Patriot Underwriters, Inc. (PUI), a provider of workers’ compensation insurance products headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has partnered with Scottsdale Insurance Co. to serve as a program administrator with defined underwriting and claims responsibility. This program, which focuses on most …
Louisiana state lawmakers are getting out of a dispute between New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson and the NFL team’s players about how to handle workers’ compensation claims for professional athletes. Rep. Chris Broadwater, R-Hammond, said he’s shelving the workers’ …
Unionized carpenters in Massachusetts want the state to rescind a 20-year tax increment financing deal to the developer of a water park and resort in Fitchburg, Mass. The New England Regional Council of Carpenters says Wisconsin-based Great Wolf Lodge failed …
The State Compensation Insurance Fund Board of Directors on Tuesday named Vernon Steiner as the new president and CEO of California’s largest workers’ compensation provider. The appointment is on a four-year contract with an annual salary of $450,000 plus a …
A new method of paying medical fees for injured workers under Alaska’s workers’ compensation program won’t be in place until mid-2015, and it will take more time for insurance companies to judge any effects on lowering costs so that adjustments …
Senators on the labor committee have narrowly sided with New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson over the NFL players in a dispute about how workers’ compensation claims for professional athletes should be calculated. The bill by Rep. Chris Broadwater, pushed …
Private sector occupational injuries in New York cost the state economy $10.9 billion between 2010 and 2012, according to a report released this month from the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. The report, titled “Aim Higher: New York Should Reform …
In the world of workers’ compensation, the fees charged by the health care community are significantly more expensive on average in New Hampshire than in other states, according to the New Hampshire insurance department. “Medical costs in New Hampshire have …
The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker’s employer and its insurer must pay for medical marijuana for treating the employee’s chronic pain from a job-related back injury. The court on Monday upheld a decision by a …
Several state House members toured the newly renovated headquarters of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. About a half dozen Republican members on Tuesday visited the renovated third-floor of the Denver Davison Building in Oklahoma City where the commission is now …
