Maine’s telecommunications workers will reportedly have added protection against workplace hazards as the result of a new alliance signed by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state employer, labor and government entities. OSHA health and …
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster funds have been made available for Alaska to help local governments in the North Slope Borough recover from the effects of a …
Coalition America Inc. (CAI), a provider in medical claims savings, has teamed with The TriZetto Group Inc. to offer a repricing and adjudication solution for health plans and benefit administrators. TriZetto has made enhancements to its ClaimsExchange solution, which allows …
Lloyd’s announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the insurers involved in the arbitration proceedings relating to an insurance policy supporting its New Central Fund. The settlement amount is £152 million ($292.4 million), which includes amounts previously paid. …
Bermuda’s Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. reported that its net loss for the fourth quarter of 2004 was $14.4 million, or $0.25 per diluted share. This compares to a net loss of $37.4 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, for the …
Sometimes people can’t seem to get enough of a good, or in this case, bad thing. While appearing last Wednesday in a Sacramento County courtroom for a preliminary hearing, James Chester Taylor, Jr., 72, of Quartz Hill, California was arrested …
A St. Petersburg, Fla. couple and a relative are facing felony insurance fraud charges after state investigators determined they fraudulently collected $39,000 from their insurance coverage stemming from a staged automobile accident. Azem Jakupaj, 41, his wife, Fikreta, 36, of …
Michigan lawmakers have introduced legislation that would repeal the state’s 36-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law, causing an estimated 22 additional fatalities and 132 more incapacitating injuries each year. Sponsored by Sen. Alan Cropsey (R-DeWitt), SB 297 would remove the mandatory …
Costs per workers’ compensation claim in Pennsylvania rose 6 percent between 2001 and 2002, according to a new report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). This contrasts with more rapid annual growth of 9-10 percent in the …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Mahoning County man has been sentenced for a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Joseph Lesniewski was sentenced to five years probation, ordered to pay $97,457.28 in restitution and investigative costs. …