News Digest 3/22/2007

Report Targets ‘Big Scam’ in Windy City Illinois and federal agencies are investigating allegations that Chicago-area construction companies deliberately misclassify employees as independent contractors in order to avoid financial obligations … Read More »

News Digest 12/5/2006

Poochigian’s Report on Workers’ Comp System State Sen. Chuck Poochigian, R-Fresno, author of SB 899, runs down the status of workers’ compensation in California. By Chuck Poochigian via KHTS AM … Read More »

Steve Poizner Generous In Victory

Publisher Dale Debber was with Steve Poizner in Palo Alto as the race was won. Here is his report. PALO ALTO – With his campaign party in full swing at the Sheraton, it was a confident Steve Poizner who came to the podium as election returns continued indicating a commanding lead that had begun when … Read More »

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News Digest 10/26/2006

SeaBright Shares Surge on Third Quarter Report Shares of SeaBright Insurance Holdings Inc., which has a wholly owned subsidiary that is a workers’ compensation underwriter, jump after the company reports … Read More »

Studies Report Stability In Michigan’s Workers’ Comp Program

Two new national studies report that Michigan’s workers’ compensation benefit payments have been stable in recent years and that its costs reside below the national average. The studies also indicate that workers’ comp insurers are performing ahead of the national average. The study by the National Academy of Social Insurance reports that workers’ comp benefit … Read More »

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News Digest 8/29/2006

Empire State Workers’ Comp Overpriced: Report Despite paying the lowest maximum weekly benefits of any state in the country, the New York workers’ compensation system is among the most expensive … Read More »

Contractors Arrested for Grand Theft, Workers’ Comp Fraud and Payroll Tax Evasion

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced the June 1 arrests of Clyde and Jackie Sewell, both 52, the owners of residential framing contracting business North Pointe Enterprises, Inc., and their daughter, Toni Studer, 30, for allegedly failing to accurately report employee payroll to the State Compensation Insurance Fund and the Employment Development Department, in … Read More »

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