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 …
An Iowa construction company has been fined $14,000 for safety violations in a fatal January accident on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. The Gazette of Cedar Rapids is reporting that the Occupational Safety and Health Bureau of …
“Lights…Camera…Action” is not a phrase often used within the insurance industry. That’s about to change thanks to a new television show created to document the comedic aspect of adjusting workers’ compensation claims. “Workers’ Comp” is a sitcom produced by Dori …
The 2011 Annual Drug Trends Report, recently released by PMSI, a workers’ compensation medical cost containment provider, found that the average pharmacy spend per injured worker decreased by 2.3% in 2010. The 2011 report identifies the top 10 trends that …
Pennsylvania-based MedRisk, Inc., a workers’ compensation physical medicine services management provider, has announced the launch of a dedicated website for claims professionals. The secure, HIPAA-compliant website delivers critical case information to adjusters and nurse case managers as it becomes available …
A CWCI Research Spotlight Report on the use of fentanyl – the most potent Schedule II opioid – in California workers’ comp finds that More than 1 out of every 5 injured workers in California who are prescribed Schedule II …