If you have suffered an injury at work or on the job, you may be entitled to receive additional benefits through workers compensation. In North Carolina, this may include time lost from work, disability (full or partial), and medical bills.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The American Insurance Association spent $320,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on financial regulatory reform, disaster planning and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.
That's slightly less than the $330,000 the insurance group spent in the year-ago period, and even with what it spent in the fourth quarter of 2009.
The American Insurance Association is a property-casualty insurance trade organization based in Washington, D.C. The group, which represents about 300 insurance companies, also lobbied on issues including homeowners insurance, flood insurance, workers' compensation laws, taxes, patent reform and the Consumer Fairness Act.
In the January-March period, the trade group lobbied Congress and the Department of Transportation, according to the report filed April 19 with the House clerk's office.
The Obama administration has proposed a series of measures to tighten the reins on financial institutions in hopes of preventing a recurrence of the crisis that struck both Wall Street and Washington in the fall of 2008.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended its search for a maintenance worker who fell off the Manns Habor Bridge Tuesday morning.
Authorities says Sydney Valesco was working for a contractor doing painting work below the bridge deck when he fell into the Croatan Sound. A co-worker jumped in to save Valesco, but that worker had to be rescued himself.
The Coast Guard ended the search at sunset Tuesday. They said based on information available, they cease searching when they don't think the missing person would still be alive.
The Dare County Sheriff's Office tells WITN News neither worker had life vests on.
The Department of Transportation says the two were employed by VHP Enterprises of Tarpon Springs, Florida and that life vests are required by workers on that job.
The DOT and the North Carolina Department of Labor are investigating the accident.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended its search for a maintenance worker who fell off the Manns Habor Bridge Tuesday morning.
Authorities says Sydney Valesco was working for a contractor doing painting work below the bridge deck when he fell into the Croatan Sound. A co-worker jumped in to save Valesco, but that worker had to be rescued himself.
The Coast Guard ended the search at sunset Tuesday. They said based on information available, they cease searching when they don't think the missing person would still be alive.
The Dare County Sheriff's Office tells WITN News neither worker had life vests on.
The Department of Transportation says the two were employed by VHP Enterprises of Tarpon Springs, Florida and that life vests are required by workers on that job.
The DOT and the North Carolina Department of Labor are investigating the accident.
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