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Draft model rule aims to amend state workers comp laws that address opioid prescriptions

Paul Hughes
October 1, 2012

An International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions committee posted a draft model rule Thursday for amending state workers compensation laws that address opioid pain medication prescribing. The document…

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Advisory workers comp rate increase of 5% approved for Indiana

Paul Hughes
October 1, 2012

The Indiana Department of Insurance has approved a 5% increase in advisory workers compensation rates in the state for 2013, according to the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau. The increase was…

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Workers compensation pioneer Dr. Gary Franklin sounds opioid alarm

Paul Hughes
October 1, 2012

Years before risk managers learned that opioid prescriptions would become a workers compensation liability, Dr. Gary Franklin was reviewing death certificates to document that large doses of the narcotics were…

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Calif. workers comp reforms prompts change to 2013 rate filing

Paul Hughes
October 1, 2012

California’s Workers Compensation Information Rating Bureau plans to amend its 2013 rate filing to recommend no rate increase for next year in light of recent workers comp reforms passed in…

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Insurers unconvinced that Calif. law reforms will reduce workers comp costs

Paul Hughes
October 1, 2012

While recent workers compensation reforms in California aim to reduce costs for employers, insurers and claims handlers say they’re concerned the new law won’t do much to ease rising expenses.…

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NCCI State of the Line Report

Paul Hughes
October 1, 2012

Click the link below to read the NCCI “State of the Line” Report. Risk Transfer’s PEO Compass is an executive briefing of the most important economic indicators of your Workers’…

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WCRIB To Amend Filing To No Increase

Paul Hughes
September 28, 2012

A divided governing committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) just voted to amend its Jan. 1, 2013 rate filing to reflect a 0% increase over the industry’s…

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The Ever-Blurring Lines of ‘Alternate Employment’

Paul Hughes
September 28, 2012

When I began to participate in the procurement of reinsurance for our PEO workers’ compensation program some years back, it occurred to me that many who supported both the temporary…

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