The session of the Alabama Legislature that started with lawmakers giving themselves a 61 percent pay raise ended with senators passing a resolution that could give them a reduced rate on state employee health insurance coverage. In the closing moments …
The number of workplace deaths and accidents is on the rise as construction continues its boom in King County, Wash., according to state statistics. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that accidents and deaths on the job have declined overall in Washington …
June is National Safety Month and Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) issued a statement reminding employers and employees to take every precaution to avoid these illnesses, or possibly death, by following a few simple guidelines when working under extreme heat …
The Arizona Senate approved a workers’ compensation bill to carry out a business-labor compromise to increase Arizona’s caps on benefits received by employees who are hurt on the job. The Senate’s 24-2 vote sends the bill (HB2195) to the House, …
A July 23 trial date has been set for a former Lafayette County, Miss., supervisor and an Ecru businessman charged in kickback case involving a county employees’ health insurance program. The trial will be held in U.S. District Court in …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced that a workers’ compensation rule to require treatment planning for injured employees (28 Texas Administrative Code §137.300) will be repealed. This rule was adopted along with other disability management rules in December 2006. The …
A bill extending a rate freeze for customers of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and factoring in national profits when setting premiums for other insurance companies became law Monday with Gov. Charlie Crist’s signature. It also would prevent national property …
Lykes Insurance Inc., a subsidiary of Tampa-based Lykes Bros. Inc., added Fort Meyers-based Insurance Management Company LLC, to its family of companies. IMC will continue to operate with its current name, management and staff. Hiram Hampton, president of Lykes Insurance …
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has criticized a statement issued by the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), saying the group’s position on incentive compensation undermines the free enterprise system. The agents group says the members of RIMS …
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell has nominated Joel Scott Ario, the chief insurance regulator for the state of Oregon and a former consumer advocate, to serve as Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner. As the insurance administrator with the Oregon Department of Consumer …
