The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Co. has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program in Virginia via its network of independent insurance agents throughout the commonwealth. “The expanded pricing levels in Virginia, available through our additional writing companies, enables …
The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled public hearings to review rates charged by insurers for workers’ compensation insurance in this state, and to consider revised Texas workers’ compensation classification relativities. The hearings will proceed consecutively, and will begin at …
The legal battle over an accidental shooting at a Wild West theme park in New Jersey that left an actor partially paralyzed has ended with a settlement of nearly $2 million. The New Jersey Herald reports the actor, Scott Harris, …
A Delaware panel established to oversee efforts to keep the state’s workers compensation rates affordable is getting down to work. Delaware’s Workers Compensation Oversight Panel is charged with creating a new medical fee schedule that would result in a 33 …
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently signed an executive order establishing an inter-agency task force that will target worker misclassification and payroll fraud. “Every Virginian who works hard and follows the rules should get the pay and benefits that they deserve,” …
Delaware lawmakers have given final approval to legislation aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates in Delaware. The bill approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday calls for a 33 percent reduction in medical costs for workers’ compensation cases over …
ICW Group Insurance Cos., a multiline property/casualty insurer based in San Diego, Calif., announced it has begun writing workers’ compensation insurance in Georgia, Indiana and New Jersey. ICW Group said its Georgia market will be headed by Rob DeViere, branch …
Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that workers compensation medical costs to be trimmed …
Employers in Virginia who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance for their employees will be assessed, beginning July, a civil penalty of up to $250 per day for each day of noncompliance, subject to a maximum penalty of $50,000, plus …
Delaware’s state panel established to address recent rate increases for workers’ compensation insurance in the state is recommending that medical costs be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three years. The Workers’ Compensation Task Force voted on May 9 …
