The California Supreme Court has ruled that cost of living adjustments in total permanent disability cases are to be calculated...
Monthly Archives: September 2011
California High Court Rejections of Appeals Expected to Raise Costs for Workers’ Compensation System
The California Supreme Court has refused to hear several appeals on cases this year that threaten to bring higher costs...
The Texas Supreme Court has concluded that while bad faith claims against workers’ compensation carriers are not permissible under the...
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been hit with a $60 million libel lawsuit by a former Marsh &...
Encompass Insurance, the independent agency unit of Allstate Insurance Co., will have a new president on Sept. 12. Thomas V....
David J. Bresnahan has been named president of Lexington Insurance Co., the surplus lines unit of Chartis Insurance. He is...
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says that one in 14 doctors faces a malpractice...
Public adjusting activity is not welcome or licensed in all states and even in some where it is, the practice...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation to beef up protections for consumers who want to appeal health insurance claim...
In some towns, Hurricane Irene turned out to be less destructive than initially feared, although that is small consolation to...