A former Massachusetts prison guard has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran long-distance races while collecting worker’s compensation for an on-the-job injury he said made it impossible to do strenuous activities. John Cloutier of Freetown was released on …
Higher medical costs per claim in Wisconsin are offset by much lower utilization of medical services in the state’s workers compensation system. As a result, medical payments per workers’ comp claim in Wisconsin were typical among 15 states for 2005/2008 …
After four years of decreases, medical costs per workers’ compensation claim in Texas stabilized in 2007, reflecting the impact of reforms enacted in 2001 and much of those passed in 2005, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research …
Massachusetts has awarded $653,000 in grant money that will be used to provide safety training to nearly 11,000 workers in the state. The money will go to 62 organizations across the state, according to the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA), …
The town of Framingham has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by a social services agency that wanted to open a home for recovering drug addicts in town. The South Middlesex Opportunity Council claimed in …
North Carolina’s medical costs per workers’ compensation claim were among the highest in a study of 15 states, according to a new report. The study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) said that several factors led to …
New England’s Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a network of specialty services for independent insurance agencies, marked its 10-year anniversary this month. The coalition of independent insurance agencies now encompasses 85 agency members with a combined total of more than 100 …
Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. is combining its Professional Indemnity Agency (PIA), HCC Public Risk, and HCC Specialty Underwriters units under a newly created underwriting division, HCC Specialty. HCC Specialty will be led by Bill Hubbard as chief executive officer. …
Liberty Mutual Group Chairman and CEO Edmund F. Kelly was joined yesterday by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, other state and city elected officials, neighborhood representatives and members of the construction trades at a groundbreaking ceremony …
Safety Insurance has begun refunding a total $7.2 million to roughly 21,000 of its Massachusetts policyholders who were overcharged for motorcycle insurance, according to the state’s attorney general. The refunds are part of a settlement with several motorcycle insurers reached …
