The owner of a Revere, Mass.-based contracting company has been indicted in connection with a workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Anner Valentin Amaya of Revere, Mass., was indicted by a Suffolk County Grand …
Louisiana-based LUBA Workers’ Comp announces plans to expand into the Texas market. The insurer currently covers businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas through select, independent insurance agencies. The company has been designated “A- Excellent” A.M. Best rating with a stable …
Ronald A. Rascia has been appointed acting chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC). Rascia first joined the commission in 2011 as general counsel, and later added the duties of commission secretary. Assistant Secretary Brendan O’Rourke now will serve …
The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) is partnering with local law enforcement, the Better Business Bureau (BBB), and industry leaders in the warm-air heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) sector to address an epidemic of companies that promise consumers low-cost …
Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report Thursday proposing that workers’ compensation medical costs to be trimmed by 33 …
A state panel established to address recent rate increases for workers’ compensation insurance in Delaware is recommending that medical costs be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three years. The Workers’ Compensation Task Force voted Friday to recommend that …
Missouri businesses could face significantly higher costs for workers’ compensation insurance next year, due partly to a new law that seeks to shore up a financially troubled state fund for disabled workers. Workers’ compensation insurers in Missouri are likely to …
The owners of the Station nightclub say they didn’t know they needed to buy workers’ compensation insurance for the Rhode Island club’s part-time employees. Michael and Jeffrey Derderian are asking the state Supreme Court to review a more than $1 …
Florida investigators contacted more than 770 employers and issued 70 citations to construction companies and other businesses that put their employees at risk by failing to carry the required workers’ compensation insurance, the result of a two-day statewide sweep of …
Patriot National Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation insurance provider appointed Michael McFadden as regional vice president for California. As RVP, McFadden will oversee all marketing and underwriting responsibilities for California, and will be based at Patriot’s western regional office in …