3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (225+ words) Florida Posts New Workers’ Comp Rules on Physician Dispensing, Immigration Forms Insurance Journal The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted finalized rule changes in keeping with a recent court decision on physician dispensing of medication, along with new rules…...

5+ day, 37+ min ago   (712+ words) The US attacked more Iranian oil tankers overnight, with the worsening tensions over control of the Strait of Hormuz sending Brent crude beyond $100 a barrel. The American military said it “destroyed” five vessels in response to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (458+ words) Workers’ compensation has long been one of the most operationally complex lines in the property and casualty insurance industry. “What appears to be a straightforward claims process is, in reality, a highly interconnected ecosystem involving injured workers, employers, insurers, medical…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (306+ words) A federal judge in Texas last month struck down a 1930s law imposed regulations on firearm suppressors and guns that are considered the most dangerous, more than a year after President Donald Trump signed a bill eliminating taxes on those items....

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (530+ words) Bell & Hudson Insurance Agency has built its business around a simple idea that insurance is ultimately about people, relationships, and keeping promises. In fact, it has been doing that since the late 1800s. That philosophy has helped the western Massachusetts independent…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (359+ words) A judge in Washington on Wednesday blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from sending landmark California vehicle emissions rules for a potential repeal to the Republican-controlled Congress. If the Trump administration is successful, it would bar California indefinitely from regulating tailpipe…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (442+ words) New York’s attempt to make fossil fuel-producing industries pay into a $75 billion fund to repair the damage wrought by climate change was struck down by a federal judge, who said the sweeping law reaches beyond a state’s responsibility and into…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (768+ words) Fighting between the US and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz intensified after a period of relative calm, triggering a fresh jump in energy prices as fears grow of an open-ended war. The US military carried out a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (263+ words) Medical service costs in California workers’ compensation rose 5% last year on the back of growth in both average payments and utilization, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its Medical Service Cost Trends report,…...

2+ week, 49+ min ago   (663+ words) Donald Trump lost another bid to move a challenge to his New York criminal fraud conviction to a federal court as a judge said that payments to an adult film star don’t constitute an official act that would be covered…...