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Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would permit medical care providers to first bill an injured worker’s health insurer for costs related to care and seek reimbursement from an employer’s workers compensation insurer if a claim is accepted.

With two bills introduced on one day and for the second time this legislative season Louisiana lawmakers are proposing the creation of a medical fee schedule to set parameters for workers compensation costs for injured workers.

In a yearslong trend that experts say is both political and scientific, several states are looking to expand the types of cancer that are covered under existing occupational illness presumption laws for firefighters.

A former employee of Alliant Insurance Services Inc. sued the company Friday in federal court in New York, accusing the brokerage of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law.

Safety National Casualty Corp., a St. Louis-based specialty insurer, Tuesday announced executive leadership changes.

A lawsuit by Acrisure LLC accusing six former sales and account executives of poaching at least 20 customers after their coordinated March 15 resignations to join Woodruff Sawyer & Co. has been moved to federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the defendants’ request.

Casualty reinsurance renewals in Japan saw the largest increases at April 1 while property markets were less challenged than in last year’s renewals, according to a report Tuesday from Gallagher Re, the reinsurance business of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Chris Majka, staff vice president, data visualization and reporting at FM Global, discusses the latest edition of the insurer's resilience index and what the findings mean for organizations.

Knight Specialty Insurance Co., the Delaware-domiciled excess and surplus lines unit of Knight Insurance Group, provided the $175 million surety bond posted Monday by Donald Trump in his New York civil fraud case.

The company that made it easy for people to conduct discreet business while doing their business in the bathroom is suing one of its former engineers over his allegedly leaking confidential information and using his bathroom breaks to delete messaging apps that may have contained evidence.

The Supreme Court of New Mexico on Monday ruled that a state law that limits the duration of benefits for subsequent mental impairments to the duration of benefits allowed for the underlying physical condition violates the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution.

New York-based managing general underwriter RB Jones said it has launched of a new in-transit offering for cannabis.

Virginia lawmakers have proposed legislation revising the timeframe for workers compensation insurers to either pay, or contest, bills for services submitted by health care providers in injured worker cases.

Marine insurance pricing is likely to increase following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after it was struck by the container ship Dali last week, some experts say.

Coverage disputes stemming from the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after it was hit by the container ship Dali will come in waves, legal experts say, with initial fights arising from supply chain disruptions and contingent business losses.