The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Safety and Loss Control Unit will be conducting a series of seminars beginning at the end of August, and continuing through the month of September. The seminars are part of the Commission’s continuing efforts …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Crow/Northern Cheyenne Indian Health Service (IHS) Hospital in Crow Agency, Montana have formed a partnership to reduce blood borne pathogen-related employee injuries. OSHA safety and health partnerships are …
A Hawthorne, California man accused of attacking his estranged wife with a chain saw and setting her on fire pleaded guilty recently to her murder in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, the …
Funds continue to flow to victims of Hurricane Dennis, according to officials of the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Florida State Emergency Response Team. * Since the July 10 presidential disaster declaration, 37,754 applicants have …
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Knoxville-based Wolf Tree Experts Inc. for reportedly exposing workers to electrical hazards at a Port Wentworth, Georgia job site. The agency is proposing penalties totaling $59,000. “There are well-established …
Reversing a summary judgment by a district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently decided that The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation, based in New Orleans, is entitled to recover the entire amount of long-term embezzlement losses discovered …
Allstate Insurance Company customers whose homes or automobiles have been damaged or destroyed by Thursday’s tornados and related severe weather across southern Wisconsin can contact Allstate through The Good Hands Network by calling their Allstate agent, dialing 1-800-54-STORM, or logging …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Green Industry Workers’ Compensation Purchasing Group (TGI) has earned a purchasing group dividend of more than $72,000. TGI provides a competitive option for workers’ compensation coverage for every qualifying member of the …
A former Missouri tax preparer and insurance agent was sentenced in federal court for his role in a scheme that involved phony tax shelters. Donald Hicks, 72, was sentenced to five years of probation by U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan, …
Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced a net profit after tax of A$760 million (US$571 million) for its fiscal year ended 30 June 2005, a 14.3 percent rise over the A$665 million (US$500 million) it earned in fiscal 2004. The …