A frontline nurse who said she contracted COVID-19 on the job and then passed it along to her son, who later died from the disease, was properly denied workers compensation benefits because she failed to prove the illness was work-related, the Delaware Superior Court ruled Wednesday. The appellate court, in Hudson v. Beebe Medical Center, …
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The U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday announced it reached a settlement agreement with Pepsi Guam Bottling in which the company agreed to pay $132,591 to resolve allegations it exposed workers to amputations and other serious injuries. In addition to the financial penalties, the company also agreed to develop a comprehensive safety and health program, …
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A Pennsylvania appellate court Tuesday said a workers compensation hearing officer improperly ordered an insurer to reimburse a drug company for costs in an injured worker case based on values published by IBM Watson Health in its Red Book. The Commonwealth Court, in reversing the hearing officer, sided with Federated Insurance Co. in a dispute …
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A Marriott International Inc. bartender who suffered a back injury when she tripped and fell at work will lose her workers compensation benefits after a Pennsylvania appeals court found the employer proved she had recovered, in part by providing video surveillance of her spending two days at the beach. Renee Loguidice, who had a history …
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Employees who feel unsafe on the job are more likely to report symptoms of work-related depression and anxiety, and those who study worker mental health have discovered a relationship between anxiety and increased work injury rates, industry experts say. “There is more and more data coming out showing just how inextricably intertwined mental health and …
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The California Workers’ Compensation Institute Tuesday named Gideon Baum, a former California Hospital Association executive, as chief operating officer, effective Feb. 1. Mr. Baum, who was vice president of policy for the CHA, will be based in Oakland. He previously worked for the California Senate, where he helped draft and analyze workers compensation bills, including …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it reached an agreement with an Ohio roofing contractor to settle a dozen workplace safety violations for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards. The department said Millersburg-based Charm Builders Ltd. agreed to pay $730,000 in penalties and implement enhanced compliance measures in the settlement agreement, …
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The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced a 9% reduction in workers compensation rates, effective in May. The decrease, based on the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s annual loss cost filing for 2024, is in line with a decades-long trend, as Louisiana workers comp rates have seen a cumulative drop of 37% over the last five …
Business Insurance 2023 Data & Rankings In this special data and rankings issue of Business Insurance, we bring you our proprietary rankings from the past year plus other industry data to present a numerical overview of the commercial insurance market, from retail brokers to reinsurers and wholesalers to captive managers. Source …
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