02/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would require insurers to crack down on fraud by creating investigative units is nearing a House floor vote. ...Read More | |||
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Anti-Fraud Workshop Scheduled for Medical Providers | 05/01/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Employers’ Fraud Task Force and the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery are teaming up to present a workshop intended to help medical providers comply with fraud-fighting provisions in legislation passed last year. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Will Break Down New Attorney Fee and Withdrawal Rules at Free Session | 04/27/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation will offer free training and a discussion on new attorney withdrawal procedures tied to changes regarding attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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ARAWC Hires Firm to Lobby Congress, DOL | 04/26/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Since it was founded in 2014, the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation has worked at the state level trying to increase the number of jurisdictions in which employers can opt out of workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Complicit in Comp Fraud Can't Represent Client's Estate | 04/26/2017 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court last week disqualified an attorney from representing the estate of a 37-year old worker in a wrongful death action because the attorney had helped the same worker defraud the state in a workers' comp claim. ...Read More | |||
| Advisory Committee to Discuss Rules for Medical Fees, EDI Implementation | 04/26/2017 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Idaho’s Advisory Committee on Workers’ Compensation will discuss rule-making related to medical fees and electronic reporting when it meets May 10 in Boise. Members of the committee will hear updates on the Industrial Commission’s ongoing efforts to implement Electr...Read More | |||
