California Workers’ Comp Reform Taking Shape – Again April 10, 2012 By Don Jergler At a recent joint hearing in Sacramento on workers’ compensation in California with the Assembly and Senate, statistic after statistic...
EK Health Names Benner Chief Medical Officer April 9, 2012 San Jose, Calif.-based EK Health Services, a national workers’ compensation managed care firm, has promoted Dr. Douglas Benner to chief...
Three Regional Insurance Executives Join The Buckner Co. April 9, 2012 The Buckner Co. named Ryan Loftin, Jeremy Stucki and Micah Zabriskie to the Salt Lake City, Utah-based firm’s executive ranks....
Oregon Judge Dismisses Climate Change Lawsuit April 9, 2012 A Lane County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Eugene, Ore. girls and their mothers that...
Colorado Driving Instructor Gets Six Months For Phony Tests April 9, 2012 A man accused of falsifying the driver’s licenses of at least 1,500 people who took tests at the American Driving...
Montana Jury Awards Damages In Landslide Lawsuit April 9, 2012 A Gallatin County jury has awarded over $1 million in damages to two couples who unknowingly purchased property on an...
Utah Medical Records Breach More Extensive April 9, 2012 Health officials in Utah say hackers who downloaded thousands of medical files from state computers last week stole far more...
Mayer Brown Adds Woods As Partner And Global Co-Leader April 9, 2012 Global law firm Mayer Brown named veteran insurance regulatory advisor James R. Woods as a partner and a co-leader of...
California Workers’ Compensation Bureau to Make Midyear Filing April 6, 2012 California workers’ compensation insurers will be seeking a midyear correction — a 7.7 percent increase — in pure premium rates....
Xcel Blames Road Chemicals For Power Colorado Outages April 5, 2012 Xcel Energy is blaming chemicals used to keep roads clear of snow for outages that left up to 23,000 people...