Court Upholds Authorization for Workers’ Compensation Diagnostic Testing
- The New York Appellate Division affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Board decision authorizing diagnostic testing for a claimant.
- The worker established a workers’ compensation claim for occupational hearing loss in 1989.
- The Special Funds for Reopened Cases denied an audiologist’s 2023 request for updated evaluations.
- The court ruled that medical records proved the testing was causally related and necessary.
ANV Acquires Specialty Comp to Form Specialized Workers’ Comp Platform
- ANV Group Holdings has acquired Specialty Comp Insurance Solutions from a Hub International subsidiary to expand its specialized insurance portfolio.
- This managing general agency focuses exclusively on hard-to-place monoline workers’ compensation risks.
- The transaction combines Specialty Comp with ANV’s existing agricultural business, Risico.
- The resulting nationwide platform targets high-exposure sectors including construction, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Chemical Safety Board Elimination Impacts Industrial Risk Management
- The elimination of the Chemical Safety Board directly impacts industrial risk management and catastrophic workplace injury prevention.
- This federal agency investigates major chemical plant incidents to uncover systemic failures and recommend vital safety improvements.
- Without these specialized investigations, workers’ compensation insurers and employers could lose data for preventing facility disasters.
- This loss of insight could increase high-exposure occupational injury claims.