ogilvie News

Carriers ‘Uncertain’ About California Workers’ Comp Reform

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles to look at California’s workers’ compensation reform law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2013. Insurance carriers, along with the many stakeholders who are watching and waiting as California’s workers’ …

California Workers’ Comp Premium Grows But Claim Severity Continues to Rise

An annual report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows that for the second consecutive year statewide workers’ compensation premiums levels rose in 2011, but that continually growing costs of claims has eroded statewide underwriting results. The …

California Supreme Court Denies Petition on Ogilvie

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected San Francisco’s petition for review on Wednesday of the First District Court of Appeal’s decision in the Ogilvie case. The First District’s decision supports a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board that …

California Workers’ Compensation Industry Taking Ogilvie Ruling in Stride

The most recent twist in the long-running Ogilvie case over the setting of disability payments for permanently injured workers may not be the big blow to the California workers’ compensation system some initially feared. On July 29, California’s First District …

Capitol Insurance Names Ogilvie Chief Operating Officer

Capitol Insurance Cos., a Madison, Wis.-based national provider of specialty property/casualty insurance and commercial surety products, has appointed Alan S. Ogilvie to the position of chief operating officer. Ogilvie joined Capitol in 2004 and was previously Capitol’s vice president, general …