
A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s bad-faith claim against her employer’s insurance carrier as untimely, but it declined to assess attorney
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau released its report on frictional costs in California.
Highlights of the report include:

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Actuarial Committee is meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Committee members will discuss topics including:

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced a 3.1% increase in the average workers’ compensation premium rate for hours worked next year.
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court dismissed a worker’s request for a determination of whether hearing aids qualified as prosthetics, determining that the issue was not
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The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance approved a 5.5% decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs for policies incepting on or after Jan. 1.
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The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a salesman for his injuries from a series of car accidents
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The threshold for self-insured employers to report claim loss data to the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division will increase next year to $18,500 from $18,000.
The
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order updating the lower-back disorder section of the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule.
The order adopts the Feb.
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The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that the summer surge of COVID-19 claims appears to have run its course, as the number of claims fell
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