Honduran Woman Sentenced for Defrauding NorGUARD of Comp Premiums July 10, 2025 By William Rabb A Honduras woman this week was sentenced to less than two years in federal prison for her role in paying...
Authorities Investigating After Worker Killed at Tampa Airport by Falling Equipment August 5, 2024 A worker who was fatally injured at Tampa International Airport last week was struck by a piece of heavy equipment...
Deputy ID’d in Florida Shooting That Killed One, Injured 2 Other Officers August 5, 2024 Authorities have released the name of a Florida sheriff’s deputy killed in what officials called an ambush shooting that wounded...
16 Nabbed in Florida Sting Operation for Failing to Get Workers’ Comp Coverage May 1, 2024 A sting operation in Manatee County, Florida, has led to the arrest of 16 men who were working without a...
Doctors, Insurers Clash on Florida Workers’ Comp Physician Dispensing Rules January 17, 2023 By William Rabb Physician dispensing of medications has long been a flash point in workers’ compensation insurance, with at least 22 states regulating...
Florida Appeals Court Finds Workers’ Comp Judge Used Flawed Logic September 30, 2021 By William Rabb If doctors offer differing opinions on a work injury, a judge must appoint a third physician to help settle the...
Federal Tax Cuts Spur 1.8% Decrease in Florida Workers’ Comp Rates May 2, 2018 The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved a 1.8 percent rate decrease for workers’ compensation insurance in Florida....
Florida Gov Signs Bill Giving Workers’ Comp Benefits to First Responders April 9, 2018 Florida will expand workers compensation benefits so first responders can get coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder. Gov. Rick Scott on...
Florida Workers’ Comp Legislative Update: First Responder Benefits In, Attorney Fees Out March 6, 2018 By Heather Byrer Carbone After two high-profile Florida Supreme Court cases threatened to significantly impact workers’ compensation rates in Florida in 2016, many insurance...
Florida Approves Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease of Nearly 10% November 13, 2017 Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)...