In Informational Bulletin OIR-16-03M issued today, May 24, 2015, Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier addressed the use of unfiled side agreements in conjunction with workers’ compensation and...
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) advised today, April 28, 2016, that the Florida Supreme Court issued opinions in two cases with a potential impact on Florida’s...
In a potentially far-reaching opinion issued today, April 20, 2016, a Florida appeals court struck down a state law that restricted a police officer from paying a law firm to help her pursue workers’ compensation...
As Florida’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) begins development on Rules that govern the process for resolution of reimbursement disputes between workers’ compensation carriers...
The Florida Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit that questioned the constitutionality of the state’s workers-compensation insurance system, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Turner reported today,...
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) advised today, November 6, 2015, that it has received a request from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) to consider supplemental...
The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that focuses on the question of whether the state’s workers’ compensation system should be the exclusive remedy for workers who get injured on the...
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation recently participated in the 70th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference together with the Workers’ Compensation Institute. During the...
A recently revised Rule relating to Florida workers’ compensation record maintenance and production becomes effective September 6, 2015, along with amendments to regulations governing the conditional release of...
Above: Colodny Fass’ Donovan Brown Notes NCCI Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease Proposal Submitted to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Today The National Council on Compensation Insurance...