Workers' Compensation News
| ZirMed Appoints VP for Payer Solutions | 08/28/2012 | ||
| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
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| ZirMed announced on Monday the appointment of Kenneth Willman to the position of vice president of payer solutions and strategy.Willman will be responsible for the management of payer interactions in order to ensure satisfaction for all stakeholders in the reimbursement process, the Loui...Read More | |||
| Zurich Backing Increased Deposit for Restaurant Group | 12/07/2011 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The largest self-insured group in California posted an increased security deposit for 2012, and announced that it has backing from Zurich North America to go even higher.The California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. (CRMBC), which covers $1.6 billion in payroll at more than 4,000 locati...Read More | |||
| Zurich to Underwrite Patriot's Agency Captive Program | 11/22/2011 | ||
| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
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| Zurich has reached an agreement with Patriot National Insurance Group of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to underwrite workers’ compensation through Patriot’s agency captive program.Under the deal, Patriot will serve as program administrator with full underwriting and claims settlemen...Read More | |||
| Zadroga Claims Forms Will Wait until Late November | 10/07/2011 | ||
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| New York attorneys representing first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center warned this week that claims forms for the Victim Compensation Fund reopened by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act won't be available until the end of November....Read More | |||
| Zadroga Act Victim Compensation Fund Opens | 10/04/2011 | ||
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| The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund opened for registration on Monday under a mandate included in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.Sheila Birnbaum, special master of the $2.8 billion fund, said in a news release the fund will continue to open in phases t...Read More | |||
| Zurich Wins State Government Contract | 09/12/2011 | ||
| State: WV | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Wcc | |||
| Zurich Insurance Co. has won a $19 million, one-year contract to replace BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. as the workers' compensation insurer for West Virginia state government, The Charleston Daily Mail reported.Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Riley called the contract "the f...Read More | |||
| Zurich Offering Defense Base Act Coverage | 07/26/2011 | ||
| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
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| Zurich announced Monday that it is now offering Defense Base Act coverage to U.S. government contract workers employed overseas.The DBA, mandated by the U.S. government, requires all U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to secure workers' com...Read More | |||
| Zurich Relocating Regional Office to L.A. | 07/13/2011 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Zurich North America will relocate its Southwest regional office from Glendale to Los Angeles on August 22.The regional office houses executive management and about 150 employees engaged in workers' compensation underwriting, underwriting and claims support, risk engineering and prem...Read More | |||
| Zenith's Timely Dispute Didn't Constitute Bad Faith, 8th DCA Rules | 05/09/2011 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A claimant could not show that Zenith Insurance Co.'s decision to timely contest compensability was unreasonable or an act of bad faith, Texas' 8th District Court of Appeals concluded. Case: Aleman v. Zenith Insurance Co., No. 08-09-00168-CV, 5/4/11, published.F...Read More | |||
| Zenith Hires Travelers Exec as Regional VP for Field Ops | 03/30/2011 | ||
| By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced that it has hired Stephen O’Gorman as executive vice president of field operations and risk sharing for its principal operating subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Co. in Woodland Hills, Calif.O’Gorman has more than 19 years in the insurance...Read More | |||
