FCBI, a Florida Workers’ Comp Fund, Acquires MidSouth Mutual in Tennessee August 26, 2024 FCBI, a self-insurance fund founded 45 years ago to provide workers’ compensation plans to Florida citrus growers, is expanding well...
Cyber Risk: West Virginia OIC Plans to Dispose of Older Workers’ Comp Files August 22, 2024 The West Virginia insurance commissioner’s office has adopted a new policy: It will soon begin destroying workers’ compensation claim files...
Medicare Recovery Actions Can’t be Made by Uninjured Parties, Appeals Court Says August 21, 2024 By William Rabb Litigation that seeks to win Medicare reimbursements from insurance companies has become a huge business over the last decade, making...
Mississippi Poultry Plant Settles With OSHA After Teen’s 2023 Death August 20, 2024 HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi poultry processing plant has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor...
Client Mix-up Leads to Lawsuits, Bar Complaint Against Mississippi Comp Lawyer August 16, 2024 By William Rabb What’s in a name? Thousands of dollars, a lost job, denied insurance coverage and the possibility of a suspended law...
West Virginia Governor Touts 20th-Straight Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease August 13, 2024 The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 9.1% decrease in workers’ compensation loss cost projections for the West...
Employer’s Clinic May Not be Protected by Workers’ Comp Remedy, SC Court Says August 13, 2024 By William Rabb The South Carolina Court of Appeals has signaled that employers who offer on-site health clinics may not be immune from...
Travelers: Costliest Claims Driven by Most Common Workplace Accidents August 6, 2024 Analysis of 1.2 million workers compensation claims reveals the costliest claims are driven by the most common workplace accidents, according...
Authorities Investigating After Worker Killed at Tampa Airport by Falling Equipment August 5, 2024 A worker who was fatally injured at Tampa International Airport last week was struck by a piece of heavy equipment...
Deputy ID’d in Florida Shooting That Killed One, Injured 2 Other Officers August 5, 2024 Authorities have released the name of a Florida sheriff’s deputy killed in what officials called an ambush shooting that wounded...