Industry Insights
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Nichols: Survey of State Laws Regarding COVID-19 Compensability Published | 07/09/2020 | |
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| By: Steve W. Nichols | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 411 | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance and American Academy of Actuaries have each released a survey of state laws regarding the compensability of the COVID-19 virus. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Profits Before People | 07/08/2020 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 292 | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) released its 2019 California Workers' Compensation Losses and Expenses report last week ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: DWC Not Prepared to Honor QME Fee Schedule Stakeholder Agreement | 07/07/2020 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 356 | 0 | |||
| In general, it appears that after three months of negotiations, the California Division of Workers' Compensation has decided to go its own way and ignore whichever parts of the stakeholder agreement it chooses. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Large-Deductible Workers' Comp Policies: Paying 50% of Expenses? | 07/06/2020 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 211 | 0 | |||
| We often perform workers' comp policy reviews as part of our premium reduction consultant services. Large-deductible workers' comp policies usually have a deductible amount ranging from $100,000 (the minimum) to $5 million. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: State Supreme Court Rules Air Ambulance Rates Regulable | 07/02/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 406 | 0 | |||
| Contrary to all prior federal circuit courts that have decided the question, the Texas Supreme Court, in Texas Mut. Ins. Co. v. PHI Air Medical LLC, has decided that the Airline Deregulation...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: AOE/COE: Who Bears the Burden? | 07/01/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 356 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| In 2020 so far, we’ve tackled fires, almost-war with Iran, plague, murder hornets, volcanos and just about everything else; fill in the blank for yourself. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Payers and Service Companies Weigh In on COVID's Impact | 06/30/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 253 | 0 | |||
| If you really want to know what COVID is doing to workers’ comp, you have to hear from those on the front lines. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Masks and IWP Get Hammered | 06/29/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 347 | 0 | |||
| Who knew masks could be so dangerous? Joe Padu...Read More | |||
| Friedman: Telephonic Testimony at the WCAB — Pros and Cons | 06/26/2020 | ||
| By: Heywood G. Friedman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 413 | 0 | |||
| The COVID-19 Pandemic is necessitating significant changes to the procedures for adjudicating California workers' compensation claims. The impracticality of “social distancing” in a courtroom setting has required applicants and employers to use technology such as telephonic attorn...Read More | |||
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Duff: Workers Win Preliminary Injunction on Public Nuisance Theory | 06/25/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 267 | 0 | |||
| All the stars aligned for a worker-filed a public nuisance suit — at least, chapter one of the suit — the most important of which were probably that the case was b...Read More | |||
