Quote of the day
"We've got nothing to worry about."
Kim Seltzer, of Fairview Park, Ohio, after he and his wife are convicted of scamming the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation; prosecutors say Seltzer practiced medicine without a license and that his wife submitted false medical bills to the agency
Former Riverside County Prosecutor Sentenced for Comp Fraud
Miles Clark III, a onetime Riverside County prosecutor of the year, is sentenced after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud involving a trucking company he owned. Authorities say he made fraudulent representations regarding the firm in order to pay lower workers’ compensation insurance premiums. By John Hall, the Californian/North County Times
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Garamendi Announces Sentencing of Rosamond Couple for Fraud
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announces the sentencing of a Rosamond couple who pled guilty to workers’ compensation insurance fraud charges prior to a jury trial. Workers’ Comp Executive
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A.M. Best Affirms FSR of Atlantic Mutual
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B- (Fair) and the issuer credit ratings of “bb-“of the Atlantic Mutual Companies and its property/casualty members. Workers Comp Executive
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Ohio Man Convicted of Posing as Doctor, Scamming Workers’ Comp
A judge Monday convicts a Cleveland-area man of bilking the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and practicing medicine without a license, among various other charges. His wife is convicted of dozens of charges of sending bogus bills to the bureau for medical services. They each face at least two years on prison. By Jim Nichols. Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Judge Sets Noe’s Sentencing Date on Campaign Finance Charges
Indicted Ohio coin dealer Tom Noe is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 12 for laundering more than $45,000 into President Bush’s re-election campaign, just weeks before he is set to stand trial on separate state charges that he looted a coin fund he managed for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. By Steve Eder and James Drew, Toledo Blade [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
North Dakota Agency Aims to Publish List of Delinquent Employers
North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance agency, the state’s workers compensation insurer, wants permission to publish a list of employers who have not paid their premiums. Members of the board have endorsed the idea as one of several proposals the department will introduce for the 2007 state legislature. By AP via Grand Forks Herald
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Opinion: More Praise for West Virginia’s New Privatized System
The first seven months of the new workers’ comp system show what can be done when insurance is handled as a business, not a political tool to gain favor with various groups. Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, W.V.)
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CRM Holdings Posts Record Earnings
CRM Holdings Ltd., a provider of services to workers compensation self-insurance groups, announces record earnings for its second quarter, but reduces its estimates of earnings for the year. Co-CEO Daniel G. Hickey Jr. says that while of its California competitors experienced premium contraction, CRM gained 20 percent. By Craig Wolf, Poughkeepsie Journal
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Zimbabwean Migrants Reportedly Abused in South Africa
Police in South Africa often assault and extort money from Zimbabwean migrants and fail to verify their identity or legal status before deporting them, according to Human Rights Watch, which also says that such migrants rarely receive workers’ compensation despite being legally entitled to it. News24 (South Africa)
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