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Envelop Risk Launches Cyber Reinsurance Lloyd’s Vehicle With Managing Agent Apollo

Jan 22 2024 // Envelop Risk, the data-driven cyber re/insurance and analytics specialist, announced the launch of Envelop SPA 1925, a dedicated cyber reinsurance special purpose arrangement (SPA) at Lloyd’s, in partnership with...

Lawsuit Says Compensation Delayed for Victims of Worst Wildfire in New Mexico History

Jan 22 2024 // A new lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, alleging compensation has been delayed for victims of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history.FEMA is responsible for doling...

Texas Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Jan 17 2024 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ruth Castilleja of Baytown, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Castilleja reported an on-the-job...

Connecticut Extends PTSD Benefits to All Workers Under Workers’ Compensation

Jan 11 2024 // The new year brought with it an expansion of Connecticut’s workers’ compensation benefits with regard to post-traumatic stress injuries or disorders (PTSD).Prior to January 1, only first responders were...

Lawsuit Says Compensation Delayed for Victims of Worst Wildfire in New Mexico History

Jan 8 2024 // A new lawsuit has been filed against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, alleging compensation has been delayed for victims of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history.FEMA is responsible for doling...

Medical Biller Charged With Stealing $1 Million in Workers’ Compensation Payments

Jan 4 2024 // New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrest and arraignment of a New Jersey man for allegedly stealing more than $1 million that was intended to be paid to doctors who provided medical care to injured...

Tokyo Court Rules Only Fukushima Operator Must Pay Compensation, Cuts Damages

Dec 28 2023 // A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees, relieving the government of responsibility. Plaintiffs criticized the ruling as...

California Lawsuit Says Grocer Broke Law by Asking Job-Seekers About Criminal Histories

Dec 27 2023 // California sued the Ralphs supermarket chain, alleging that it violated state law by asking job-seekers whether they had criminal records and illegally rejecting hundreds of applicants.The California Civil Rights...

New York Fund Receives $7.75 Million After Workers’ Compensation Fraud Prosecution

Dec 18 2023 // Law enforcement officials announced the final sentencing in their prosecution of an $18 million workers’ compensation fraud case and the return of $7.75 million to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF).Manhattan...

Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation Names Posey as Deputy Commissioner of Operations and External Relations

Dec 15 2023 // Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Jeff Nelson has announced the appointment of Matthew Posey as DWC’s new Deputy Commissioner of Operations and External Relations. Posey brings his significant...

Maryland’s Workers’ Compensation Bars Non-Dependent Child’s Wrongful Death Claim

Dec 12 2023 // A non-dependent adult child whose father died on the job does not have a right to bring a wrongful death claim against her late father’s employer, the Maryland Appellate Court has ruled.The appeals court affirmed a...

Vale-BHP Talks With Brazil on Mine Disaster Compensation Delayed

Dec 8 2023 // Talks over a multibillion-dollar settlement for a 2015 mining disaster at an iron ore venture of Vale SA and BHP Group have been suspended by a Brazilian court until early 2024 after the companies and authorities in the...

Tech Firm Settles Over Failure to Accommodate Deaf Job Candidate

Dec 4 2023 // A San Diego-based technology firm for the hospitality industry has avoided a trial over charges it discriminated against a qualified deaf applicant from Massachusetts for a remote IT job.U.S. District Judge Richard G....

How to Create a ‘Candidate First’ Approach to Recruiting

Dec 4 2023 // In last month’s Ask the Insurance Recruiter column I offered advice on how insurance organizations can improve job advertisements with my final recommendation to, “Insert as much ‘what candidates...

Direction for NextGen Talent: The Best Way Forward Is Not Always Up

Dec 4 2023 // I believe you have to do what you love.My favorite subject in school was mathematics. To me, trigonometry and advanced calculus presented challenging but enjoyable and even exciting puzzles to solve. As I grew older, I...

Missouri Employers Will See Reduced Workers’ Compensation Rates in 2024

Nov 30 2023 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance said that employers should see a reduction in workers’ compensation rates in 2024, the third straight year of declining rates.The NCCI recently proposed an overall...

New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Fall 3.9% for 2024

Nov 28 2023 // New Jersey’s insurance regulator has approved a 3.9% reduction in workers’ compensation and employer liability rates starting January 1, 2024.The approved statewide rate change is based on the latest financial...

No Change in California Workers’ Compensation Weekly TD Rates for 2024

Nov 27 2023 // The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new data showing California’s State Average Weekly Wage edged down 0.48 percent from $1,650 to $1,642 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2023. The California Workers’...

New Jersey Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Covers Commuting Employee’s Car Crash Injury

Nov 27 2023 // Typically, workers who are injured during their commute to work aren’t eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.The New Jersey Supreme Court highlighted an exception to that rule in a unanimous decision...

Corporate America Is Rethinking Diversity Hiring as Legal Challenges Rise

Nov 22 2023 // The same conservative activists who helped gut race-related college admissions at the US Supreme Court have now set their sights on corporate diversity programs, barraging airlines, tech giants and law firms with lawsuits...