The North Carolina Industrial Commission has proposed new rules related to the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions, and pain management treatment as a proactive measure aimed at curtailing opioid misuse and addiction in workers’ compensation claims, according to a statement …
A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B- (Fair) from B (Fair) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb-” from “bb” of West Virginia National Auto Insurance Co. (Morgantown, WV). The outlooks of these Credit Ratings are negative. …
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Ascension Insurance Inc. has named Keri Lopez president of employee benefits. Lopez will build Ascension’s employee benefits market presence nationally. She has 19 years of employee benefits consulting experience. Lopez was previously president of Western region benefits …
A West Virginia nursing home and rehabilitation company has agreed to pay nearly $124,000 in back wages and damages to about 500 workers to resolve allegations that it violated overtime rules. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the settlement Thursday …
A North Carolina man has been charged with four counts each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Jeffrey Neal Smith, 42, of, Concord, N.C. Smith was …
Authorities say 54 people are without a home after a Christmas Eve fire at a South Carolina apartment complex that investigators say was intentionally set. Spartanburg Fire Marshall Brad Hall said no one was seriously injured in the fire around …
The Mississippi Highway Patrol says nobody died in traffic accidents on roads they monitored during the long Christmas weekend. The holiday enforcement period on state and federal highways began Friday evening and ended late Monday. The patrol says in a …
The California Department of Industrial Relations is reporting that 376 Californians died on the job in 2016, down slightly from the 388 deaths in 2015. A review of the past 12 years indicates that workplace fatalities in California remain below …
A new report says summer fires cost the state of Montana $240 million in visitor spending. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported preliminary date released by the University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreational Research estimates that tourists spent almost …
Representatives of sex abuse victims and their survivors are suing a bankrupt Roman Catholic diocese in Montana in an effort to ensure more than $70 million in assets are available for those abused by church officials. The Diocese of Great …
