We have an important insurance update to share regarding all Workers Compensation and/or Volunteer Firefighter Benefits Law (VFBL) policyholders in New York State. This applies to all insurance companies and providers doing business in New York State. The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) has implemented a new calculation this year to determine the […]
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In addition to the state benefits under the Volunteer Firefighters Benefit Law, the federal government now provides a death benefit (annually adjusted every October for Consumer Price Index” to the surfing dependents of paid and volunteer firefighters, as well as law enforcement officers, who die from an injury sustained while in the performance of their
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(Fire Districts Only) This section applies to Fire Commissioners and all paid employees of a fire district, including paid firefighters, secretaries, etc. Report Accidents, Injuries, Death To file a Workers’ Compensation claim, several forms may be necessary. Please report claims by filing all applicable forms with FDM and the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board.
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS What are the benefits under the Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Law?All active volunteer members of a fire company or fire department of a county, city, town, village or fire district are eligible for weekly cash payments, medical, podiatry, chiropractic, rehabilitative and hospital care furnished during periods of disability resulting from injury “in the
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As of January 1, 2017 the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board approved an increase in benefits for Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers with permanent total disability from $400 to $600 per week. This is the first increase for volunteers since 1998. Fire Districts Mutual Insurance of New York acted on the law change immediately with
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