CRM Holdings, Ltd. Comments on Wholesale Retail Workers' Compensation Trust of New York Litigation.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CRM Holdings, Ltd. ("the Company") , a provider of a full range of products and services for the workers' compensation insurance industry, today said that Compensation Risk Managers, LLC ("CRM") intends to vigorously contest the lawsuit filed by former members of the Wholesale...

Arkansas Best Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2008 Results.
FORT SMITH, Ark., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arkansas Best Corporation today announced third quarter 2008 net income of $15.4 million, or $0.61 per diluted common share, compared to third quarter 2007 net income of $18.9 million, or $0.75 per diluted common share. Arkansas Best's third quarter 2008 revenue was...

CRM Holdings, Ltd. Announces Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter 2008 Results.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CRM Holdings, Ltd. ("CRM") , a provider of a full range of products and services for the workers' compensation insurance industry, today announced it will conduct a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 5, 2008, to discuss the Company's...

CorVel Announces Second Quarter Revenues and Earnings.
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CorVel Corporation reported earnings per share of $0.36 for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, compared to $0.40 in the same quarter of the prior year. For the six months ended September 30, 2008 earnings were $0.75 per share compared to the same...

Texas Mutual Insurance Gains 'Great Victory' in Appeals Court Case Over Hospital Bills.
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Mutual Insurance Company won a substantial victory Nov. 13 in a Texas appeals court case challenging an abusive pattern of questionable hospital bills for injured workers covered by workers' compensation insurance. The Austin Court of Appeals overturned a Travis County...

Brownyard Group.
About us: Since being founded by William H. Brownyard in 1950, Brownyard Group has been a pioneer in specialized liability insurance coverage. Today, Brownyard Group offers custom-tailored insurance packages for several industries, and features PCOpro[TM], a state-of-the-art insurance policy for the established Pest Control Operator. Leading Liability...

Woman gets jail in fraud case; 6 months to serve; $12,000 restitution.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - A 39-year-old mother of four was sentenced to jail and ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution yesterday after pleading guilty to charges of larceny, attempted larceny, conspiracy, and insurance and welfare fraud. Amada Aleyda Pedroza, formerly of Leominster, had...

Effects of education on return-to-work status for people with fear-avoidance beliefs and acute low back pain.
Low back pain (LBP) claims represent the largest category of workers' compensation claims, (1) and 7% of the total cases of LBP account for 70% of all compensation costs. (2) People in this costly and disabled group are typically unable to return to work following an extended period of...

Workers' comp rates go down.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard For the second year in a row, the state Department of Consumer and Business Services has decreased the rates businesses pay for workers' compensation premiums. The workers' compensation pure premium rate for 2008 went down 2.3 percent, marking the 18th...

Fixing comp by fixing errors.
For four years, the time I have been writing this column, I have failed to address head-on a problem right at the heart of managing workers' comp claims. The problem is the high error rate in decision-making involving medical professionals. Some errors are made by doctors alone. Others implicate...