THE WCI WEEKLY
Week of July 17 - 23, 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.
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#WCI2016: Breakout for Agents
A two-day Breakout for Agents is being sponsored by the National Council on Compensation Insurance and the Florida Association of Insurance Agents on August 22-23 during the 71st annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference. Read More
Keeping Convicted Providers Away From Injured Workers
California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would bar medical providers who've been convicted of felonies from treating injured workers. Physician groups want the bill amended to ensure that felonies leading to a ban involve "moral turpitude." Read More
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Judge Won't Let Chubb Skate on Medical Documents
A federal judge says Chubb, the workers' compensation provider for the National Hockey League, must give former players copies of medical exams for head trauma. Read More
2016 Q1 Results for P&C
I.I.I.'s Bob Hartwig and Steve Weisbart say they have good news and bad news about the P&C industries' Q1 results. On the plus side: continued growth in workers' compensation premiums. Read More
WWE in a Chokehold
Dozens of retired World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. wrestlers are suing Vince McMahon and his company over the concussions they claim to have suffered from decades of bumps in the ring. Read More
Greedy and Stupid
"I was greedy and stupid," says lawyer Sean E. O'Keefe, discussing his role in one of the largest workers' compensation bribery schemes in California's San Diego County. Read More
Bangladesh Factory Deaths Bring Murder Charges
On April 24, 20013, an eight-story commercial building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,130. Now, 41 people have been indicted for murder. Read More
Snakes!
A Virginia woman was sent to the hospital after being bitten by a snake outside her workplace. Why is the company denying her workers' compensation claim? Read More
Farm Owner Charged in Teen Worker's Death
It has taken more than a year, but Luke Park, owner of the Park Family Farm in Homer, N.Y., has been  charged for alleged child labor violations after the death of a 14-year-old employee last summer. Read More
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WCI Briefs: 7.21.16
To save you time, here's a sampling of workers' compensation and insurance news, each in 300 words or less. Read More
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