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Navigating Ohio Workers’ Comp: Strategies for Lower Premiums and Improved EMR Efficiency

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In Ohio, all employers with one or more employees must, by law, maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage for its employees. The Ohio’s workers’ compensation system is both nebulous and unique, which can make...more

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Puerto Rico Governor Amends Workers’ Compensation Act to Provide Reduction of Employee Premiums for Safe Workplaces

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On August 8, 2023, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Act No. 85-2023, effective immediately. The statute amends Puerto Rico’s Workers’ Compensation Act by further incentivizing safe workplaces....more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - October 2021

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Court Holds That Contractor’s Insurer Must Defend Owner As Additional Insured In Personal Injury Action Filed By Subcontractor’s Employee- A premises owner hired a contractor to perform an oil-to-gas boiler conversion, and...more

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Ohio BWC defers employers’ premium payments

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted announced on March 21, 2020, that the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) will delay premium installment payments for employers for March, April and May...more

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BWC proposes 13 percent rate cut in premiums for private employers

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The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) recently proposed a 13 percent rate cut in premiums, totaling nearly $132 million, for private employers beginning July 1, 2020. The BWC’s board is expected to approve the cut at a...more

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Application deadline for BWC group-rating programs is fast approaching

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The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that private employers that are interested in the Deductible, Individual-Retrospective-Rating or One Claim programs must file an application by January 31, 2020, for the...more

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BWC may lower rates: Employers save up to $163.5 million!

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There is good news for Ohio’s private employers: the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) may be reducing premium rates. On January 25, 2018, the BWC asked its board of directors to reduce rates by 12 percent with an...more

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Florida’s Workers’ Comp System Goes Back to the Future . . . at the Expense of Your Premiums

On April 16, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court will hear another in a long line of cases brought by plaintiffs’ lawyers trying to turn the clock back on Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Law. Before 2003, employers in Florida had...more

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California Insurance Laws Enacted in 2013

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October 13, 2013 was the deadline for Governor Jerry Brown to act on bills passed by the California Legislature this year. Here are summaries of noteworthy insurance-related bills which Governor Brown signed into law. Unless...more

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