Colorado’s Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee has unanimously recommended the confirmation of John Cevette, Blair Richardson and John Plotkin to Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors. On Tuesday, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed executive orders to appoint John Plotkin and …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has reappointed Norman Darwin of Benbrook as the state’s Injured Employee Public Counsel for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2013. The public counsel helps injured employees in the workers’ compensation system, oversees the ombudsman program …
North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director is asking the state Supreme Court for the second time to throw out his felony conviction for misspending public funds. Sandy Blunt’s attorney told the Supreme Court that prosecutors didn’t give him crucial evidence. …
West Virginia’s volunteer fire departments are turning to state lawmakers for help with insurance and recruitment. A bipartisan House bill introduced this week would tap liquor revenues to provide $5 million a year for these volunteer departments. Most West Virginia …
There has been a 24 percent rise in what insurance companies consider suspicious claims since 2008. In 2008, a total of 74,146 so-called questionable claims, or QCs, were referred to the National Insurance Crime Bureau from its member insurance companies …
Williston, Vermont-based home improvement contractor Donald Bevins with three counts of failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance and two counts of violating a stop work order by state labor officials. According to documents on file with the court, Bevins failed …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says recommendations from a panel she appointed to overhaul the workers’ compensation system won’t include a proposal to change to a system where workers with claims don’t have to file lawsuits. A bill in the Legislature …
Looking out into the future, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has identified a number of issues that industry stakeholders are watching closely, including: Growing Healthcare Costs: General healthcare costs are growing as a share of U.S. GDP, and …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAO) is following a number of insurance related measures that have been introduced in the current state legislative session. According to IIAO President and CEO Dan Ramsey, the agents group is keeping tabs on …
Workplace deaths in Washington state climbed in 2010, with 86 men and women killed due to job-related trauma, according to a report on work-related fatalities by the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I). The deaths are the most reported since …
