September 4, 2024
Annual workers’ compensation rate cuts in the double digits have become routine in almost every U.S. state in recent years. That trend may have now come to an end in Florida, where the National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending …
February 29, 2024
Florida authorities charged a Miami contractor with vastly underreporting his payroll and skipping out on $253,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums to Travelers Property and Casualty Co. Gustavo Antonio Munguia, 48, owner of American Iron Group Corp., was arrested Thursday, …
September 26, 2023
Tampa police are investigating after family members of former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams said someone may have slipped him unprescribed opioid medication while he was in the hospital after a construction accident. A Tampa Bay Times report also gives …
August 17, 2023
Workplace shootings, more common than ever now, may happen in the course and scope of employment. But do they have to be work-related to make the victims eligible for workers’ compensation benefits? That’s the question that a Florida appeals court …
July 27, 2023
A south Florida contractor faces significant jail time after he was arrested for vastly underreporting his payroll to his workers’ compensation insurer. Hector Gutierrez-Morales, owner of HG & AKE Construction Corp., in Miami, was charged with workers’ compensation premium fraud, …