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Thursday, April 16, 2020

With 50 Transit Workers Dead From Virus, MTA Increases Death Benefit to $500,000

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: New York
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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While a growing number of states have expanded workers' compensation presumptions for frontline employees stricken by COVID-19, one public agency has moved well beyond comp

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

WCIRB Committee Votes in Favor of COVID-Related Regulatory Changes

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  8 shares

A Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau committee on Tuesday voted in favor of three new regulatory changes proposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

As State Adds Presumption for Cannabis and Union Workers, Business Group Pushes Back

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Illinois
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is contemplating a constitutional challenge to an emergency rule handed down by the state Workers' Compensation Commission listing more than

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Insurance Commissioner Orders Companies to Pay Back Premiums Due to COVID-19 Fallout

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  19 shares

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered workers' compensation carriers and insurers in at least five additional lines to pay back premiums because of

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Black-Lung Victims Vulnerable to COVID-19, but Comp Likely Won't Cover It

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Coal miners with black lung disease are reportedly worried that COVID-19 could worsen their embattled respiratory systems and that they'll have few resources for care.

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Monday, April 13, 2020

WCIRB to Consider Excluding COVID-19 Claims From Experience Rating Modifications

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  1 share

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California next week will consider three regulatory changes in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the exclusion of

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Monday, April 13, 2020

Breaking New Ground, Beshear Orders Presumption for Grocery Clerks, Postal Workers

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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More and more states have ordered or encouraged insurers and employers to provide workers' compensation benefits to first responders and, in some cases, health workers

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Friday, April 10, 2020

Pandemic Has Likely Changed Workers' Compensation Industry Forever, Experts Say

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  6 shares

Not all states were prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, but the way agencies have responded has likely changed the workers’ compensation industry forever, experts said

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Friday, April 10, 2020

Former Comp Board Chair Wants Federal Death Benefits for Workers Killed by Virus

  • by William Rabb (Reporter)
  • National
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  7 shares

Long before the coronavirus pandemic has subsided, families of frontline workers lost to the disease may face a stark reality: Even if they can show that

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Citing Uncertainty, WCIRB Committee Votes Against Midyear Rate Filing

  • by Mark Powell (Reporter)
  • State: California
  • Topic: Top
  • - Popular with: Legal
  • -  2 shares

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee on Wednesday unanimously voted against a midyear rate filing that would have been the first increase in

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