Workers' Compensation News
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Illinois Casualty Co. Profit Down 74% for 2017 | 02/21/2018 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Net earnings dropped by 63% in the fourth quarter, to $452,000, at ICC Holdings Inc., the parent company of Illinois Casualty Co. For the full ye...Read More | |||
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Insurance Conference Spotlights Acquisitions, Reserves | 02/16/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| W. R. Berkley Corp. hasn’t had a sizable acquisition for several years, and some suggest that’s because the company is “cautious and cheap,” W. R. Berkley President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Berkley said during a conference on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Employee Can Proceed With Tort Claims Against General Contractor | 02/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an injured worker employed by a subcontractor could proceed with a tort claim against the general contractor that did not “provide” him with workers’ compensation insurance coverage. ...Read More | |||
| Industrial Commission Cancels Proposed Increase to Compromise Settlement Fee | 02/15/2018 | ||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission has withdrawn a proposed amendment that would have temporarily increased the fee for compromise settlements, from $400 to $430. The increase would have been in effect from March 1 of this year to July 1, 2021, at which point it would have reve...Read More | |||
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Insurance Adjuster Can Proceed With Claims of Discrimination, Retaliation | 02/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal trial court judge in Illinois ruled that an insurance adjuster can proceed with his claims of discrimination and workers’ compensation retaliation against his former employer. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Police Officers Remain Subject to Adjustment of Pension Benefits | 02/14/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A narrowly divided Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that an injured police officer-turned-attorney was subject to having his disability pension adjusted to account for income from his new profession, and that he was required to undergo annual independent medical evaluations. ...Read More | |||
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Interpreter Fee Schedule, Formulary Refinement and UR Rules on Tap for 2018 | 02/13/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| LOS ANGELES — The California Division of Workers’ Compensation expects to soon post a proposed interpreter fee schedule to fulfill one of the last remaining mandates from Senate Bill 863. ...Read More | |||
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Interim Committee Discussing Future of Montana State Fund | 02/13/2018 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An interim legislative committee is discussing the future of the state-chartered Montana State Fund and whether the carrier should be privatized or possibly even dissolved. ...Read More | |||
| Injured Cop Advocates To U.S. Senator: Officers Need Help Navigating Benefit Process | 02/09/2018 | ||
| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An injured former police officer from Berkeley County is among those encouraging U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, to introduce legislation to help injured first responders who lose their health insurance, ...Read More | |||
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IME, Peer-Review Services Company Opens Location in Phoenix | 02/07/2018 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Boston-based company that provides independent medical examination and peer-review services to the workers’ compensation, automotive, disability and group health markets opened its eighth location last week. ...Read More | |||
