Dave North will retire from his role as executive chairman of Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. on June 30 but will remain on the board of directors, the company announced Thursday. Mr. North has spent 29 years with Memphis, Tennessee-based Sedgwick, where he served as the third-party administrator’s president and chief executive officer from 1995 to …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that it again cited a large food manufacturer for numerous safety and health violations at its Pennsylvania facility. OSHA cited Centre Hall, Pennsylvania-based Hanover Foods Corp. for nine “repeat,” 51 “serious” and 11 “other-than-serious” violations and proposed $761,876 in penalties following an October 2023 inspection. Investigators …
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A Florida appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Pepsi Co. Inc. does not have workers compensation immunity in a lawsuit over a shooting that took place at a packaging and distribution facility. The company had initially denied a workers comp claim, stating that the two workers involved were not in the course and scope of …
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A West Virginia Supreme Court decision Monday is poised to affect the way workers compensation disability determinations are made in comp claims. The high court overturned an Intermediate Court of Appeals decision affirming a Workers’ Compensation Board of Review determination that a Kanawha County sheriff’s deputy was entitled to 13% permanent disability benefits, not the …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday said it cited two Florida construction contractors over an October 2023 workplace death. OSHA cited Tampa-based Concrete Impressions of Florida Inc. and Plant City-based Adcock Cranes and proposed penalties of $4,839 and $16,131, respectively, following the death of a worker who was struck by a boom …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that it cited a Guam residential and commercial contractor for failing to protect workers against potentially fatal trench hazards. OSHA cited Tamuning-based Giant Construction Corp. for nine “willful” violations and two “serious” violations and proposed more than $1 million in penalties after investigators encountered employees installing …
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Property/casualty rates continued to increase in the first quarter while rate decreases in financial lines slowed, Chubb Ltd.’s top executive said Wednesday, after the insurer reported higher profit and double-digit premium growth. Evan G. Greenberg, chairman and CEO, said on Chubb’s earnings call that the company saw the best rates and pricing overall that it’s …
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A new Florida law prohibiting local governments from implementing workplace heat safety rules will likely pressure the federal government to step in and take action to protect workers, experts say. But federal rules are years away, they say, leaving it up to employers to create safe worksites as temperatures rise. The law, signed by Florida …
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A West Virginia appellate court on Tuesday reversed a decision of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Review to deny fatal benefits to the dependent of a former coal worker who died from work-related illnesses. The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia said the workers comp board erred in affirming a claim administrator’s denial …
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Indemnity benefits per workers compensation claim grew at a “rapid” pace of 6% or more in 2022 in 16 out of 17 states analyzed by the Workers Compensation Research Institute, which said data prior to 2021 showed little change. Pegging the post-pandemic conditions as that which may have spurred the rise in indemnity benefits, WCRI …
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