Mass. DOI Reaches Settlement to Keep Workers’ Comp Rates at Current Levels
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) announced Friday it has reached a settlement with the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s...
View ArticleMassachusetts Carpenters’ Union Goes After Water Park Developer
Unionized carpenters in Massachusetts want the state to rescind a 20-year tax increment financing deal to the developer of a water park and resort in Fitchburg, Mass. The New England Regional Council...
View ArticleMassachusetts State Auditor Reviews Workers’ Comp System
A new Massachusetts state audit has made recommendations to improve accountability and efficiency in the workers’ compensation system. Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump said on August 21 that...
View ArticleOwner of Mass. Asbestos Abatement Firm Indicted for Work Comp Fraud
A Massachusetts man who owns an asbestos abatement company has been indicted for allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work to avoid paying thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleMass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents Assessment Rate Lowered to 5.75%
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reduced the assessment that private employers pay to the state on workers’ compensation policies to 5.75 percent of the policy premium for the...
View ArticleMass. Workers’ Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau Proposes Rate Hike
The Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIBMA) has submitted a rate filing to the Division of Insurance on behalf of its members. The Dec. 23 filing recommends a 6.4...
View ArticleMassachusetts Top Court Rules on Damages for Injured Workers
Massachusetts’ highest court recently ruled in a case of first impression that a workers’ compensation insurer is not entitled to a lien on the money awarded to claimants for pain and suffering. This...
View ArticleMassachusetts Business Owner Indicted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Authorities said a Wilmington, Massachusetts man has been indicted in connection with allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work in order to avoid $120,000 in insurance...
View ArticleMassachusetts Court Rules on ‘Equitable Contribution’ Case
Massachusetts’ top court ruled this month that a workers’ compensation insurer that has paid benefits under a policy has a right to pursue “equitable contribution” from a second insurer that also...
View ArticleMassachusetts Workers’ Comp Rates to Rise an Average of 1.5%
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration announced Wednesday that the state’s workers’ compensation rates will rise an average 1.5 percent beginning July 1. Officials said this nominal...
View ArticleComma Doesn’t Get Massachusetts Workers’ Comp Scofflaw Off the Hook
A Massachusetts company has lost its argument that it should not have been prevented from participating on state or municipal contracts for three years due to its its failure to have workers’...
View ArticleMassachusetts Man Indicted for ‘Working While Collecting’ Under Workers’ Comp
A Milford, Massachusetts man has been indicted on larceny and workers’ compensation fraud charges in connection with allegedly collecting more than $18,000 in disability benefits while he continued to...
View ArticleMass. DOI Reaches Settlement to Keep Workers’ Comp Rates at Current Levels
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) announced Friday it has reached a settlement with the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s...
View ArticleMassachusetts Carpenters’ Union Goes After Water Park Developer
Unionized carpenters in Massachusetts want the state to rescind a 20-year tax increment financing deal to the developer of a water park and resort in Fitchburg, Mass. The New England Regional Council...
View ArticleMassachusetts State Auditor Reviews Workers’ Comp System
A new Massachusetts state audit has made recommendations to improve accountability and efficiency in the workers’ compensation system. Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump said on August 21 that...
View ArticleOwner of Mass. Asbestos Abatement Firm Indicted for Work Comp Fraud
A Massachusetts man who owns an asbestos abatement company has been indicted for allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work to avoid paying thousands of dollars in...
View ArticleMass. Dept. of Industrial Accidents Assessment Rate Lowered to 5.75%
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reduced the assessment that private employers pay to the state on workers’ compensation policies to 5.75 percent of the policy premium for the...
View ArticleMass. Workers’ Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau Proposes Rate Hike
The Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIBMA) has submitted a rate filing to the Division of Insurance on behalf of its members. The Dec. 23 filing recommends a 6.4...
View ArticleMassachusetts Top Court Rules on Damages for Injured Workers
Massachusetts’ highest court recently ruled in a case of first impression that a workers’ compensation insurer is not entitled to a lien on the money awarded to claimants for pain and suffering. This...
View ArticleMassachusetts Business Owner Indicted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Authorities said a Wilmington, Massachusetts man has been indicted in connection with allegedly failing to accurately report the nature of his company’s work in order to avoid $120,000 in insurance...
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