Atlanta-based Crawford & Company has entered into an agreement with e-Triage, an international technology company in Virginia, to enhance Crawford’s early intervention approach to workers’ compensation claims handling. e-Triage’s web-based services apply evidence-based research to identify specific risk factors and …
The Workers’ Health and Safety division of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission will present a one-day educational seminar on Introduction to Oil and Gas Safety on April 27, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The seminar will take place …
A report released by the Oklahoma Department of Labor showed a 20 percent reduction in 2003 in the number of workers requiring time off to recover from workplace injuries. The latest figure further supports the benefit of workplace safety programs, …
Tough legislation to increase fraud penalties in Florida for filing fraudulent auto crash reports that can be used to bilk insurance companies, to strengthen consumers’ rights to sue operators of unauthorized insurance entities and to enhance criminal charges for workers’ …
Compensation Risk Managers of California LLC (CRM) announced its written premiums in California have surpassed the $50 million mark. A national, full service program manager and administrator for approved, self-funded workers’ compensation insurance programs, CRM began offering coverage in California …
Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced it has completed the sale of Caronia Corp., a third-party claims administrator focused on medical professional liability, to Octagon Risk Services Inc., a subsidiary of Security Capital Corp. Octagon Risk Services is a …
Evansville, Ind.-based Old National Bancorp announced recently that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire JWF Insurance Cos. Inc., which does business as the JW Flynn Co. and JWF Specialty Co. Inc., a related alternative risk services company. The …
Gov. Mike Rounds has suspended two of the top officials in South Dakota’s Division of Insurance for sending out a memo last week critical of the state legal system’s handling of a case against a Sioux Falls insurance agent, according …
Chicago-based commercial property/casualty program carrier Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc. reported a net loss of $8.2 million for 2004. Total revenues were $300,000, representing investment income earned after the company’s initial public offering. The company had no insurance revenues in 2004. …
Online information about whether a Minnesota employer has the required workers’ compensation coverage is now available to the public on the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Web site. Interested parties can learn whether an employer had workers’ compensation coverage …
