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TN - Advisory Council to Review NCCI Rate Filing

09/26/2018 | 48 | 0

Tennessee’s Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will review the National Council on Compensation Insurance's filing for a proposed 19% rate cut during a meeting in Nashville on Oct. 11. The panel will hear from two actuaries who reviewed the filing: Mary Jean King of By the Numbers Actuarial Consulting, who is contracted with the advisory council; and Chris Burkhalter of Bickerstaff, Whatley, Ryan & Burkhalter, who was hired by the state Department of Commerce & Insurance. Dana Cunningham, a director and actuary for NCCI, will be on hand to respond to the r... Read More

IA - Division Delays Launch of Case Management System

09/26/2018 | 36 | 0

The Iowa Division of Workers' Compensation is postponing the rollout of its Workers’ Compensation Electronic System to make sure bugs are worked out before the system goes live. The division had planned to launch WCES on Dec. 3 but announced this week that it is delaying the launch so it can thoroughly test the system. The division hasn’t determined when the system will be able to go live. “Work will not stop on this project, and the division will publish a revised go-live date once we have agreement among the vendors and the division,” the DWC... Read More

CA - Mail Carrier Dies From Overheating After Return From Comp Injury

09/26/2018 | 46 | 0 | 1 min read

A 63-year-old U.S. Postal Service carrier who was found unconscious in her truck on the first day back to work after an injury died from hyperthermia, according to a report by the San Jose Mercury News. Peggy Frank died from overheating July 6, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded. The temperature reached 117 degrees in Woodland Hills on the day Frank was found in her mail truck, which didn’t have air conditioning. Officials from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Postal Service opened a workplace safety investigation following the death. Frank ... Read More

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