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#1 Buffalo Bus Driver Gets 5 Years Probation for Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud
Dec 22 2022 // A former bus driver for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been sentenced to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by misrepresenting her injuries....
#2 Facebook Accused by Female Truckers of Skewing Job Ads
Dec 2 2022 // Meta Platforms Inc. unlawfully steered dozens of hiring ads from trucking companies and other advertisers to mostly one gender or age group, an advocacy group for female truckers alleged in a U.S. complaint on Thursday,...
#3 New Jersey Supreme Court Remands Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case for Allocation of Fault
Feb 16 2023 // There will be a jury retrial on allocation of liability in a New Jersey workers’ compensation premium fraud case won by Liberty Insurance Corp. against a construction firm. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled...
#4 To Compete for IT Talent, Industry Must Embrace the Cloud
Dec 20 2022 // To compete for top IT talent, the insurance sector will need to evolve. Jay Rabinowitz, vice president of financial services and insurance at Workday, predicts that IT and data scientists at insurance companies will be...
#5 5 Tips to Kickstart 2023 Recruiting
Jan 23 2023 // Teamwork is everything when it comes to bringing in the best candidates. This might not sound revolutionary, but it is critical in today’s tough talent market. Knowing this, I’ve asked my partners to share some...
#6 The Talent Crunch: Tough Competition for Agency Talent Continues
Dec 5 2022 // The struggle to fill vacant positions at Conrade Insurance Group is real. Two slots remain open after the Kansas-based agency spent more than six months trying to fill them. Underscoring the challenges, a new hire even...
#7 Boeing 737 MAX Relatives May Pursue Pre-Impact Victim Compensation Claims
May 31 2023 // A U.S. judge ruled late on Tuesday that relatives of those killed in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX Ethiopian Airlines crash may seek compensation for pain and suffering of passengers before the plane hit the ground. Boeing in 2021...
#8 U.S. Targets Non-Compete Clauses That Block Workers From Better Jobs
Jan 6 2023 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete provisions as well as some training repayment agreements, which companies...
#9 New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 6.1% for 2023
Nov 9 2022 // New Jersey workers’ compensation and employer liability insurance rates will be cut an average 6.1% beginning January 1, 2023. The reduction is more than the 4.7% decrease that industry’s rating bureau had...
#10 New York Revises Compensation Fund, Workers’ Compensation Claims for 9/11 Victims
Sep 12 2022 // Ahead of the 21st anniversary of 9/11, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills into that that seek to support to 9/11 victims and survivors and their families. This new laws target barriers and delays in the...
#11 When ‘Preparing for Work’ Falls Under Virginia Workers’ Compensation
Feb 23 2023 // An employee who was injured while scraping ice off his company-owned truck parked at his home is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission has ruled, reversing a deputy...
#12 Talent Considerations for a Successful 2023
Feb 6 2023 // The insurance industry continues to settle into new working environments, grapple with the effects of “the Great Resignation” and prepare for a potential recession. While 2022 brought continued...
#13 Wreckage Complicates Job of Investigators of Chocolate Factory Deadly Blast
Mar 29 2023 // Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even more difficult task Monday as they combed through wreckage that was extensively picked apart and...
#14 Setting Range for Emotional Damage Awards Is Not Its Job, Says Connecticut High Court
Jun 28 2023 // It is up to the Connecticut legislature, not courts, to set any minimum or maximum controls on damages for emotional stress claims, the Connecticut Supreme Court held in a ruling in which it refused to second-guess a...
#15 People Moves: Alera Names Dennis Northwest Managing Director
Jun 14 2023 // Alera Group named Mark Dennis managing director for the Northwest region, which includes 16 locations across Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Utah and Wyoming. Dennis joined Propel Insurance, an Alera Group...
#16 Massachusetts Fines Benefit Manager Over Workers’ Compensation Drug Prices
Dec 20 2022 // Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a pharmacy benefits manager, Health E Systems, has agreed to pay $275,000 for allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are designed to...
#17 Court Defines Insurance Broker’s Duty to Inform LLCs About Workers’ Compensation
Dec 15 2022 // What is the duty of an insurance broker in New Jersey to members of a limited liability corporation (LLC) when it comes to workers’ compensation coverage? The New Jersey Supreme Court this week ruled that a broker...
#18 Massachusetts to Weigh Proposed 4% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Jan 17 2023 // The Massachusetts insurance department will hear testimony virtually on February 3 regarding a proposed 4.0% decrease in average workers’ compensation rates. The rate filing submitted by the Workers’...
#19 For Arrested Ringleader, Stealing Catalytic Converters Is Full-Time Job, Police Say
Apr 13 2023 // Seven members of an organized theft crew were arrested yesterday and charged in connection with stealing catalytic converters from more than 470 vehicles in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. For the alleged ringleader,...
#20 Wells Fargo Says SEC Is Examining its Hiring Practices
Nov 1 2022 // Wells Fargo & Co said on Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun investigating its hiring practices, after the Department of Justice had opened a related probe. In its quarterly report filed...
