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Natalie Gochnour Joins the WCF Insurance Board of Directors
Natalie Gochnour Joins the WCF Insurance Board of Directors

Salt Lake City,UT (WorkersCompensation.com) – WCF Insurance announced the election of Natalie Gochnour to the company’s board of directors, effective July 1, 2022. Ms. Gochnour was selected by WCF Mutual policyholders during the 2022 election […]
Intact Insurance Group USA LLC to Acquire Specialty Managing General Agent Highland Insurance Solutions
Intact Insurance Group USA LLC to Acquire Specialty Managing General Agent Highland Insurance Solutions

Plymouth,MN (WorkersCompensation.com) - Intact Insurance Group USA LLC (Intact), doing business under the brand name Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Highland Insurance Solutions ("Highland"), […]
US Department of Labor Finds Illinois Mine Operator Tried to Conceal Underground Fire, Endangered Miners, Misled Probe; Proposes Nearly $1.2M in Civil Penalties
US Department of Labor Finds Illinois Mine Operator Tried to Conceal Underground Fire, Endangered Miners, Misled Probe; Proposes Nearly $1.2M in Civil Penalties

Washington,DC ( WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has proposed nearly $1.2 million in civil penalties to M-Class Mining LLC, a Macedonia, Illinois, coal mine operator. MSHA cited the […]
DWC’s Updated Copy Service Schedule Regulations Approved by OAL
DWC’s Updated Copy Service Schedule Regulations Approved by OAL

San Francisco,CA ( WorkersCompensation.com) - The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) update of the Copy Service Schedule. The effective date of the updated regulations is July 15, […]
Porter Ranch Limo Company Owner Arraigned For Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Porter Ranch Limo Company Owner Arraigned For Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud

Los Angeles,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) — Gamlet Abramian, 47, of Porter Ranch was arraigned this week on felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation revealed he allegedly underreported payroll for businesses in […]
Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Defending States' Authority To Protect Workers From Retalitation
Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Defending States' Authority To Protect Workers From Retalitation

Chicago,IL (WorkersCompensation.com) — Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in submitting an amicus brief defending states’ authority to protect workers from retaliation. A lawsuit filed in 2021 by New […]
Belated Response Suggests VA Ignored Worker's Request to Park on Site
Belated Response Suggests VA Ignored Worker's Request to Park on Site

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer seeking to establish a breakdown in the interactive process better be ready to establish that it was responsive to the worker’s accommodation request.  As the 11th U.S. Circuit Court […]
Vulnerability in Workers' Compensation
Vulnerability in Workers' Compensation

In 2018, I sustained an injury to my left hip. The injury resulted in five surgical procedures that summer, with a plethora of rehab on my road to recovery. While the physical process was painful […]