Wayne, PA – Genex Services recently launched its managed care platform, Unity, which aims to help relieve the intensifying burden adjusters face on a daily basis and empowers case managers with the information they need anytime, anywhere. The Unity software platform works behind the scenes to drive and streamline managed care operations. Its mobile application… [Read more]
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PA Insurance Dept’s NextGen Academy to Teach College Students About Insurance Careers
Harrisburg, PA – Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman recently announced her department, along with a working group of stakeholders, will this summer hold the first of its kind Pennsylvania NextGen Insurance Academy, to provide college students an up-close look at various careers in the insurance industry. “The insurance industry provides fulfilling careers in areas such as… [Read more]
NYS WCB Announces Third Revision of Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary Regulation
Schenectady, NY – The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board recently announced that it has prepared a third revision to the proposed NYS Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary originally announced in Subject Number 046-1012, Board Announces Draft Regulations for New York State Pharmacy Formulary on December 28, 2017. The proposed revision is in the April 17,… [Read more]
Everest’s Mike Mulray Elected Chairman of CA WCIRB Governing Committee
Hamilton, BM – Everest Insurance recently announced that Mike Mulray, Chief Underwriting Officer, has been unanimously approved as Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Governing Committee. Mike serves on the Governing Committee representing member company Everest National Insurance Company. The WCIRB is a private, nonprofit association comprised of all companies… [Read more]
Liberty Mutual Releases 2019 Workplace Safety Index
Boston, MA – Liberty Mutual recently released its annual Workplace Safety Index, which documents the top ten causes of the most serious workplace injuries – those causing an employee to miss five or more days from work – and ranks them by their direct cost to employers, which consists of medical and lost-wage payments. The… [Read more]
WI Governor Evers Signs Executive Order Creating Joint Task Force on Payroll Fraud, Worker Misclassification
Madison, WI – Governor Tony Evers recently announced the creation of a Joint Enforcement Task Force on Payroll Fraud and Worker Misclassification. The task force will be staffed by the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and will consist of the Secretaries of DWD, the Department of Revenue, the Administrators of the Worker’s Compensation and Unemployment… [Read more]
HI State Senate Confirms Director and Deputy of Labor Department
Honolulu, HI – The Hawaii State Senate recently voted to confirm Scott T. Murakami and Leonard Hoshijo as the Director and Deputy Director of the Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Scott Murakami is the 20th Director of Labor and Industrial Relations. Murakami joins the Ige administration from the University of Hawaiʻi where… [Read more]
MA Man Arrested on Fraud Charges Arising from Role in Running Employment Agency
Boston, MA – A Worcester man was recently arrested and charged in federal court on fraud charges arising from his role overseeing UT Services, a Worcester employment agency. Tam Vuong, was charged with two counts of wire fraud and will appear in federal court in Worcester. According to the criminal complaint, while in his role… [Read more]
Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Selects Insurity’s “Workers’ CompXPress Suite”
Hartford, CT – Insurity, Inc. recently announced that Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company will adopt the company’s Workers’ CompXPress Suite including policy, billing, claims, and agent and policyholder portals for a unified and streamlined employee and customer user experience. Stonetrust is a Louisiana-based monoline workers’ compensation insurer writing business in ten states. The cloud-hosted solution increases… [Read more]
TX Governor Abbott Reappoints Gonzalez to Risk Management Board
Austin, TX – Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Tommy Gonzalez to the Risk Management Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2023. The State Office of Risk Management administers insurance services obtained by state agencies, including the self-insured government employees workers’ compensation insurance program and the state risk management programs. Tommy Gonzalez… [Read more]