WCRI: Medical Payment Per Claim in California Fell Following Reforms May 18, 2015 The average medical payment per claim for treating injured workers fell by 5 percent in California in 2013, according to...
Texas Bill Preventing Local Drilling Bans Goes to Governor May 18, 2015 A Texas bill banning its own cities from imposing prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and...
Oklahoma High Court Won’t Hear Work Comp Alternative Suit May 18, 2015 The Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to take up a case challenging the constitutionality of the portion of the state’s workers’...
Texas Senate Passes Property Claim Litigation Bill May 18, 2015 By Stephanie K. Jones The Texas Senate on April 30 passed a bill aimed at stemming the onslaught of property claim litigation that has...
People – South Central May 18, 2015 U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Brian Edwards a senior broker in the Dallas office of U.S. Risk Brokers Inc....
Louisiana Medical Marijuana Bill Advances with Sheriffs’ Support May 18, 2015 Louisiana law enforcement associations have previously blocked efforts to get medical marijuana to patients who suffer, despite a 1991 state...
Partisan Differences Highlight Debate over Illinois Workers’ Comp Reform May 18, 2015 By Sara Burnett Business groups and injured employees had a chance on May 5 to tell Illinois lawmakers their thoughts on a possible...
People – West May 18, 2015 St. Louis, Mo.-based Safety National Casualty Corp. appointed Tom Grove to the position of senior vice president – Business Development....
Cyber, Talent, Data Among Game Changers for Insurers May 18, 2015 By Kathy Finn Protecting clients against growing and poorly understood risks associated with information technology system failures is a leading concern of the...
Illinois’ Madison County a Center for Asbestos Lawsuits May 18, 2015 By Alan Scher Zagier Few of the tourists who drive old Route 66 through this rural Illinois town are aware of its true economic...