Commissioner: Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Decrease December 31, 2013 Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana effective May 1,...
Sharks, Beer Among Most Popular Headlines in West December 27, 2013 By Don Jergler For years newshounds have endeavored to figure out a way to predict what stories will prove most popular with readers....
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Board to Transition Established UEF Claims Management to Triad Group December 27, 2013 The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board recently announced it will transition the management of established Uninsured Employers’ Fund (UEF)...
CompWest, Align General Insurance to offer Debit Experience Modification Program December 23, 2013 CompWest Insurance Co., part of the Accident Fund Holdings family, has partnered with Align General Insurance Agency to write workers’...
New York Issues $370M in Bonds to Resolve Workers’ Compensation Claims December 23, 2013 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last Friday the state issued $370 million in bonds to assist businesses in failed...
New Jersey Roofer Indicted for Alleged Workers’ Compensation Fraud December 22, 2013 Authorities have charged the head of a central New Jersey roofing company with stealing more than $265,000 through alleged insurance...
R.I. Woman Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud, Ordered to Pay $10K December 20, 2013 A 76-year-old Providence, Rhode Island, woman must pay $10,000 in restitution on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses...
Farmers Sues Radiological Corporations for $3 Million December 19, 2013 Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Exchange filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California against two radiological corporations and their...
Tyson Foods Fined $147K for Safety Violations at Kansas Plant December 18, 2013 Tyson Foods Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for four workplace...
Rate Hikes in California Workers’ Comp: SNL Financial December 18, 2013 AmTrust Financial Services Inc. hiked rates by 15 percent on its California workers’ compensation business in 2013, and it is...