Unlicensed California Agent Sentenced for $1.4M Insurance Fraud February 11, 2022 Unlicensed insurance agent Karyl Lynn Reed, 58, formerly of Cosa Mesa, California, was convicted last week on multiple felony counts...
W.R. Berkley Optimism About 2022 Comes With Caution About Workers’ Compensation February 10, 2022 By Elizabeth Blosfield Executives for commercial lines insurer W.R. Berkley Corp. indicated in a fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings call that...
Maine Moves to Extend Workers’ Comp Mental Health Benefit for First Responders February 9, 2022 A Maine legislative committee has signed off on a proposal to help emergency responders gain better access to mental health...
Massachusetts Excludes Supplemental Workers’ Comp From Retirees’ Formula February 7, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has clarified that a retirement board should not consider sick leave or vacation benefits that...
California Considers Giving 500K Fast Food Workers More Power February 4, 2022 By Don Thompson California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the...
BTIS Launches Expanded Workers’ Comp Coverage in California, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Texas February 2, 2022 Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc. announced access to an expanded workers’ compensation coverage option, which is now available in...
Washington Contractor Fined $248K After Worker Fell to Death from Bridge January 31, 2022 A Bellingham, Washington, construction company is facing nearly $284,000 in fines for not ensuring safeguards were in place to keep...
Video Leads to Firing of Massachusetts Fire Official on Injury Leave January 31, 2022 A Massachusetts mayor has fired a top fire official out on injury leave after he was captured on video lifting...
Vermont Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs to Drop 4.9% in April January 27, 2022 Vermont businesses will see a rate decrease of 4.9% in workers’ compensation costs. The reduction will be effective on April...
OSHA Investigating Maine Case of Man Found Carrying Own Severed Arm January 25, 2022 A man who stumbled along a street while carrying his own severed arm was saved by two public workers who...