Taking time out of the work week for an employee exercise program may lead to increased productivity — despite the reduction in work hours, reports a new study. The new study, published in the August Journal of Occupational and Environmental …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced an $873,522 dividend to the Texas Medical Group (TMG). The workers’ compensation safety group dividend was based largely on TMG’s overall loss ratio. TMG safety group members have shared in $2.6 million in Texas Mutual …
The Texas Supreme Court has concluded that while bad faith claims against workers’ compensation carriers are not permissible under the state’s Insurance Code, claims made under the Code against insurers for policy misrepresentation are allowable. With its decision in Texas …
Florida officials, law enforcement officers and trade groups are lining up in an effort to stop checking cashing companies from facilitating workers’ compensation fraud in the construction industry. Headed up by Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, officials held the first …
Two Billings attorneys are asking the Montana Supreme Court to stop workers’ compensation investigators from practices that they say violate the privacy rights of workers’ comp claimants. The Billings Gazette reported that Gene Jarussi and Michael Eiselein, along with 10 …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak announced the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) has filed to reduce workers’ compensation insurance rates in Oklahoma by 1.7 percent effective Jan. 1, 2012. The commissioner says NCCI attributed the rate decrease to …
Kentucky regulators have approved the sixth straight reduction in workers’ compensation loss cost rates. Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark has approved a statewide average 7.5 percent decrease in loss costs rates. The new rates mean that the state’s loss cost …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has proposed an economic development initiative with the goal of creating jobs in that state. Under the proposal, BWC could offer new employers in Ohio a 50 percent or higher discount on their workers’ …
Legislation overhauling the Oklahoma workers’ compensation laws becomes effective today, Aug. 26, 2011. The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court noted that while the effective date for Senate Bill 878 is Aug. 26, various provisions contained in the legislation may have different …
The California Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of a case many workers’ compensation insurers and businesses were hoping would be reversed. Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced that it was not going to review the decision of the Fifth District …
