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• Q&A: Excellence in focus
  Discussions about an employer’s workers compensation program typically focus on specific considerations, such as insurance coverage structure, claims management or loss control strategies.
• California’s Workers Compensation Bureau proposes rate hike
  California’s Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will recommend a 12.6% average pure premium rate increase that would be effective Jan. 1, 2013, for new and renewing policies.

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• NFL sues insurers over defense of player lawsuits
  The National Football League has filed a lawsuit alleging that nearly three dozen commercial general liability insurers refused to defend the organization against at least 143 lawsuits filed by former players.
• Workers comp is exclusive remedy for widow of worker killed on the job: Court
  The widow of an Illinois restaurant worker who was murdered by a co-worker cannot sue her husband’s employer for negligence because of exclusive remedy provisions for Illinois’ workers compensation law, a state appellate court says.
• California bureau to recommend 12.6% increase for workers compensation premiums
  California’s Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will recommend a 12.6% average pure premium rate increase that would be effective Jan. 1, 2013, for new and renewing policies.
• Calif. workers comp bill would limit self-insurance, increase disability benefits
  A workers compensation reform bill set to be proposed in California would limit some companies’ ability to self-insure for workers comp claims and would increase total permanent disability benefits for workers by $720 million per year, according to a…
• SOLUTION ARC: Workers Comp Pricing
  Employers are facing increasing costs for workers compensation coverage, while insurance underwriters are less willing to offer guaranteed-cost policies, which cap an employer’s premiums regardless of adverse loss experience.
• OFF BEAT: British city bans use of common office supplies over risk of injury
  The National Health Service in Manchester, England, has banned a sharp metal instrument that has been impaling workers recently: the file fastener.
• NCCI asks for 3.8% advisory workers comp rate reduction in Illinois
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—NCCI Holdings Inc. has asked the Illinois Department of Insurance to consider a 3.8% decrease in advisory workers compensation rates for 2013, the department said in a statement Friday.

Workers Compensation Press Updates – Workers Compensation Southern California
Workers Compensation Press Updates – Workers Compensation Southern California
Workers Compensation Press Updates – Workers Compensation Southern California

• Creative claims settling
  Experts say workers compensation claims handlers need to think outside the box to devise settlements that help injured workers resolve long-standing cases.
• Fast action, solid resources stop claims spiraling
  Failing to pay adequate attention to an employee immediately after he or she is injured can quickly result in expensive, tough-to-close workers compensation cases, veteran risk managers say.

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• Workers cannot accumulate impairment ratings for separate injuries: Maine Court
  PORTLAND, Maine—The Maine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an injured worker cannot combine impairment ratings for accidents that he suffered, limiting the number of weeks that he can collect workers compensation benefits for some of his injuries.
• Employers, unions close to deal to reform California workers comp system
  SACRAMENTO—Employers and labor unions are close to cutting a deal to reform San Diego workers compensation system while boosting disability benefits, according to reports published Thursday.
• California rating bureau eyes increase in workers compensation pure premium advisory rates
  SAN FRANCISCO—The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is considering a 7.
• OFF BEAT: Cup of coffee packs a punch for worker
  An Australian man who was punched in the arm by a coworker over a cup of hot coffee was denied workers compensation.
• Retired NFL player cannot file for workers comp benefits in Calif.: Court
  PASADENA, Calif.—A retired National Football League player cannot file for workers compensation benefits in California because he did not prove that he suffered injuries in the state, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
• N.J. worker can’t sue ACE USA over unpaid medical bills: Court
  TRENTON—Exclusive remedy provisions prevent a New Jersey man from suing his workers compensation insurer over pain and suffering caused by its failure to pay his medical bills, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.
• New York’s medical database aims to curb prescription drug misuse
  States seeking to deter the abuse and diversion of controlled narcotic prescription pain medications should look to New York state’s efforts to implement a “real-time” drug-monitoring registry with teeth.
• More employers turning to workers compensation residual markets
  An increasing number of U.S. employers seeking workers compensation insurance coverage are getting pushed into their states’ markets of last resort as insurers walk away from riskier, less profitable accounts.
• Florida cracks down on check-cashing workers compensation scam
  Florida officials are cracking down on a scheme that uses check-cashing businesses as part of a plan to avoid paying workers compensation insurance premiums.

Workers Compensation Press Updates – Workers Compensation Southern California
Workers Compensation Press Updates – Workers Compensation Southern California
Workers Compensation Press Updates – Workers Compensation Southern California