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Other Claims NewsCourt affirms denial of comp cover due to untimely injury notice On Business Insurance - January 11, 2019
A New York appellate court affirmed Thursday a decision denying benefits to a taxi driver for failing to provide timely notice of his injury.
In Sheikh v. White & Blue Group Corp., heard in the appellate division of the Supreme Court of New York, a taxi driver alleged that another driver assaulted him on July 5, 2014, while he was between fares, causing him to sustain injuries to his right shoulder and neck. He filed a C-3 claim form on July 29, 2014. |
Federal appeals court orders Hartford to pay half of comp claim On Business Insurance - January 10, 2019
A federal appellate court has ordered Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. to pay half of a workers compensation claim for a bakery delivery driver in Missouri who was killed in an accident after another insurer discovered that the bakery had two policies with two different companies.
The owners of Hoeckele’s Bakery in Perryville, Missouri, had unintentionally secured double coverage for workers compensation...
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Former Insys CEO to plead guilty in opioid kickback case On Business Insurance - January 9, 2019
(Reuters) — The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc. is expected on Wednesday to plead guilty to participating in a scheme to pay doctors bribes in exchange for prescribing an addictive opioid medication.
Michael Babich, who resigned as the Arizona-based drugmaker’s CEO in 2015, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Boston and plead guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud charges, according to court papers.
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AmTrust revamps leadership in turnaround effort On Business Insurance - January 9, 2019
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. announced a series of executive changes Wednesday as the struggling New York-based insurer continued to implement its turnaround plan.
Michael Saxon, executive vice president of U.S. commercial lines in New York, and Max Caviet, CEO of AmTrust International Ltd. in London, retired effective Dec. 31, AmTrust said in statement. Both will continue in a consultative role, the statement said.
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