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	WC Carriers Must Now Give Ample Warning When Premiums Are Set to Rise		04/19/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 68 \| 0
	Insurance carriers were reminded this week to give employers 30 days' notice when renewal policy premiums will rise by more than 10%. ...Read More


	Evidence Didn't Support Inference That Worker's Intoxication Led to Fatal Accident		04/19/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 155 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 13 min read
	Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal on Wednesday overturned a denial of benefits to a worker’s widow, deciding that the record evidence did not support a finding that his intoxication contributed to his death from being struck by a truck. ...Read More


	Report Examines Controversy Surrounding Doctor's Push for Objectivity		04/19/2018

	State: HI \| Segment: WEST \| 169 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 10 min read
	As part of its continuing, serial coverage of issues in Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system, the Honolulu Civil Beat set out to investigate whether an influential physician is an advocate for injured workers or a bagman who helps employers skirt liability for occupational injuries....Read More


	Reciprocal Coverage, Gig Worker Definition Bills Awaiting Final Votes		04/19/2018

	State: CO \| Segment: WEST \| 120 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 88 min read
	Colorado lawmakers are considering bills that would allow reciprocal coverage exemptions for workers temporarily in the state and define when a gig economy worker should be classified as an employee. ...Read More


	Tribal Employer's Potential Immunity Didn't Foreclose Worker's Claims		04/19/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NM \| Segment: WEST \| 89 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a casino worker could proceed with her claim for workers’ compensation benefits against a her tribal employer’s insurance carrier and third-party administrator regardless of whether the tribe itself was immune from liability. ...Read More


	Insurance Agent Accused of Taking Premiums for Personal Use		04/19/2018

	State: AR \| Segment: SOUTH \| 174 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 4 min read
	The Arkansas Insurance Commissioner this week suspended the license of an insurance agent and his agency after the agent was accused of fraudulently obtaining bank loans and converting premiums to personal use. ...Read More


	Miami Files Suit Seeking 'Disgorgement' by Opioid Manufacturers		04/19/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 138 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 12 min read
	The City of Miami has filed suit against major drug manufacturers alleging they were unjustly enriched by an epidemic of abuse that increased the city’s health care and workers’ compensation costs, and strained emergency services as rescue workers responded to 1,717 overdoses in a sin...Read More


	Farmer Can't Sue Insurance Agent for Allegedly Negligent Advice		04/19/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NE \| Segment: NORTH \| 111 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 8 min read
	The Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled that a farm owner could not state a viable negligence claim against his insurance agent — who happened to be his aunt — for failing to advise him to purchase workers’ compensation insurance. ...Read More


	General Counsel to Take Over as Executive Director of Rating Bureau		04/19/2018

	State: NJ \| Segment: NORTH \| 126 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	The New Jersey Compensation and Inspection Bureau has appointed Paul G. Witko as executive director, effective May 1. ...Read More


	Lack of FDA Approval Doesn't Render Rx Unreasonable		04/19/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NC \| Segment: SOUTH \| 129 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 43 min read
	The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the workers’ compensation law does not categorically exclude compounded medications that are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from being reasonable treatment for an injury. ...Read More

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FL - NCCI: New Classifications Possible After Florida Ruling on Transport Companies

04/26/2018 | 60 | 0 | min read

Two appeals from transportation-related companies have raised the possibility of additional classifications for Florida employers. The Florida Workers' Compensation Appeals Board this week ruled against an aircraft maintenance company, Daytona Aircraft Services, which argued it is classed improperly as an airline company, according to a news report by Florida Politics. Reclassifying the company could save it about $18,000 a year in workers' compensation premiums, the company said. The board then ruled in favor of Owl Inc., which said it should be classed with bus or scheduled l... Read More

AZ - AUI Names Western Region Vice President

04/26/2018 | 46 | 0 | min read

Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has named Eric Dail its western region vice president in charge of running day-to-day operations of the company’s office in Scottsdale, Arizona. Eric Dail Dail will oversee the carrier's workers' compensation and commercial garage underwriters working out of Arizona. He will also be in charge of the carrier's marketing efforts throughout the western states. Most recently Dail worked as a western region marketing representative for AUI. He brings more than 15 years of insurance industry experience to the position, having worked in product ma... Read More

NY - Accused Doctor Asks Court to Approve New Pain Management Job

04/26/2018 | 57 | 0 | 1 min read

A New York doctor who is accused of causing the deaths of six patients by negligently prescribing opioids has asked the federal judge presiding over the case to allow him to continue working at a pain management clinic while awaiting trial, according to a report by NBC News. Dr. Eugene Gosy was indicted in 2016 on fraud charges. Prosecutors say that many of his patients became addicted to opioids because of his negligence, and six of them died of overdoses. The New York Workers' Compensation Board suspended Gosy's authorization to treat injured workers in response to the charges. Gos... Read More

NH - Presumption Funding for Firefighters May Get New Life in House

04/26/2018 | 47 | 0 | min read

An effort to fund workers' compensation benefits for firefighters stricken with cancer may have new life in the New Hampshire House after the proposal was gutted by the Senate last month. SB 541 was passed by the Senate 23-0 but only after an amendment replaced a funding mechanism with a study commission. Now in the House Finance Committee and scheduled for a vote today, changes to the bill would clear the way for cancer claims covered by workers' compensation insurance, according to a local news report. The measure would not provide more funding, however, WMUR TV news reported.... Read More

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