Category Archives: Insurance
Why do you need Punitive Damages Coverage?
Why do you need Punitive Damages Coverage Even if your State does not permit it? http://ow.ly/1uzOV
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Oklahoma Workers Comp Reform?
Oklahoma Workers Comp Reform? http://ow.ly/1o8qd
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NCCI Recommends a 7% Work Comp Rate increase for 2010 in Oklahoma
NCCI just did it’s Annual Advisory Forum in Oklahoma City. They are recommending a 7% increase in WC rates in Oklahoma for 1/1/2010. We continue to have one of the most costly systems in the nation that delivers the least … Continue reading
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Two Texas Workers Convicted of Work Comp Fraud
Two workers were accused and convicted of Double Dipping. Click Here for Full Article
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Iowa Jury Awards $7,000,000+ to injured Construction Worker
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City Fighting Workers’ Comp Claim of Oklahoma Firefighter
City officials in Edmond, Okla., are challenging court rulings in favor of a firefighter who claims his colon cancer is a work-related injury because of the smoke, hazardous materials and chemicals he was exposed to on the job. Tim … Continue reading
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Missouri Workers Comp Law to be Tested?
Will Decision Trigger Deluge of Lawsuits in Show Me State?Almost 15 months after it heard arguments in the case, the Missouri Supreme Court issues a splintered decision in a constitutional challenge to the state legislature’s 2005 workers’ compensation reform that, … Continue reading
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Comp Treatment Costs Higher Than In Group Health, Says NCCI
Workers’ compensation systems pay higher prices to treat worker injuries than group health plans for the same ailments, according to a new study of comp fee schedules by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Among other discoveries, the study found … Continue reading
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Oklahoma: Senate Republicans seek to reform workers’ comp system in ’09 session
Republican lawmakers in the Oklahoma State Senate are hoping to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system when the 2009 legislative session kicks off in February. The November elections gave Republicans a majority in the Oklahoma Senate for the first time … Continue reading
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RIMS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT 2009
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA CHAPTER DATE: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 TIME: 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. PLACE: Sportsman’s Country Club- 4001 NW.39th Expressway, Oklahoma City (One block west of Hefner Parkway on 39th, N. side of the Road) Speaker: Kim Holland, Insurance Commissioner Topic: … Continue reading
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