FBI: California Senator Tied up in Workers’ Comp Fraud October 31, 2013 An FBI investigation shows that state Sen. Ronald Calderon accepted bribes from a hospital executive in Southern California who ran...
Connecticut Approves NCCI’s 3.2% WC Loss-Cost Increase Filing October 31, 2013 Connecticut regulators this week approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s workers’ compensation filing for an overall +3.2 percent change...
United Ethanol Cited After Worker Dies in Wisconsin Corn Bin October 31, 2013 United Ethanol LLC has been cited for 15 health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
OSHA Fines Trucking Company $113K After Worker Fatality in Arkansas October 31, 2013 Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Texas Mutual Pays $651K Dividend to CompGroup AGC October 31, 2013 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that the CompGroup AGC has earned a $651,166 workers’ compensation dividend. The dividend is based...
California Lodge Owner Convicted Of Insurance Premium Fraud October 31, 2013 Brookdale Lodge owner Sanjiv Kakkar, 52, was sentenced to 364 days in jail and three years of probation after pleading...
Ex-Texas Chemical Firm Exec Gets Prison for Worker Death October 30, 2013 A federal judge has sentenced the former president of a Port Arthur, Texas, chemical company to one year in prison...
Study Tracks Latest Changes in N.Y. Workers’ Comp System After 2007 Reforms October 28, 2013 The ongoing effects of workers’ compensation reforms enacted in New York in 2007 are monitored by the Workers Compensation Research...
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Medical Care Costs Declining: WCRI October 28, 2013 The costs of medical care to treat injured workers in Illinois are declining, the result of regulatory change enacted in...
Ferndale, Michigan Workers Lose 1,052 1/2 Pounds, Save Money October 25, 2013 By Kristen Jordan Shamus Ounce by ounce, 30 Ferndale, Mich., city workers began to change their lives one year ago. Today, they are 1,0521/2...