Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted two of its experienced professionals to managerial positions. Brent Toups is the new agency relations manager, and Karen …
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LWCC Promotes Mouton and Toups to Manager Positions
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is expanding a deductible program put in place last year.
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Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Adds Options to Deductible Program
Jeffrey R. Fenster has been appointed executive director of the New York Workers' Compensation Board. Prior to joining the board, Fenster served as a litigation associate with the New York law …
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Fenster Named Director of New York Workers’ Comp Board
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation has set the interest and discount rate for the first quarter of 2010 at 3.85 percent. The rate, effective from Jan
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Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Interest and Discount Rate at 3.85%
The Board of Directors of Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has declared a 2009 dividend of $15 million, to be paid to qualifying policyholders in early 2010 upon …
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Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation Declares $15M Dividend
Katharine C. Rathbun, MD, MPH, is now serving as medical director for Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation, the company announced
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Rathbun Named Medical Director at Louisiana Workers’ Comp. Corp.
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper has announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) has recommended an average decrease of 7.6 percent for workers’ …
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Nevada Could See 7.6% Reduction in Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
A new study of the workers' compensation benefits in Oregon and New Mexico has found that as the benefits have increased, so have claims durations. The National Council on Compensation Insurance …
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Study: Workers’ Comp Claim Duration Increases as Benefits Go Up
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for 13 companies to self-insure for workers’ …
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Texas Approves 13 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for 13 companies to self-insure for workers’ …
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Texas Approves 13 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
A new study from the California Workers' Compensation Institute shows that claims from white-collar workers have assumed greater relative importance as the economy has sputtered. The study shows …
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California Report Shows White Collar Injury Grows in Importance
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation has set the adjusted annual payroll requirement for the coverage of seasonal workers at $49,127. The TDI-DWI said the …
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2010 Agricultural Payroll Amount for Texas Workers’ Comp Set at $49K
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) has lowered the discount available to employers who participate in a group-rating system. Beginning July 1, 2010, the maximum available discount for …
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Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp Lowers Group Discount Rate
California's Department of Industrial Relations has proposed an update to regulations for the Workers' Compensation Information System.
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California to Update Workers Compensation Regulations
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has issued a final order approving the National Council on Compensation Insurance's (NCCI) amended rate filing for workers' compensation insurance …
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Florida 6.8% Workers’ Compensation Rate Cut Officially Approved
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund's chief executive has dropped plans for $250 bonuses to 7,900 employees after another agency threatened to sue. Jan Frank is stepping down …
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California SCIF Bonuses Withdrawn
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Hawie Named Chief Investment Officer at Louisiana Work Comp Corp.
The New Mexico Department of Insurance has approved rate reductions in workers' compensation premiums for the fourth year in a row. Workers' Compensation Administration director Glenn Smith …
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New Mexico Drops Workers’ Compensation Rate
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is indicating that he may not support the state Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's (WCIRB) request to increase the Workers Compensation …
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California Commissioner Questions Workers’ Comp Increase
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group has published an annual report card on the performance of Workers' Compensation Health Care Networks as …
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Texas Publishes 3rd Annual Workers’ Comp Network Report Card
The Texas Apartment Association Workers' Compensation Program has earned a 14 percent, or $395,000, dividend from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Program administrators Michael Whorton and …
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Texas Apartment Association Program Earns $395K Comp Dividend
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation has set the rate for any interest or discount provided for in state workers' comp statutes at 3.88 percent for the period …
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Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate for 4th Quarter
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed Neal P
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Pitts Named Florida Compensation Judge
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has re-appointed Jack D
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Atterberry Re-Appointed to Missouri Workers’ Comp Review Board
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation has posted on its Web site the 2009 Performance-Based Oversight (PBO) Results for workers' compensation insurance carriers and …
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Texas Releases Performance Results for Workers’ Comp Carriers
David Dickson has been appointed to the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board's (NYCIRB) Fraud Task Force. Dickson has served on the NYCIRB since last year, and originally was named to …
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Former PIANY Prez Dickson Named to Fraud Task Force
The Virginia State Corporation Commission will consider a request to raise workers' compensation premiums at a meeting in October. The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI), a …
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Virginia to Consider Increase for Some Workers’ Comp Rates
Utah's Workers' Compensation Fund has launched a Hispanic/Latino outreach program to help reduce workplace accidents. According to the WCF, a USA Today report released earlier this week states …
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Utah Says More Hispanic/Latino Worker Safety Outreach Needed
The Missouri Labor Department's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) recently announced it has issued more than $2.4 million from the Tort Victims' Compensation Fund to 62 tort victims who …
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Missouri Tort Victims Receive Millions from Workers’ Comp Division
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