St. Louis, MO – Safety National recently announced a new complimentary webinar, noting that the growing emergence of higher jury awards continues to heavily impact insurance losses, particularly so in consumer-facing industries. In 2019 alone, nuclear verdicts were responsible for 74 class action settlements totaling $2 billion. In the webinar a panel of experts will… [Read more]
Claims, Legal, & Compliance News
Origami Risk Packages Solutions for P&C Insurers, TPAs, Pools, MGAs to Administer Workers’ Comp Claims
Chicago, IL – Origami Risk recently announced it has packaged its popular online workers’ compensation claims administration solutions into a standard offering to help insurance carriers, third party administrators (TPAs), risk pools and managing general agents (MGAs) leverage built-in best practices, accelerate implementation timelines, and reduce related costs. “As the largest segment of the U.S.… [Read more]
CLARA Analytics and Unqork Partner on No-Code AI Claims Management Oversight
Santa Clara, CA – CLARA Analytics recently announced a partnership with Unqork to bring CLARA’s predictive AI analytics to enterprise risk managers and insurance carriers through risk management software built on Unqork’s no-code platform. This powerful combination will allow risk professionals to analyze and uncover key drivers of claim complexity and enable them to proactively… [Read more]
CA DWC Posts Ethics Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2020
San Francisco, CA – The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently posted the 2020 Ethics Advisory Committee’s annual report on its website. The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee is a state committee independent from DWC that is charged with reviewing and monitoring complaints of misconduct filed against workers’ compensation administrative law judges. The Ethics Advisory… [Read more]
NY Contractor Indicted for $1 Million Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
New York, NY – Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., and New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”) Commissioner Margaret Garnett recently announced the indictment of Dragonetti Brothers Landscaping, Nursery, & Florist (“DBLNF”), and D.B. Demolition, Inc. (“D.B. Demo”), as well as their respective presidents Nicholas Dragonetti and Vito Dragonetti for evading more than… [Read more]
Sedgwick Acquires Managed Care Advisors
Memphis, TN – Sedgwick recently announced it has acquired Managed Care Advisors, Inc. (MCA), a Bethesda, Maryland-based government contracting firm and leading provider of workers’ compensation and specialty health plan products and services to the U.S. federal government. Managed Care Advisors’ expertise includes a comprehensive, outsourced federal agency workers’ compensation case and claims management solution,… [Read more]
KY DWC Announces Vacancies for Two Administrative Law Judges
Fankfort, KY – The Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee is now accepting applications to fill two vacant Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) positions in the Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims for a term expiring December 31, 2025. The positions are full-time positions and appointees shall not hold any other public office or maintain any private practice. Pursuant… [Read more]
Genex Announces 2021 Heart of Case Management Award Winners
Wayne, PA – As the world continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, Genex and Coventry case managers are utilizing their extensive knowledge and sharp critical thinking skills to return injured employees to America’s workforce in a safe and efficient manner. These skills were evident in the nominations received for the 6th annual Heart of… [Read more]
NYS WCB Warns on Policy Regarding Payments by DME Suppliers to Health Care Providers
Albany, NY – New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Chair Clarissa M. Rodriguez recently issued a bulletin to Health Care Providers and Suppliers of Durable Medical Equipment noting the determination that the solicitation or receipt of payments from a third party for chiropractic or other health care treatment and services (including so-called “fitting fees” or… [Read more]
Guest Post: Vaccine Implications in Workers’ Compensation
By K. Max Koonce, Chief Claims Officer, Sedgwick As the battle against COVID-19 rages on, vaccinations have become a front-line conversation. Over the course of the pandemic, tens of millions of individuals have contracted COVID-19 with hundreds of thousands of those cases resulting in death. (covid.cdc.gov). Although the vast majority of the cases have been… [Read more]