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AIA Welcomes Hoch As Director of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation
Apr 27 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) welcomed the April 26 appointment of Andrea Hoch as director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) announced his...
CDI Announces Online Workers’ Compensation Rate Comparison Tool
Apr 27 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Tuesday the launch of an online comparison tool listing rates of the top 50 workers’ compensation insurers in the California market. The feature, at...
N.Y. Attorney General Spitzer Targets Insurance Broker Compensation Agreements
Apr 23 2004 // Marsh& McLennan, Willis Group and Aon Corporation have confirmed that they have received subpoenas from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The subpoenas are seeking information as part of a preliminary inquiry...
Garamendi, CDI File Lawsuit Against State Compensation Insurance Fund
Apr 19 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a suit against State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund), California’s workers’ comp insurer of last resort, in...
Workers’ Compensation – Small- to Mid-Size Employer
Apr 19 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Insurex Inc. and Frontier General announce the release of a new workers’ compensation product in California with ACE Casualty Risk, a division of ACE USA. The new product launched is called ACE...
ACE USA Makes Available Defense Base Act Workers’ Comp Coverage for Overseas Jobs
Apr 16 2004 // ACE US International, a unit of ACE USA-the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies- is offering coverage for Defense Base Act (DBA) workers’ compensation exposures for prime contractors...
Lawmakers See Possible Vote April 16 on Workers’ Compensation Plan
Apr 15 2004 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blamed attorneys for the “two or three sticking points” that loom over negotiations on a workers’ compensation insurance reform bill. “Every time we get language, the...
ACIC Comments on Calif. Workers’ Compensation Reform Package
Apr 15 2004 // The following is a statement issued by Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC). “The Association of California Insurance Companies commends the Legislature and Governor...
Checks on Workers’ Comp Claims Rise to 10 Percent in Annual ADP Hiring Index
Apr 13 2004 // ADP Employer Services, a provider of integrated outsourced payroll and human resources services, has released its seventh annual Hiring Index, a yearly evaluation of hiring trends and issues. Compared to last year’s...
S&P Report Warns Calif. Workers’ Compensation More Precarious Now
Apr 12 2004 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) could be heading toward insolvency, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. Recent legislative initiatives in the state threaten...
Blunt Takes N.D. Comp Job
Apr 7 2004 // Charles “Sandy” Blunt has accepted an offer to become the new executive director/CEO of North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance, the group announced. Blunt expects to be on the job no later than May...
Small Business Workers’ Compensation
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: InsureVianet introduced a new Internet-based small business workers’ compensation insurance program for agencies in Indiana and Michigan. This technology allows agents and brokers to enter...
N.D. Offers Comp Fund Job to Former Md. Chief
Apr 1 2004 // The former head of the Maryland’s workers’ compensation fund has been offered the job to run North Dakota’s insurance program. Thomas Cleary was offered the position to become the new executive...
Former N.Y. Arena Football Star Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Calif.
Mar 30 2004 // Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Chris Perry, a former star on the Buffalo Destroyers arena football team, has been arrested in California on grand theft charges.Perry, who began collecting New...
BLS Reports Texas Truckers Lead Lone Star State’s Accident Statistics
Mar 30 2004 // Texas truck drivers recorded the largest number of occupational incidents during 2002, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The BLS (www.stats.bls.gov/)...
Trusting in Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Programs
Mar 22 2004 // For larger risks, a self-insurance plan might be the right fit As premiums for workers’ compensation rise, employers across the United States are looking for alternative ways to cover their risks. Some employers have...
Producer Compensation Plans – What Should You Pay and Why’
Mar 22 2004 // A key factor to the success of an agency is the way producers are compensated. If the compensation is too high, the agency will lose money. If the compensation is too low, then the agency will lose the producer. The...
Controlling Medical Costs in Workers’ Compensation
Mar 22 2004 // Rising healthcare costs are recognized as a key problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Medical costs once constituted 30 percent of the total workers’ comp claims expenses; today, however, they...
Auto Related Workers’ Compensation
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Integrated Programs Insurance Services (IPIS) announced it now has available a workers’ compensation program for auto related risks such as new car dealers, auto accessory stores, auto repair shops,...
Applicant Attorneys Desperate to Maintain Job Killing Work Comp System
Mar 22 2004 // Applicant attorneys, labor and industrial physicians are attempting to divert attention from the real cost drivers in California’s workers’ compensation system. Despite overwhelming evidence from the Insurance...
