OSHA Says Fatal Florida Fireworks Fire Was Preventable, Fines Company $109,000 June 13, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A December fire at a fireworks company warehouse, which killed four workers and gravely injured a fifth, was preventable, but...
Florida Lawmakers Finally Approved Workers’ Comp Physician Reimbursement Plan June 9, 2023 For the first time in six years, Florida has a new health care provider reimbursement manual, governing workers’ compensation fees...
Amazon Activist Terminated While Recovering from Work Injury, Union Says June 8, 2023 A union organizer at Amazon who testified before a Senate committee has been terminated by the company, according to the...
Keys Staffing Firm Owner Gets 32 Months for Illegal Worker Tax Violations June 7, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The owner of several Key West staffing companies is on his way to prison after a federal judge sentenced him...
Former HealthSouth CEO Scrushy Denies Hiding Millions of Dollars May 31, 2023 The man who once led HealthSouth, a huge provider of outpatient rehab services, including therapy for injured workers, has been...
South Carolina Firefighter Dies in Apartment Blaze May 30, 2023 A 25-year-old firefighter from South Carolina has died after part of a burning apartment building collapsed while firefighters were inside....
Contractor Settles with Sickened Tenn. Workers Who Cleaned up Coal Ash Spill May 25, 2023 Attorneys for a group of workers who believe their jobs cleaning up a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee led...
How Will Economic Pressures Affect P/C Industry? May 22, 2023 By Allen Laman How could the current economic environment affect workers compensation – and the property and casualty insurance industry overall – in...
Pie Insurance CEO Tells Employees During All-Hands That 14% Are Being Let Go May 22, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Late last week insurtech Pie Insurance held an all-hands meeting during which CEO John Swigart told employees that 14% of...
Compre Group Buys SUNZ’ Workers’ Comp Portfolio May 22, 2023 Compre Group Holdings, a Bermuda-based firm that specializes in acquiring and managing discontinued insurance and reinsurance businesses, has purchased the...