Insurer Centene to Buy Magellan for $2.2 Billion to Expand Its Mental Health Services January 6, 2021 By Rebecca Spalding and Manas Mishra Health insurer Centene Corp. said on Monday it has agreed to buy Magellan Health Inc. in a $2.2 billion deal...
REUTERS REPORT-Regulators Ignored Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Complaints Amid Deadly Outbreaks January 6, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc. in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety...
Two Businesses, Owners Charged with Fraud Against New York State Insurance Fund January 5, 2021 Two businesses and their owners have been charged with fraud against the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF). Manuel Sanchez...
California State Fund Declares 10% Dividend for 2020 Policy Year January 4, 2021 State Compensation Insurance Fund in California on Monday announced plans to distribute a $39 million dividend to its qualifying policyholders...
OSHA Now Accepting 2020 Workplace Injury Submissions Through March 2 January 4, 2021 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that the agency will begin collecting calendar year 2020 workplace...
Maine High Court Finds Aquaculture Worker Covered by State Workers’ Comp January 4, 2021 An aquaculture worker who got hurt tending to salmon raised in offshore pens is covered under state law, but not...
CNA Transfers $690M of Excess Workers’ Compensation Business to Enstar Subsidiary January 4, 2021 Commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. and Enstar on Dec. 30, 2020 said they had reached an agreement to have...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year December 30, 2020 An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more...
Former N.Y. Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Unearned Wages December 29, 2020 A former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) officer has pled guilty to forging paperwork falsely...
California Cleaning Company Owner Charged in $700K Workers’ Comp Scheme December 28, 2020 Jorge Gerardo Maldonado, 55, of Sacramento, Calif., was charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll...