Industry Insights
| CAAA: Union Seniority Undercut by SB 899 | 10/24/2019 | ||
| By: CAAA Labor Committee | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| When the Democrats in the state Legislature went along with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's so-called workers' comp reform, they severely undercut the principle of union seniority. Beginning right after the Civil War, railroad workers won seniority rights. By the turn of the century,...Read More | |||
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Anders: U.S. Appellate Court Holds Guaranty Fund Not a Primary Plan Under MSP Act | 10/23/2019 | |
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| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In an Oct.10 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) was found not to be a primary plan under the Medicare Seco...Read More | |||
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Langham: Costs, Good Faith and Chilling Effect | 10/22/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Florida First District Court of Appeal recently affirmed the imposition of prevailing party costs in Coto v. Univision Sentry Casualty Co. The decision was a per cu...Read More | |||
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Paduda: A Roundup of News I Missed on Vacation | 10/21/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| OK, here’s what I missed while on vacation in France. The Workers Compensation Research Institute's annual conference is back in Bos...Read More | |||
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Salem: Board Affirms Opinion on Admissibility of 'Self-Taught' Expert's Testimony | 10/18/2019 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a trial court decision denying a motion in limine that sought to exclude an expert’s deposition testimony because the physician had no training in use of the American Medical Association’s Guides, and stated at one po...Read More | |||
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Moore: Are You A Drive-By Network User? | 10/17/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers’ compensation medical network usage tends to be the drive-by type. What do I mean by drive-by? ...Read More | |||
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Young: Newsom's First Workers' Comp Veto | 10/16/2019 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed his first workers’ comp bill, AB 346. ...Read More | |||
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Akkarachittor: How Machine Learning and AI Can Help Reduce Risk | 10/15/2019 | |
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| By: Pramod Akkarachittor | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Risk management is integral to insurance, but it’s traditionally been an inexact science. Thanks to recent technological advances, however, risk management is about to get a long overdue upgrade. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: The Misunderstood Waiver of Subrogation Endorsement | 10/14/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The waiver of subrogation endorsement appears in almost all workers’ comp policies. Almost all workers’ comp personnel and insureds do not ever read any policies. Who wants to read 40 pages of droning on when the dec page covers everything one needs to know concerning a pol...Read More | |||
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Switzer: Bureau Revises Petition for Benefit Determination | 10/11/2019 | |
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| By: Kenneth M. Switzer | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the recent Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision Vickers v. Amazon.com, the board observed that it is “unclear” why the email address to file a petition for benefit dete...Read More | |||
