A Canadian Pacific freight train parked on a frigid night in the Rocky Mountains began to move on its own before a derailment that killed three workers and sent 99 grain cars and two locomotives hurling off the track.
Good morning, class, and welcome to Committing Fraud 101, a course where we will teach you the finer points and nuances for committing workers’ compensation fraud.
When investigators met her at a Las Vegas-area Starbucks last year, they recalled Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Lt. Mandy Henderson walking slowly and gingerly, leaning on her husband’s arm to steady herself. In the middle of their conversation, she even reportedly stopped to lie down on a bench after complaining of deep pain.
The workers’ compensation industry takes its share of bad news; some of it deserved, and some of it not. However, beyond the din of negativity, good things do happen within this industry.
Liberty Mutual is not liable for claims potentially facing an executive for a coal company that did not have a black-lung endorsement on its workers compensation policy, a federal appeals court ruled.
As the National Football League gets ready for championship weekend with a thrilling pair of games to decide who advances to the Super Bowl, a threat lurks.
We kick off 2019 by discussing 20 issues the workers’ compensation community should be monitoring. Our list includes both employee benefits and workers’ compensation issues, as these two areas inevitably overlap. Later in the year, several of these topics will be developed into individual “Out Front Ideas with Kimberly and Mark” webinars.
A Vero Beach man was charged with insurance fraud after deputies said he filed a fraudulent worker’s compensation claim worth more than $100,000 following a crash in June.
The soft market in the workers’ compensation space might be coming to an end, even as predictions about continued strong competition in workers’ comp throughout 2018, made in the USI 2018 Insurance Market Outlook, have come to fruition.
It is time to review the accuracies of last year’s annual (or occasionally semi-annual) predictions for the future. As per usual, I did not get many things right, but I see no reason for that to discourage me from trying it again.
While most property/casualty insurance claims are legitimate, the National Insurance Crime Bureau says studies indicate that 10 percent or more of all claims are fraudulent. Workers compensation insurance fraud is not only illegal, but the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud says it also costs businesses billions of dollars each year and can lead to higher insurance premiums for policyholders.
The Illinois Supreme Court has somewhat clarified an injured employee’s rights to pursue a third-party case by intervening into a third-party subrogation suit filed by the workers’ compensation carrier, even after the personal injury Statute of Limitations (“SOL”) runs.
A 56-year-old chiropractor has pleaded guilty for his role in a massive workers’ compensation insurance fraud and conspiracy scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today.
