A Massachusetts teacher injured while voluntarily chaperoning students on a ski trip is entitled to workers compensation benefits, the state’s highest court has ruled. On a Peabody High School ski club trip, Karen Sikorski, a mathematics teacher at the school, …
A retired Union Pacific conductor can seek compensation for a knee injury because walking into work from the parking lot was part of the conductor’s job, the Nebraska Supreme Court said in a ruling released Dec. 11. The ruling reinstates …
At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide. Brokers in both states are working to stay on top of the …
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Cecille Feliciano as vice president in its Los Angeles office. She will be focusing on employee benefits, new business development, and account management for employers in Southern California. Feliciano brings 15 years …
Insurance administrator CRM Holdings is being sued for $405 million by New York’s workers compensation board and faces a separate $150 million lawsuit by the state attorney general over its alleged fraud in the management of its workers’ compensation business …
Federal investigators are profiling bank robbers by giving them an online identity. The FBI and the North Carolina Bankers Association unveiled a Web site that includes photographs and information about bank robbers. It’s designed to generate information about the cases, …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company has returned a $90,643 dividend to the Texas Recreation Purchasing Group (TRPG). The group’s first dividend was based largely on its favorable loss ratio. By committing to workplace safety and helping injured workers return to productive …
West Virginia has paid out $17.7 million to resolve more than 5,000 accident claims involving state vehicles during the past five budget years. That’s one finding from an audit delivered to legislators this week. The audit also cites the lack …
Oklahoma will receive almost $40 million to fund environmental cleanup and restoration at contaminated mining sites in the state, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. Texas will receive about more than $80 million for contaminated sites near El Paso and …
A professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago says it would be feasible for insurance companies to offer divorce insurance. J. Christopher Westland, a professor of information and decision sciences, says he began sketching out the actuarial tables for …
