The Georgia General Assembly wrapped up the second and final year of its 2003-2004 legislative session this month, primarily focusing on the 2005 budget, which overshadowed the many insurance-related bills that were introduced. “Although the Assembly approved next year’s budget, …
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. and CIGNA Group Insurance announced the formation of an alliance to offer employers a new source for integrated disability management coverage. The program will include complete administrative services for self-insured workers’ compensation and short-term disability …
For nearly the last seven years Minnesota has experienced severe weather like never before. As a result, Minnesota storm damage insurance claims have reportedly jumped from the millions to the billions. The latest numbers show that 2002 was the third …
GAB Robins has announced the introduction of ClienTelligent 4.0, a new version of its Web-based claims management and reporting system. Along with an updated navigation approach and a fresh look and feel, ClienTelligent 4.0 offers enhanced capabilities, including the new …
At RIMS Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego on Monday, components-based insurance software provider, WorldGroup (www.worldgroup.com), a San Francisco-based company, introduced InsureWorx First Report of Injury (FROI), the latest InsureWorx On Demand Solution (ODS). The new FROI capabilities reportedly …
California State Senator Chuck Poochigian (R-Fresno) issued the following statement regarding the passage of Poochigian-authored SB 899 in the Senate: “Reaching a compromise agreement on an issue as complex and far-reaching as workers’ compensation has been a monumental undertaking. We …
Through a new suite of managed care tools designed specifically for California companies, Intracorp can reportedly help slow down skyrocketing workers’ compensation costs. “With medical costs in California among the highest in the nation, and workers’ compensation claims tripling since …
A Multicounty Grand Jury indictment naming a former Tulsa, Okla. firefighter was unsealed last week in Tulsa County District Court, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. William Bradford Adams, 49, was indicted April 14 on one felony count of workers’ compensation …
DKI Services Corporation, a network of quality, independent property damage restoration contractors, announced that First Restoration Services, a DKI member company based in Charlotte, N.C., recently completed the cleaning and disinfection of an assisted-living facility in North Carolina. BiosafetyUSA Inc., …
A new insurer survey estimates that 84 percent of claims stemming from the devastating October wildfires have been settled. A poll by the Insurance Information Network of California of companies representing more than 66 percent of the homeowner insurance market …