workers’ compensation News

Before Heading to Prison, Attorney Apologizes for Major Workers’ Comp Fraud

Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal who netted $700,000 a year by sending San Diego workers’ compensation claimants to dirty medical providers. O’Keefe last Wednesday morning …

OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue

Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement that businesses with 250 or more employees electronically submit annual reports on every employee injury or illness. The …

Texas Canned Food Company Faces $194K in OSHA Penalties

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bruce Foods Corp. – a Mexican food manufacturer based in El Paso, Texas – after an employee suffered an amputation. The company now faces $194,350 in fines. …

Pie Keeps Growing; Workers’ Comp Startup Raises $45 Million in Latest Round

Pie Insurance, an insurtech selling workers’ compensation coverage online to small businesses, has completed a $45 million Series B funding round. Participating investors included SVB Capital, Sirius Group, Greycroft, Moxley Holdings, Aspect Ventures, and Elefund. To date, Pie has raised …

Nevada OKs Workers’ Comp Loss-Cost and Assigned-Risk Rate Decreases

Nevada Insurance Commissioner Barbara D. Richardson approved a filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an average decrease of 8.1 percent for Nevada workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs. An average decrease of 7.3 percent for workers’ comp …

Worker at Michigan Car Wash Dies After Pickup Pins Him Against Wall

Police say one employee was killed and another was injured at a suburban Detroit car wash when a pickup truck struck them. Troy Police Sgt. Meghan Lehman said the accident occurred Monday afternoon at a Jax Kar Wash as the …

Worker Dies After Falling at School Construction Site in Louisiana

School officials say a subcontractor fell at a new school construction site in Louisiana and later died. News outlets report that the subcontractor fell around 14 feet while working at the Bullion Primary School construction site in Ascension Parish. He …

Berkshire Hathaway Sale of Applied Underwriters Said Due to ‘Channel Conflict’

In a rare move, Berkshire Hathaway is selling one of its companies, leading workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters, in order to avoid conflict with its other workers’ compensation businesses. “Berkshire has a number of workers’ compensation companies, and there was …

FBI Looking for Victims of Alleged Workers’ Comp Scheme Run by California Firm

The FBI is seeking to identify businesses that may be victims of an alleged nationwide workers’ compensation insurance, health care insurance, and pension plan fraud scheme. The FBI is urging businesses that purchased policies from Clovis, Calif.-based American Labor Alliance …

Participants in $200M California Workers’ Comp Scheme Sentenced

Several conspirators involved in a massive workers’ comp kickback scheme have been ordered to serve prison sentences and pay millions in financial penalties for their roles in the corrupt payment of millions of dollars to induce doctors and other medical …