Fourth Coal Miner This Year Killed in West Virginia September 9, 2024 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim...
New Hampshire Approves 5.6% Workers’ Compensation Loss Cost Decrease for 2025 September 6, 2024 The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) reports that it has approved a workers’ compensation rate proposal that will reduce voluntary...
Washington Contractor Fined for Using a Crane to Lift Workers After Elevator Breaks September 6, 2024 A Seattle, Washington construction company is facing more than $150,000 in fines for putting workers at risk. Washington State Department...
Vocational School Owner Arraigned in $1M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case August 30, 2024 Los Angeles area vocational school owner, Guillermo Frias, 65, of Paramount, and the school’s accounting manager, Yesid Colon, 54, of...
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...