YRC Worldwide Delivers Another Strong Year.
-- Consolidated 2006 Revenue and Operating Income Highest in Company History -- Yellow Transportation & Roadway Deliver Strong Full-Year Operating Ratios -- Meridian IQ Achieves Record Revenue and Operating Income OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YRC Worldwide Inc. today announced fourth...

In deeper on the WTC.
Dear Editor, Part two of your series on the World Trade Center disaster, "The Disease Within" (Risk & Insurance[R], Oct. 1, 2007), states that almost half of WTC claims at some point in 2004 were not yet processed. In fact, the N.Y. State Workers' Comp...

Open your e-mail.
See how the Internet alters the landscape irreversibly, shrinking space, making everything more visible. A friend tells me he has succumbed to the weird condition of Internet Insomnia, the state of expectation that any moment a life-changing e-mail will come. Well, it has arrived, and we now work in...

Ratings don't predict disabilities accurately.
A study of settlement decisions in workers' compensation claims for low back pain has found almost no relationship between the rating of the disability's severity when the claim was settled and reported pain and disability 21 months later. Findings were counterintuitive: Claimants with higher disability ratings, which suggest greater...

AZ: agency RN falls on floor and sues hospital: agency nurse's suit against hospital barred.
CASE FACTS: Cynthia Schwager, a registered nurse, was employed by InteliStaf, a company in the business of supplying medical personnel to health care facilities on a contract basis. Through InteliStaf, Nurse Schwager accepted a thirteen-week assignment to work at Paradise Valley Hospital. She had previously completed three thirteen-week assignments...

Report says cordless tools decrease accidents, injuries.
Using cordless tools reduces slips, trips and falls, helping reduce employers' insurance costs and protecting workers' safety, according to a recent report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. Workers' compensation costs are rising, driven largely by medical care and payments for lost wages when injuries...

The Solvis Group to Spin-Off From Dalrada Financial.
CALRSBAD, Calif., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Solvis Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SLVG), a subsidiary of Dalrada Financial Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: DRDF) , will be spun off effective January 1, 2007 in an asset exchange between the two companies that is intended to allow both companies to re-focus on...

State Fund to Receive Over $3 Million in Restitution From San Diego Businessmen in Historic Workers' Compensation Fraud Case.
SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In one of the largest workers' compensation insurance fraud cases in San Diego County history, the owners of a San Diego area roofing company have been ordered to pay $3 million in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund. San...

EMPLOYERS(SM) Builds New Agent Incentives Into Workers' Compensation Coverage for Independent Pharmacies.
RENO, Nev., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- EMPLOYERS(SM) today announced its enhanced workers' compensation insurance program for California's independent pharmacies. This program is designed to help independent pharmacies gain access to an outstanding workers' compensation product. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061030/LAM128LOGO ) "California's independent pharmacies provide their patients excellent...

Collateral damage: collateralization calculations are a touchy subject with buyers, reason enough to shed light on the subject--before the disputes end up in court.
Earlier this year at the annual conference of the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc., the broker on a panel provocatively titled "Are You Overcollateralized?" began the session by asking the attendees that question, "How many of you are overcollateralized?" After a collective moan along with a few chuckles,...