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Only Carrier or Comp Judge Can Determine Compensability, Fla. Appeals Court Says

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An employee cannot file a tort lawsuit against her employer until after it has been determined that she is not eligible for a workers’ compensation claim. And that compensability determination can only be made by an insurer or a compensation

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Size of Florida’s Slide Insurance Exec Compensation Has Tongues Wagging

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When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering last week, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …

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Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission Votes to Reduce MITF Assessment

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The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that it voted this spring to reduce the Multiple Injury Trust Fund assessment on workers’ compensation coverage providers from 7% to 6.29%. This is the first reduction in five years, the WCC said. The …

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Report: Long COVID Accounted for Three Quarters of California Comp Virus Claim Payments

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of all COVID-19 claim payments in California’s workers’ compensation system, according to a study. The study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows one-in-21 California … Long COVID cases accounted for 82.1% of the treatment payments on COVID claims and 73.7%

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India’s Kerala State Seeks $1.1 Billion in Compensation From MSC Over Oil Spill

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billion in compensation after one of its container vessels sank and leaked fuel into the Arabian Sea in May. India’s southern state of Kerala has sued Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company and sought $1.1 The high court in Kerala issued an …

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He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance

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An employee who was injured when rescuing chocolate candies from the heat in his employer-owned delivery truck is not due workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) upheld a deputy commissioner’s denial of benefits, agreeing that Ronald Mark …

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Switzerland Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability

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You are here because you want to learn how workers’ compensation and employers’ liability work in Switzerland. Definition of Workers’ Compensation Workers’ compensation is a […] The post Switzerland Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability appeared first on My Top Insurance Blogs.