10/7/2008 12:16:56 PM EST WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Labor in conjunction with the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law have announced the speakers for the upcoming Defense Base Act Seminar, which will be held October 23-24, 2008, at the Washington M ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/11/2008 11:16:21 AM EST ITASCA, IL - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Fuller & O'Brien, a retail insurance broker providing workers' compensation and other services in the Northeastern United States. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/10/2008 6:37:19 PM EST ANCHORAGE, AK - Alaska legislators met behind closed doors today to review the ethics report in the investigation of Governor Sarah Palin's firing of Walter Monegan, her state public safety commissioner. Palin has been accused of firing the commissione ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/10/2008 7:33:30 PM EST WEST VIRGINIA - Beginning in January 2009 BrickStreet Mutual Insurance plans to partner with Argonaut as its reinsurer to offer workers' compensation policies in other states. Interested companies must have a significant portion of their business in We ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/10/2008 1:01:37 PM EST COLORADO - Insurance Commissioner Marcy Morrison said that employers in the state will pay lower premiums in 2009 for workers' compensation insurance. Workers’ compensation rates in Colorado have declined 43.4 percent since 2000. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/10/2008 12:54:57 PM EST HAWAII - AIG Hawaii may be sold by the financially troubled parent company, American International Group, Inc., to help pay the $85 billion loan it received from the Federal Reserve. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/10/2008 12:50:28 PM EST WASHINGTON, D.C. - OSHA has published a proposed rule to protect workers from hazards related to hoisting equipment, including cranes and derricks, used in construction activities. According to OSHA, 89 crane-related fatalities occur per year ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/9/2008 11:12:39 PM EST ANCHORAGE, AK (AP) - Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/9/2008 10:56:32 PM EST OHIO - The once, scandal-plagued State Fund of Ohio, which finances the state workers' compensation system, withstood the Wall Street downturn better than most of the state's large public funds. The State Fund declined 1 percentage point in comparison ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/9/2008 5:27:52 PM EST ANCHORAGE, AK - The Alaska Supreme Court has denied a petition by GOP lawmakers to halt the "Troopergate" investigation. This means that special prosecutor Steve Branchflower's report will be released tomorow as scheduled. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/9/2008 1:41:32 PM EST Robert Rusbuldt, the President and CEO of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, says the bailout of AIG should not be used as an argument to federally regulate the insurance industry with an optional federal charter (OFC). He states it ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/9/2008 12:19:09 PM EST NEW YORK - The federal government said it would lend AIG another $37.8 billion to bailout the insurance giant. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/9/2008 11:29:56 AM EST GREENVILLE, SC - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a House of Raeford Farms plant Tuesday. More than 300 workers believed to be illegal aliens were detained. The federal agents also searched for evidence of unlawful hiring pract ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/8/2008 7:44:44 PM EST Healthcare for America Now, a union-backed liberal group, is planning to run ads in the battlestate of Ohio attacking John McCain's healthcare plan on the basis that it would cause 20 million people to lose employer-sponsored health insurance. McCain h ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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10/7/2008 11:10:43 PM EST FLORIDA - The NCCI has requested a 14 percent workers' compensation rate reduction for Florida, a state that has seeen a rate reduction each year since 2003. Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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