Inadequate Inspections and Oversight Cited in Fatal WV Helicopter Crash August 29, 2024 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Inadequate inspections by an operator and a lack of oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration were...
Cyber Risk: West Virginia OIC Plans to Dispose of Older Workers’ Comp Files August 22, 2024 The West Virginia insurance commissioner’s office has adopted a new policy: It will soon begin destroying workers’ compensation claim files...
Markets/Coverages: Hanover Enhances Work Safe Program; Berkley Adds AttorneyShield; Encore Fiduciary Moves Into Management Liability August 22, 2024 The Hanover Enhances Its Holistic Work Safe Program The Hanover. Insurance Group has expanded its Hanover Work Safe, a group...
Mississippi Poultry Plant Settles With OSHA After Teen’s 2023 Death August 20, 2024 HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi poultry processing plant has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor...
Client Mix-up Leads to Lawsuits, Bar Complaint Against Mississippi Comp Lawyer August 16, 2024 By William Rabb What’s in a name? Thousands of dollars, a lost job, denied insurance coverage and the possibility of a suspended law...
West Virginia Governor Touts 20th-Straight Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease August 13, 2024 The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 9.1% decrease in workers’ compensation loss cost projections for the West...
OSHA Says Alleged Fall Hazards Could Cost Adidas in New York Nearly $400K August 13, 2024 Federal workplace safety officials say that Adidas America Inc. – maker of one of the world’s best-selling sneakers – faces...
Court, Not Board, Must Decide If Insurer Was Negligent After Canceling Policy August 13, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Claims that a workers’ compensation insurer acted with negligence after it canceled a policy are for a court, not the...
Worker Falls to Death From Theater Construction Site in Boston August 12, 2024 Boston police reported that a construction worker fell to his death while working on restoring Emerson College’s Cutler Majestic Theater...
Heatstroke Death of Baltimore Sanitation Worker Prompts Calls for Workplace Safety August 8, 2024 By Lea Skene Elected officials and union leaders in Baltimore are calling for safer and more humane working conditions for the city’s public...