THE WCI WEEKLY

Week of February 28 - March 5, 2016

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Welcome to your weekly WCI Newsletter. We have selected the top stories that appeared on our website this week to help you stay up to date on what is happening in the world of workers' compensation and insurance. Enjoy.

FOR #WCI2016

Registration for the 2016 Workers' Compensation Educational Conference is now open. Go to our website today to get the early bird price of $280. See you August 21-24 at the Orlando World Center Marriott.

#WCI2016: National Workers' Compensation Review Breakout

Tuesday, August 23, is a full day of gavel-to-gavel coverage at the National Workers' Compensation Review Breakout during the 71st annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando. Read More

Put Lingering Claims in
the Rearview Mirror

Let's close those lingering workers' compensation claims. To get started, conduct a review of your file load to determine the cases that may be (or should be) ready for settlement now. Read More

Disabling Perceptions

Only about one in four (26 percent) Americans in a survey by The Hartford felt strongly that people with physical disabilities could perform most jobs done by individuals without disabilities. Read More

Careful Where You Sit

Raynor Marketing is voluntarily recalling its Eurotech Lume model office chairs because the chair seat can detach unexpectedly, posing a fall hazard to consumers. Read More

WCI Briefs: 3.1.16

To save you time, here's a sampling of workers' compensation and insurance news from around the country, each in 400 words or less. Read More

First Responder - PTSD Bill on Agenda in Connecticut

The Connecticut Legislature may be on its way to passing a bill that would allow a first responder to make a workers' compensation claim if he witnesses a death or maiming. Read More

Liberty Mutual Has Down 4Q and 2015

Liberty Mutual and its subsidiaries reported net income of $411 million and $514 million for the three and twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2015, decreases of $142 million and $1.300 billion from the same periods in 2014. Read More

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Empowering HR in WC

Given the right tools, your HR department can help you mitigate workers' compensation claims. Read More

Hormel Loses Dressing Fight

Union employees at a Hormel Foods canning plant in Beloit, Wisc. must be paid for the time they spend "donning and doffing" their company-mandated clothing and equipment before and after their shifts, according to a state Supreme Court ruling. Read More

Firefighters, Cancer and Ohio

Count Ohio as yet another state where the debate of firefighters, cancer, and workers' compensation is currently on the legislative agenda. Read More

Great Insurance Jobs

Overland Solutions in Hartford, Conn., needs a Workers' Compensation Claims Subrogation Specialist.

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Newsletter Editor joancollier@comcast.net