Dennis Whedbee’s crew was rushing to prepare an oil well for pumping on the Sweet Grass Woman lease site, a speck of dusty plains rich with crude in Mandaree, North Dakota. It was getting late that September afternoon in 2012. …
A new study from Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), updates a recently published 33-state study with an extra year of data and the early impact analysis of major regulatory changes in North Carolina. The study, Hospital Outpatient Cost Index …
If a worker in New Hampshire gets hurt on the job, an anesthetic injection can cost $763 under a workers’ compensation claim, compared to $298 for non-work related injuries. Surgical treatment for tendinitis in the shoulder costs about $2,200 if …
As health care experts worldwide work diligently to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, GENEX Services, a national provider of managed care services, is doing its part by issuing one of the first workers’ compensation-specific clinical guidelines on …
BusinessFirst Insurance Company, a monoline workers’ compensation company, announced that it is now offering coverage to employers in Georgia. The company is offering workers’ compensation coverage in Georgia for policies with effective dates of January 1, 2015, or later. In …
San Diego, CA, October 20, 2014– Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, today announced it has entered into a partnership with the global specialty insurer, Torus, to offer a new workers’ compensation program. The Atlas program …
San Diego, CA, 12/20/2011 – Mike Mathews has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlas General Insurance Services, a workers’ compensation specialty general agency with 40+ employees in San Diego, CA. “I am pleased that Mike Mathews has …
North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has reversed its decision to deny a death benefit claim to the widow of a Burleigh County sheriff’s deputy who died of an apparent heart attack while on duty. Thirty-nine-year-old Bryan Sleeper died Sept. 28 …
Gov. Pat Quinn has removed eight of Illinois’ 31 workers’ compensation arbitrators. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the removals are part of a reform package of the state’s workers’ comp system. According to the newspaper, Illinois had the third-highest workers’ …
Two employers can be held jointly responsible for workers’ compensation benefits for an injured worker whom they both classified as an independent contractor, a Massachusetts appeals court has ruled. The Massachusetts Appeals Court said the case presented the first appellate …