New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week that employers in the state are poised to save some $800 million annually, thanks to reforms in the state workers’ compensation system that were included in the recently passed state budget. At …
A.M. Best Co. announced it has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating to “bb” from “bbb-” of workers’ compensation insurer LEMIC Insurance Co. (LEMIC) of Baton Rouge, La. Both ratings have …
A Norman, Okla., insurance agent has been charged with fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation insurance policies for roofing companies. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office on April 5 filed charges against 27-year-old Fernando Espinoza, accusing the Farmers Insurance agent of making …
Fresno, Calif.-based Barlocker Insurance Services has hired Debbie Landrum as an account executive. Landrum has been helping clients with property/casualty insurance and workers’ compensation needs for more than 27 years and will focus on insurance programs for bowling centers, skating …
The 2012 workers’ compensation regulatory changes in California are expected to affect both the prices and utilization of medical care to injured workers by most types of providers, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The WCRI …
Tim Lambertson has fought a long legal battle to keep from seeing the doctor. The North Dakota former truck driver, who was sidelined from work by an injury sustained while unloading potatoes, would welcome medical treatments to end his debilitating …
A Washington couple received jail time and will have to reimburse the state more than $200,000 after they reportedly both filed fraudulent workers’ compensation claims in 2009. Jaime Beroth, 63, and her husband Lawrence Beroth, 67, of Tacoma, were sentenced …
A workers’ compensation auditor and four coal company contractors in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors said that Arville Sargent pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion. He was an …
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Mike Consedine announced Thursday that a workers’ compensation rate reduction will go into effect next week for employers. The overall decrease of 4.01 percent is effective April 1, 2013.”We are very pleased with the rate reduction which …
An Ohio woman was sentenced on multiple counts after agents with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured video of her running her own clothing store while receiving workers’ comp benefits for a prior workplace injury. Bernice D. Stephens …
