Quote of the day
"Only the appropriate state officials were involved is what I've been told emphatically."
Bill McAllister, spokesman for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who says he knows of no involvement by Palin or anyone in her office in the workers' comp case of a state trooper
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Constitution State Likely to See Steady Rates
Connecticut employers who buy workers’ compensation policies in the regular market will see rates drop an average 1.4 percent in 2009 if regulators approve a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. By Diane Levick, Hartford Courant
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Cincinnati Firm Expands in Buckeye State
A Cincinnati-area risk management firm is making its first move outside southwestern Ohio. Matrix Cos., which manages clients’ workers’ compensation issues, in 2007 recorded $3.5 million in revenue, up from $2.8 million in 2006. Business First of Columbus
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Lawyer: Palin’s Office Did Not Meddle
A lawyer who represented embattled Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten in his claim for workers’ compensation benefits said he saw no evidence Gov. Sarah Palin’s office interfered in the case. Because of his injury, Wooten missed work and collected workers’ comp benefits totaling more than $11,000 between the date of the injury in January 2007 and mid-April of that year. By Wesley Loy, Anchorage Daily News [with photo] Go to the Full Story…
Workers’ Comp Return Larger Than Gevity Expected
Bradenton, Fla.-based human resources firm Gevity receives from AIG Commercial Insurance more than double the amount of excess workers’ compensation collateral than previously expected: $33.1 million, as opposed to $17 million. Gevity reached an agreement with AIG where the insurance company will waive $14 million in workers’ compensation collateral payments from an unnamed Gevity-related company during the upcoming fourth quarter. Tampa Bay Business Journal
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Garden State County Trims Workers’ Comp Claim Payouts
Morris County, N.J., has substantially lowered the amount it pays in workers compensation claims, spending $850,000 less in tax dollars last year than in 2000, by using a combination of workplace safety programs and employee education to reduce the number of accidents. The top causes of county government worker injuries in 2007 were slips or falls, back or muscle strains, being struck by equipment or vehicles, and bee stings or tick bites. By Lawrence Ragonese, Newark Star-Ledger [may require registration] Go to the Full Story…
Conn. Agency Honors School District for Workers’ Comp Success
Connecticut’s Region 14 school district recently was honored by the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency awards ceremony for successfully reducing its workers’ compensation losses. VoicesNews.com
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NYWCB Issues Cease and Desist Order to Resort
The New York Workers’ Compensation Board issues a cease and desist order to the Nevele Grande Resort, demanding that the hotel come up with workers’ compensation insurance by Monday and arrange to pay $38,596 in fines, or shut down its operations, according to a spokesman for the board. By Paul Brooks, Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.)
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