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Oklahoma City, OK – State Chamber President Fred Morgan comments below on HB 2155 being dead for this legislative year. The bill would have allowed Oklahoma employers to offer alternative workers’ compensation insurance to their employees, as long as the benefits were similar to the state’s plan: “Oklahoma’s high workers’ compensation… [Continue Reading]
Columbus, OH – The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) presented a plan to hold next year’s statewide average base premium rate for private employers paying into Ohio’s workers’ compensation system at the current level. If approved by the BWC Board of Directors at their next meeting in May, the plan would extend… [Continue Reading]
Boca Raton, FL – NCCI’s newest research brief updates a previous paper published in 2011. While this study confirms prior findings that average duration of payments for Temporary Total Disability (TTD) indemnity benefits has been increasing since the onset of the recession in late 2007, there is evidence that the trend might be… [Continue Reading]
Austin, TX – Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced today that the Texas Schools Group and Texas Association of Manufacturers safety groups earned a combined $1,094,336 in dividends. The workers’ compensation dividends were based largely on each group’s overall loss ratio. The largest dividend… [Continue Reading]
Columbus, OH – Ohio employers will soon have an opportunity to select a new managed care organization (MCO) to manage health-care services for workers injured on the job. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) offers an open enrollment period every two years to allow employers to evaluate the services of… [Continue Reading]
Frankfort, KY – Calling it “a critical bill for the health and safety of Kentuckians,” Governor Steve Beshear recently signed House Bill 1 – robust legislation designed to reduce the destructive impact of prescription drug abuse on Kentucky families. “This bill is a huge accomplishment that will save Kentuckians’ lives as we battle the scourge of prescription drug abuse… [Continue Reading]
Lancaster, PA -(PRNewswire)- Eastern Alliance Insurance Group (“EAIG”) announced today that the Pennsylvania Builders Association (“PBA”) Workers’ Compensation Program (“the Program”) is expanding into the New Jersey marketplace. EAIG is a member of the publicly-traded Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. (“EIHI”, NASDAQ: EIHI) family… [Continue Reading]
Sacramento, CA – Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones recently announced that Jeong M. Baek, 36, the owner of Baeks Brother Construction, Inc. has been arraigned on one felony count each for violating Penal Code Section 550 (b) (3), Insurance Fraud, Penal Code Section 664/118, Attempted Perjury, Insurance Code Section 11880 (a), Workers’ Compensation… [Continue Reading]
Austin, TX – The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved seven renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Program. These companies collectively employ approximately… [Continue Reading]
Columbus, OH – Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer recently announced 10 individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during March. The court actions are the result of investigations conducted by BWC’s special investigations… [Continue Reading]
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