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Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features some interesting investing news, as the Ohio Bureaw of Workers’ Compensation recently announced their Board of Directors’ approval of an initiative that would diversify the State Insurance Fund (SIF) investment portfolio with the addition of real estate as an asset class… [Continue Reading]

CompLines is a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers, and is served as a tasty side-dish to WorkCompWire News. Workers compensation disinformation Business Insurance – Comp Time California Wants Parents to Provide Workers Comp, Paid Vacation for Babysitters Fox Nation Charting changes to Illinois workers’ compensation… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap leads off with some news from the technology front, with the recent announcement from Mitchell International and PMSI that Mitchell’s SmartAdvisor bill review solution XML Partner Bridge is now available to process bills through PMSI’s durable medical equipment (DME) provider network and Retrospective Re-Pricing program… [Continue Reading]

CompLines is a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers, and is served as a tasty side-dish to WorkCompWire News. Rubber snake prank causes compensable neck injury Risk & Insurance Louisiana Worker Insurance Program Valued at Up to $217M Insurance Journal [Video] NIOSH’s Role in Workers’ Compensation… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the recent release of a new report from the non-profit Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) on the results of their most recent Lost Time benchmarking study, including Short and Long Term Disability, FMLA, and of course most importantly to our readers: Workers’ Comp. The study sought to determine if there were corresponding dramatic changes in… [Continue Reading]

CompLines is a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers, and is served as a tasty side-dish to WorkCompWire News. Texas Mutual to reach $1 billion mark in dividend distribution this year mywesttexas.com Fund to aid injured postal workers at risk if USPS defaults Chicago Tribune Poor… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the continuation of our “Leaders Speak” series with the second installment from Dr. Mark Doyne, Medical Director at MCN. You can read Dr. Doyne’s new article at WorkCompWire by clicking here!

CompLines is a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers, and is served as a tasty side-dish to WorkCompWire News. Work Group Starts to Look at Workers Comp Fraud WCTV State workers comp insurer seeks $50M from staffing firm following fraud verdict Business Insurance Workers’ comp investigators… [Read more]

Today’s edition of WorkCompRecap features an interesting bit of economic-stimulus related news, as the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation recently announced their proposal of an economic development initiative that could discount a new Ohio employer’s premium by as much as 51 percent. If approved by the BWC Board of Directors, “Grow Ohio” would offer… [Continue Reading]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of the Department of Labor’s National Census of Occupational Deaths in 2010, show little change in the number of workplace fatalities in 2010 compared with 2009. Last year, 4,547 workers died from work-related injuries, down from a final count of 4,551 fatal work injuries in 2009. In her… [Read more]