Top workers’ compensation firms
- Forbes Advisor compiled a list of the top workers compensation firm in the U.S.
- The media company scored workers’ compensation insurance companies based on their financial strength and the level of workers compensation insurance complaints against them in 2021.
- Forbes also ranked companies based on upheld complaints made to state insurance departments nationwide and collected by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
- Finally, the company e scored companies based on their financial strength ratings from AM Best.
Maine softball coach lies about workers’ comp benefits
- A former softball coach at Hermon High School in Maine admitted to lying about his employment to continue receiving workers’ compensation payments.
- Jody M. Theberge, 57, of Hermon pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to one count of making false statements to obtain federal employees’ compensation.
- Theberge qualified for workers’ compensation due to an injury he suffered while working as a mail sorter in 2013 for the U.S. Postal Service in Maine,
- He had worked at the postal service since 1994 and didn’t work there after his 2013 injury and received more than $40,000 each year in workers’ compensation benefits.
Tennessee has three finalists for prestigious workers’ comp award
- The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has three finalists for the Fourth Annual Sue Ann Head Award for Innovation and Excellence in Workers’ Compensation.
- This award recognizes individuals who have made a significant and positive impact on the workers’ compensation system
- This year, 14 individuals were nominated, each having a minimum of five years of experience in the workers’ compensation field.
- The finalists are Dan Headrick, Industrial Specialist for STAR Physical Therapy; Bob Pitts, Tennessee Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation; and, Sarah Reisner, a workers’ compensation defense attorney
Louisiana contractor faces fines
- A Baton Rouge roofing contractor faces fines after an investigation into a worker’s deadly fall at a different work site.
- The company ignored federal safety inspectors’ warnings that not complying with required fall protection standards exposed their workers to serious dangers.
- OSHA said Premier South Roofing LLC exposed six employees to fall hazards by failing to ensure required fall protection was used on April 2, 2022.
- The company faces $249,323 in proposed penalties.