Industry Insights
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Kamin: More Policy Exclusions Would Reduce Losses | 04/18/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Insurance carriers could be saving millions of dollars by properly using exclusions to bar coverage for staffing agencies, thanks to a published decision from 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Kirsch: Depositions of Comp Carrier Employees After Intervening in Third-Party Actions | 04/09/2024 | |
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| By: Ashton T. Kirsch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Thin skin and subrogation do not go hand-in-hand. We are the crashers at every party and the uninvited guests that nobody wants to see show up when a personal injury suit has been filed. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin and Larres: Significant Panel Decision Clarifies Recon Confusion | 04/03/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin and Louis A. Larres | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s 60-day deadline to act on timely petitions for reconsideration is tolled when an administrative error thwarts the deadline, according to a new significant panel decision. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: New Bill Would Clarify and Allow More Electronic Signatures | 03/15/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A new bill would redefine the Labor Code’s definition of “signature” to clear up any confusion about parties’ ability to use electronic signatures on settlement documents. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: The Varying Motivations for a CT Claim | 02/27/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Identifying the motivation for suspicious cumulative trauma claims can help inform carriers in defending against them. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: The Importance of QMEs Early in Claims | 02/23/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | |||
| Getting the right specialty of qualified medical evaluators in cumulative trauma claims is an important tool to successfully defend against them, and there are several things that claims departments can do to help get the correct QME on a case. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin and Larres: No More COVID Presumptions for Older DOIs | 02/13/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin and Louis A. Larres | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The fact that the now-repealed COVID-19 presumptions did not contain a savings clause means that there are no statutory presumptions for pending COVID claims, even if they have older dates of injury. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Newsom's Budget Proposal Would Add Resources to WCAB | 02/05/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom’s preliminary budget includes a proposal to add eight new judges for the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: What to Look for in Subpoenaed Records | 12/18/2023 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A good batch of subpoenaed records is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re going to get. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: COVID Presumptions Expire Jan 1, 2024 | 11/22/2023 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s COVID-19 presumptions will expire on Jan. 1, 2024, which means employer-related outbreak reporting and shortened decision time frames are going the way of the dinosaur. ...Read More | |||
