Quote of the day
"[David West] brings extraordinary breadth and depth of experience and has demonstrated outstanding leadership throughout his State Fund career."
Larry Mulryan, State Compensation Fund Interim President, in a statement about its new vice president, a 27-year veteran of State Fund
State Fund Promotes West to V.P.
State Compensation Insurance Fund promotes 27-year veteran David West to replace former Vice President Renee Koren. By Matthew Yi, San Francisco Chronicle
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Number of Comp Bills Soars, But Few Pass
The number of bills introduced in state legislatures this year to change workers’ compensation laws spiked by 60 percent, but few measures have passed, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. By Daniel Hays, National Underwriter
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Injured Maryland Aux. Cop Pries Workers’ Comp from County
A 23-year-old auxiliary police officer who successfully fought Howard County, Md., for workers’ compensation after losing a portion of his left leg after being struck by a vehicle as he directed traffic returns to work as an unpaid auxiliary worker. The county argued that because the officer was not a paid employee, he was not eligible to receive workers’ comp. By Mike Santa Rita, Columbia Flier
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Delaware Horsemen’s Association Reacts to ‘Crisis’
The Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association will offer workers’ compensation coverage for some trainers. The coverage, modeled after a similar program in California, will provide trainers about 15 percent to 20 percent savings compared to traditional coverage. Thoroughbred Times
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Editorial: Upstate Still Waiting for Upswing
Once New York’s workers’ compensation law was reformed, the bottom dropped out in Upstate New York. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has stopped emphasizing approaches that would benefit the region, whose problems clearly set it apart from booming downstate and New York City. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Adjuster Admits to Bilking Insurer of Workers’ Comp Claim Money
A Pittsburgh, Pa., former claims adjuster pleads guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 for workers’ compensation claims he had approved and using the money to buy expensive sports cards, sports memorabilia and vehicles. By AP via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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BWC Figure Moved to Federal Pen in the ATL
The Federal Bureau of Prisons moves Tom Noe, the central figure in the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s “Coingate” investment scandal, from a federal prison in South Carolina to one in Atlanta, most likely on his way to a low-security facility near Orlando. Toledo Blade
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