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Chick Shoots Man

Chuck “Chick” Quackenbush is in trouble again. Current Lee County Florida Sheriff’s deputy and former California Insurance Commissioner Charles “Chick” Quackenbush, brandished his service revolver and shot a suspect. The suspect was resisting arrest, according to the report. Sherriff Quackenbush is on administrative leave pending the completion of an internal investigation. “I’m glad I didn’t … Read More »

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LXX ULAE, ILAE, We All LAE

It was only a matter of time. The insurance commissioner, having served up his sugarplum vision of how workers’ comp insurers should be able to reap a wonderful rate of … Read More »

News Digest 2/15/2008

Investigators Find Bakersfield Man’s ‘X-Files’ A Bakersfield employer who defrauded State Compensation Insurance Fund by scheming to underreport payroll gets a sentence of about three months in jail. Investigators searching … Read More »

News Digest 2/14/2008

Keystone State Approves 10.22 Percent Rate Cut Pennsylvania insurance regulators approve a 10.22 percent decrease in the average cost of workers’ compensation insurance in the Keystone State. The total in … Read More »

News Digest 2/8/2008

Lawmakers Call for State Fund Overhaul State Compensation Insurance Fund needs to revamp its board of directors, stop meeting in secret and modernize its corporate governance, some lawmakers say. State … Read More »

DWC Audit Penalties, Unpaid Compensation Down In 2006

Two claims-adjusting locations in California—self-insured, self-administered Alameda County Schools Insurance Group in Dublin and the Irvine office of third-party administrator Complink Inc.—racked up a combined $255,000 in penalties during the 2006 Division of Workers’ Compensation audits. The 2006 audit report, finally released last week, shows that both the number of penalties and the amounts owed … Read More »

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News Digest 2/6/2008

It’s No Longer Just State Fund’s Market Not long ago, State Compensation Insurance Fund ruled the California workers’ compensation market. But now are a number of companies have positioned themselves … Read More »

News Digest 1/25/2008

Cirque du Soleil Benefits Manager Illuminates Her Unique Role How can an employer provide health insurance for workers who travel 100 percent of the time? How should it calculate risk … Read More »