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...
Exclusive Remedy Bars Uninsured Motorist Coverage for Crash — S. Carolina High Court January 16, 2023 By Jim Sams If Stephany Connelly had not been working, she may have been entitled to collect up to $350,000 in uninsured motorist...
Oil Worker Dies After Falling Into North Dakota Pit January 9, 2023 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A worker from Texas is dead after falling at an oil rig site in North Dakota....
Florida Workers’ Comp Division Busy with Panel Review, Hearings, Rule Changes January 5, 2023 By William Rabb The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s Division of Workers’ Compensation is having a busy January. Starting today, Jan. 5, the...
3 Dead, 2 Hurt in Scaffold Collapse at North Carolina Construction Site January 4, 2023 Three construction workers were killed and two others were hurt on Monday when scaffolding collapsed in an industrial accident at...
Tenn. Chalks 10% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Marking a Decade of Reductions December 21, 2022 Tennessee’s insurance commissioner has approved a 10.2% average decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs for the voluntary market, marking the...
Georgia Insurance Agent Sentenced After Conviction on Fraudulent Comp Certificates December 20, 2022 This article has been updated to reflect information from the prosecutor in the case. A Georgia insurance agent has been...
Blast at Texas Construction Company Kills 4 December 13, 2022 SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Crews have found the body of a fourth person who died in an explosion at a...
West Virginia High Court Issues Slew of Rulings – Some For, Some Against Insurers November 22, 2022 By William Rabb The West Virginia Supreme Court has handed down four decisions that could affect insurers’ payouts in auto, homeowners and worker...
Lawsuit Accuses Largest U.S. Meat Producers of Wage Fixing November 18, 2022 By Colleen Slevin Three meat plant workers have filed a federal lawsuit accusing 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork producers...