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Albuquerque, NM – New Mexico Mutual, the largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance in New Mexico, announced today that it has finalized a deal to acquire Keenan & Associates. The multi-line claims adjusting and administration company was founded in 1965 and has served clients throughout the state of New Mexico. “We believe… [Continue Reading]
Sacramento, CA — The California Senate Rules Committee recently voted unanimously to confirm the appointment of Christine Baker as the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Also receiving unanimous approval for confirmation was Rosa Moran as the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation… [Continue Reading]
Sacramento, CA – The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) recently applauded the California Senate Rules Committee’s confirmation of Christine Baker as director of the Department of Industrial Relations and Rosa Moran as administrative director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation. The Senate Rules Committee voted… [Continue Reading]
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]
Tampa, FL – PMSI, a provider of specialty products and services for the workers’ compensation market, has announced dates for its 2012 Annual Drug Trends Webinar Series. This series of four complimentary webinars will address the findings from its recently released Annual Drug Trends Report, which represents one of the most extensive… [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]
Washington, D.C. – The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) today applauded House leaders for introducing H.R. 5284, the bipartisan Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2012 that includes important reforms for the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) system to help many… [Continue Reading]
Cambridge, MA, — Employers, insurers and state workers’ compensation agencies can learn why injured workers seek legal counsel and how to reduce unnecessary litigation in the system at a webinar featuring the latest research on this contentious issue from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Workers’ attorneys argue… [Continue Reading]
Jacksonville, FL -(BUSINESS WIRE)- Align Networks, Inc. (“Align Networks” or “Align”), a provider of workers’ compensation physical medicine programs, and Universal SmartComp (“USC”), a nationwide provider of physical medicine services, today announced that they have closed their previously announced merger. The combined… [Continue Reading]
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