The news is expected to save businesses money at a time of growing economic uncertainty.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
MEMIC workers’ comp premiums reduced more than 15%
The rate reduction will save more than 17,500 Maine employers as much as $31 million in total workers’ comp costs, which are among the highest in the nation.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine’s leading workers’ comp insurer to pay $17 million dividend
The MEMIC Group will pay the dividend to its members in the coming weeks, with the average employer receiving more than $1,100.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Coronavirus begins to hit Maine workers compensation system
Insurers are starting to see claims for workplace exposure, and safety experts anticipate claims from people injured at makeshift workstations at home.
Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Workers’ comp pays out nearly $97,000 in Livermore Falls injury case
The insurance premium has more than doubled.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Compromise bill to boost workers’ comp benefits for some becomes law
The bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Janet Mills increases benefits for some injured workers but abandons other proposed reforms.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Lawmakers change course on proposed workers’ comp reform
State Republican leaders who opposed moderate changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system now say they will support them.