July 12, 2024
A workers’ compensation insurer is entitled to continue to receive reimbursements from the Massachusetts second injury fund even after it stops writing business in the state, the state’s high court has ruled in an opinion reversing itself on the issue. …
September 27, 2013
Missouri businesses could face significantly higher costs for workers’ compensation insurance next year, due partly to a new law that seeks to shore up a financially troubled state fund for disabled workers. Workers’ compensation insurers in Missouri are likely to …
July 12, 2013
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation raising charges on businesses to replenish an insolvent state fund that provides benefits to disabled workers The new law will temporarily double the surcharge that businesses pay on their workers’ compensation insurance in …
May 21, 2013
The Missouri General Assembly made big strides this year towards modernizing how policyholders can access information associated with their insurance policy, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). The General Assembly passed SB 322 which allows consumers …
May 17, 2013
More than a thousand disabled workers could finally begin receiving payments for their job-related injuries if the Missouri House gives final approval to legislation intended to replenish an insolvent state fund. SB 1, which passed the Senate early on May …
May 7, 2013
Missouri House members advanced legislation that seeks to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers while also preventing people who experience job-related illnesses from filing civil lawsuits. Both elements are designed to address consequences from a 2005 overhaul to Missouri’s …
February 14, 2013
Missouri senators have endorsed a two-part plan to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers and stop people with job-related diseases from bringing big-dollar lawsuits against their employers. The legislation attempts to address a pair of consequences resulting from a …
February 5, 2013
Missouri senators are preparing to debate legislation to revive an insolvent fund for disabled workers. The state’s Second Injury Fund has a deficit of about $25 million that is expected to keep growing. The fund provides compensation to people with …