- No small-business owners on California comp fund board after veto
California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would require the governor to appoint a small-business owner to the State Compensation Insurance Fund board of directors.
- California suspends 3 medical providers for fraud
The California Division of Workers Compensation has suspended three more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers comp system.
- Montana comp fund to pay $40 million in dividends
The Montana State Fund has declared a record dividend of $40 million to be paid to qualifying policyholders.
- Ohio comp bureau awards $406,000 in grants to protect firefighters
Ohio fire departments will share $406,270 in grants from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation under a program to reduce firefighters’ exposure to toxic environmental elements.
- Washington state adopts telecommunications safety rules
Washington state regulators have adopted new safety and health rules to protect cell tower climbers and telecommunication workers, becoming the third to adopt such rules.
- Bill could reinstate impairment rating evaluations in Pennsylvania
A bill that could bring impairment ratings evaluations back into Pennsylvania’s workers compensation system — a practice deemed unconstitutional by the state’s highest court — is now working its way through the state’s House of Representatives.
- Aon Benfield offers AI-driven workers comp claims tools
Aon Benfield on Thursday said it has partnered with Santa Clara, California-based CLARA Analytics to offer artificial intelligence tools to U.S. workers compensation insurers.
- OSHA restarts enforcement in Harvey-affected areas