April is Parkinson’s disease awareness month. Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that affects nearly a million Americans. The disorder is progressive, meaning the symptoms tend to worsen over time. Since Parkinson’s disease can prevent some people from...
Workers Compensation Bill on the Table Right now there is legislation moving through the Missouri General Assembly which would require the state to create and maintain a workers compensation database. Senate Bill 526 was recently passed by the state Senate and...
A bill has been introduced into the state Senate that would clarify the Illinois workers compensation laws. The bill would make it so employers are exempt from paying Illinois workers’ compensation benefits if a worker is injured on the way to a job. The Illinois...
According to a bulletin from the Missouri Department of Insurance, workers compensation insurance rates are recommended to rise by 10.1 percent in 2014. This is lower than the national recommendation for Missouri of 11.6 percent. Both the national and the state...
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the chance for an auto accident is steadily on the rise. Between driving out of town for Thanksgiving and Christmas to simply navigating the jam-packed mall parking lots, we will all be driving a little (or a lot more) for the...