The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. is launching a second region in the Western U.S. A newly created Pacific Region will be led by David Kuhn, who has joined The Hanover as regional president. This new territory includes branch offices in …
Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply with the law. North Carolina Industrial Commission Chair …
The Missouri Senate has voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that would change workers’ compensation laws by barring some lawsuits over workplace injuries. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a measure that would prohibit employees from suing …
Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. says it will pay more than $2 million in dividends this spring to more than 11,000 policyholders. The Columbia-based workers’ compensation insurance company says the payments will go to those who had policies in effect …
CompWest Insurance Co. COO and co-founder Ron Field, and Lynn Ross, vice president of marketing and business development, are retiring from the San Francisco, Calif.-based firm. Field’s retirement is effective April 13. He will continue to work as a contractor …
Republican lawmakers in Missouri are trying to decide what they will do next on two pieces of business legislation recently vetoed by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. One measure would require workers who bring wrongful termination lawsuits to prove discrimination was …
The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it more difficult for employers to misclassify workers as independent contractors for the purpose of avoiding social security, unemployment or workers’ compensation premium costs. HB 2258, by Rep. …
The insurance industry has mixed feelings about California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, assessing him as average or below average in a handful of categories. In a poll conducted by Insurance Journal, industry respondents gave Jones an overall grade of “D,” …
Some Illinois prison guards who received workers’ compensation settlements had only mild carpal tunnel syndrome in their wrists or similar elbow injuries and might not have needed surgery, according to a newspaper investigation. Guards at the Menard Correctional Center have …
A supervisor in Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation program has been charged with bribery. Agents from the state attorney general’s public corruption unit arrested 53-year-old James McDonnell of Scranton on Monday. His wife, 44-year-old Michelle McDonnell, was also arrested and charged with …
