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More West Virginia Counties Join Workers’ Compensation Pool
Jun 30 2011 // In the wake of a decision by a West Virginia workers’ compensation insurer to drop its program for government agencies, more counties are lining up to join a risk pool. County governments throughout the state are...
Calif. Court Limits Employer’s Liability in Acts by Employees
Jun 29 2011 // The California Supreme Court has confirmed a limitation on an employer’s potential tort liability for the acts of its employees, with a particular emphasis on employees operating motor vehicles in the course of their...
How Workers’ Compensation Politics Shut Maine Government 20 Years Ago
Jun 28 2011 // The hallways of Maine’s State House were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent “union city” in a park across the street. The already cool relations between...
Vermont Contractor Faces Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charge
Jun 28 2011 // Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance. Prosecutors say Donald Bevins, of Williston, doing business as Twin City...
Private Sector Fuels May Job Growth in Louisiana
Jun 24 2011 // The private sector continued to lead non-seasonally adjusted nonfarm job growth in May for the state and in most of Louisiana’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), the Louisiana Workforce Commission has...
Families of Murdered Insurance Investigators to Get State Compensation
Jun 22 2011 // State lawmakers have agreed to give compensation to the families of two unarmed Louisiana insurance fraud investigators who were shot and killed earlier this month while looking into a fraud case. Existing law will be...
West Virginia Offers Firefighters Relief on Workers’ Compensation
Jun 20 2011 // West Virginia’s volunteer fire departments looking to offset anticipated increases in their workers’ compensation insurance premiums can turn to a website launched by the state auditor’s office. Auditor...
Managing Reputational Risk
Jun 20 2011 // Victor Hugo wrote that “Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come,” a sentiment which could suitably be applied to the concept of reputational risk. It is now difficult to read any quality business...
West Virginia Reports State Agencies’ Workers’ Compensation Data
Jun 17 2011 // State figures show the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety had the worst workers’ compensation record among state agencies over the past five years. The department had $10.8 million in...
Ohio BWC: 7 Workers’ Compensation Fraud Convictions in May
Jun 16 2011 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer announced that seven individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation...
Florida Alleges $2.7 Million Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jun 14 2011 // Florida regulators have announced the arrest of a North Carolina man who allegedly collected more than $2.7 million in workers’ compensation premiums from a company by providing a fake policy. Florida Chief Financial...
North Carolina Lawmakers Agree on Workers’ Compensation Benefit Change
Jun 13 2011 // Consensus legislation to change limits on benefits for workers injured on the job in North Carolina has swept through the General Assembly and is moving to Gov. Beverly Perdue for her signature. The Senate agreed...
Who’s Hiring? Claims Industry Among Top 10 Fastest-Growing
Jun 10 2011 // Employment may be weak across the nation, but several industries — including the insurance claims industry— are expected to rapidly hire new staff in the next few years. Employment in the field of third party...
West Virginia Seeks Workers’ Compensation Bids
Jun 6 2011 // West Virginia is soliciting bids from workers’ compensation insurers to provide coverage for its state employees. The insurance department posted the request for proposals on its website on May 23. The winning bidder...
Catlin Stokes Broker Compensation Controversy
Jun 6 2011 // The simmering compensation conflict between London’s broker community and the underwriters they work with erupted following a keynote speech given by the Catlin Group’s chief executive Stephen Catlin at a...
New York Agents Appealing Compensation Disclosure Ruling
Jun 6 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) says it is moving forward with a legal appeal of a court ruling that allowed the state to require agents to reveal their commissions to clients. The...
As More Workers Go Mobile, Workers’ Compensation Exposure Grows
Jun 1 2011 // Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while using the device when off-site or off the...
North Carolina House Passes Workers’ Compensation Changes
Jun 1 2011 // The North Carolina House of Representatives has approved changes to rules governing workers’ compensation claims. The House chamber voted Tuesday in support of a consensus bill whose chief sponsor said came together...
N.Y. Agents Appealing Compensation Disclosure Ruling
May 20 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) says it is moving forward with a legal appeal of a court ruling that forced agents in the state to reveal their commissions to clients. The group plans to...
West Virginia Seeks Bids on Workers’ Compensation for State Agencies
May 20 2011 // West Virginia is prepared to solicit bids from workers’ compensation insurers to provide coverage for its state employees. The West Virginia insurance department is scheduled to post the request for proposals on its...
