Montana workers’ compensation claims have decreased by more than 5 percent in the past year, state Insurance Commissioner Monica J. Lindeen announced. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently made a filing with Commissioner Lindeen’s office requesting an overall …
A former Massachusetts prisons worker has been sentenced to five years of probation for defrauding the state by running long-distance races while collecting worker’s compensation for an on-the-job injury. John Cloutier of Freetown pleaded guilty on Wednesday to workers’ compensation …
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that the workers’ compensation discount and interest rate for April 1 through June 30, 2011, will be 3.74 percent. The rate in effect for the period of Jan. 1 …
The Montana House is giving its blessing to a deal between Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Democrats to cut workers’ compensation insurance rates universally seen as among the most expensive in the country. The path for the proposal has been paved …
William Mudge, president and CEO of CompWest Insurance Co., has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute for 2011 at the Institute’s annual meeting in San Francisco. Tom Rowe, president of the State …
In what appears to be its first foray into offering liability coverages, Zenith Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation insurance specialist, will be offering agribusiness insurance in California. Through its AgriBusiness Solutions Division, the company is providing: Commercial property coverage to …
Louisiana has signed on to a multistate settlement over American International Group’s (AIG) admitted practice of under reporting workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Louisiana is slated to receive $3,842,988 in additional taxes and assessments, and $2,278,504 in fines in the settlement, …
New York police arrested 13 people in a series of investigations targeting workers’ compensation fraud around the Empire State. In several cases, the arrests targeted individuals accused of improperly collecting benefits while working side jobs. One of the investigations resulted …
Workers’ compensation carrier Accident Fund Holdings Inc. today unveiled its new national headquarters on the site of the former Lansing Board of Water & Light Ottawa Street Power Station in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The new facility, located on a seven-acre …
San Diego, CA, 3/30/11 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM) has been appointed as the third party claims administrator for the California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corporation (CRMBC), the largest self-insured group in California. Effective April 1, 2011, ACM will commence …
