Category: Florida Workers’ Compensation

The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Audit Committee (“Committee”) met briefly via teleconference today, May 5, 2011, to review and recommend approval of the FWCJUA’s annual audit.  The meeting materials are attached. The audit report was positive on …

  The Florida Board of Employee Leasing Companies has proposed amendments to Rule 61G7-10.0012, entitled “Workers’ Compensation Liability Statement,” that would remove information already duplicated in the Rule’s associated form.   The related Notice of Development of Rulemaking is reprinted below, …

  An April 11, 2011 brief seeking the Florida Supreme Court’s discretionary jurisdiction on the issue of “reasonable” attorneys’ fees in claimaints’ workers’ compensation cases has resurrected the Murray v. Mariner Health case that led to 2009 legislation significantly amending …

  The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Safety Committee (“Committee”) met briefly via teleconference on April 15, 2011 to approve proposed modifications to the FWCJUA’s Loss Control and Safety Standards Operations Manual that updates claim and policy classification …

  The Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association (“FSIGA”) Board of Directors (“Board”) met on March 28, 2011, via teleconference.  To view the meeting materials, click here.  Legislative Update  Following approval of the prior meeting’s minutes, the Board was updated on pertinent …

  The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Board of Governors (“Board”) met on February 22, 2011.  To view the meeting materials, click here and here.  The following is a summary of Board actions during the meeting:   Legislative …

  The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Board of Governors (“Board”) met on February 22, 2011.  The following is a summary of Board actions during the meeting:   Legislative Update The FWCJUA Counsel provided Board members with a …

  The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Rates and Forms Committee (“Committee”) met on February 18, 2011.   To view the meeting materials, click here.  A brief summary of the meeting follows: With little discussion, the Committee agreed to …

  The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Rates and Forms Committee (“Committee”) met on February 18, 2011.   A brief summary of the meeting follows: With little discussion, the Committee agreed to recommend that the FWCJUA Board of Governors …

  The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Operations Committee (“Committee”) met via teleconference on February 11, 2011.  The meeting materials are attached. Among other agenda items, the Committee reviewed competitive bids for a collection services provider for hire.  …