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The team at WorkCompCentral is stunned and deeply saddened by David DePaolo's sudden departure from this world. He passed away Sunday, July 17 in a motorcycle accident. However, we are all committed to carry on and continue to fulfill David's vision of providing workers compensation professionals with the most unbiased news, education and resources in the industry. We will also strive to make this year's Comp Laude® Awards & Gala event the best ever. The Comp Laude® event encapsulates his vision and passion for the industry. David was very proud of the team that he had assembled and we are working very hard to support each other and our valued customers.
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David J. DePaolo
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Top Story: Friday, September 13, 2019
A New York insurance broker charged in an extensive payroll fraud scheme this month has admitted to providing fake insurance certificates and falsifying a labor broker's number of workers, according to court filings that shed new light on the case.
The labor broker himself, who was reportedly well known as a provider of cheap labor in the bustling… Read more »
In the early days of Michigan’s prescription drug-monitoring program in the early 2000s, medical providers seeking a patient’s prescription history would fax a request to a state office, and then wait for a staff member to run the query and return the results.
By 2005, requests could be submitted online, but providers still had to wait about 48 hours to get the results by fax. And the report could resemble a… Read more »The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a worker could proceed with his claim for industrial… Read more »
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an employer can obtain reimbursement for benefits without showing… Read more »
News: West
- CA Court Revives Employer's Professional Negligence Suit
- CA Uber Says AB 5 Doesn't Apply to Drivers; Lawsuit Asks Court to Force Compliance With Pending Law
- CA Senate Concurs in Amendments to PTSD Presumption
- MT MSF Board Meets Today to Discuss Dividend
- CA Alliant Forms M&A Group
- CA Maximum TTD Rate Increasing 6.6% in 2020
News: NORTH
A California appellate court revived an employer’s professional negligence suit against its insurance broker for failing to obtain a waiver of a penalty.
Case: Resham Inc. v. Tutton Insurance Services Inc., No. G056058, 09/11/2019, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Resham Inc. purchased a workers' compensation insurance policy from the California Restaurant Mutual… Read more »
On the same day the California Senate voted to send AB 5 to the governor, Uber said the bill won’t require it to reclassify its drivers, and a class action suit asking a federal court to order the ride-hailing firm to designate drivers as employees was filed in San Francisco.
The Assembly on Wednesday voted 61-16 to concur with amendments… Read more »The California Senate agreed with amendments to a bill that would require police and firefighters to have at least six months of service before post-traumatic stress disorder would be presumed compensable for claims not arising from sudden or extraordinary work conditions.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 39-0 to approve… Read more »
A Rochester woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday after she was charged with cashing her deceased grandmother's workers' compensation benefit checks.
Brandy Sheppard, 37, allegedly cashed more than $5,000 in benefits checks between December 2015 and October 2016, according to the New York State… Read more »
A tree trimmer from Mexico who was paralyzed in a fall has settled his workers' compensation claim for more than $1.1 million.
The settlement comes 14 years after Jose Angel Valdez Garcia fell almost 15 feet from a ladder, according to a Missouri legal news report. Garcia, 36 at the time, had been on the job less than three… Read more »
Work comp rates continue to drift ever lower, with new declines announced pretty much every week. While this is great for employers and taxpayers, the impact on insurers, third-party administrators and the work comp ecosystem is rather less than “great.”
It’s going to end —someday, right?
It always does, but this time around feels different.
Here’s… Read more »
The board of directors of Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. has declared a $3.5 million dividend that will be paid to qualifying policyholders.
With this most recent dividend, HEMIC will have returned more than $38 million to businesses in Hawaii over the last 13 years.
Almost 80% of HEMIC policyholders will receive a dividend, which will average more than 8% of the businesses' annual premium, according to HEMIC Chief Executive Officer Martin Welch.
“In today’s… Read more »The board of directors of Montana State Fund will meet today to consider declaring a policyholder dividend.
The meeting, which starts at 8:30… Read more »
Alliant Insurance Services has announced the formation of a new brokerage service, Alliant Mergers and Acquisitions.
Falling under the Alliant… Read more »
The maximum temporary total disability rate will increase 6.6% in 2020, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced.
Maximum TTD payments will increase to $1,334.17 per week from $1,251.38. At the same time, the minimum TTD benefit will increase to $200.13 per week from $187.71.
California law requires that TTD benefits be increased by an amount equal to the percentage in the state’s average weekly wage. The average weekly… Read more »
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