Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Medical Marijuana Gaining Favor as Treatment in Workers’ Compensation
Feb 23 2018 // Though states and the federal government remain at odds on marijuana legalization, the drug is gaining traction as a viable treatment in workers’ compensation claims. In a recent discussion with Claims Journal, Brian...
Miami Roofing Company Owners Arrested Over $1 Million Workers’ Comp Scam
Feb 22 2018 // Owners of a Miami roofing company have been accused of concealing nearly $1.2 million in payroll on their workers’ compensation policy renewal application in an alleged attempt to illegally lower their premium costs,...
Atlas General Insurance Services Expands Property Capabilities with Increased Limits and Capacity
Feb 21 2018 // San Diego, CA, February 21, 2018 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC (‘Atlas’), a national multi-line program administrator, announced today the continued expansion of their Property capabilities with...
Texas Mutual Hires Redpoint’s Siddons as VP, Business Development
Feb 20 2018 // Austin-based workers’ comp insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has added Benjamin A. Siddons as vice president of business development. Siddons joins Texas Mutual with more than 15 years of experience in the...
California Construction Workers Injured in Elevator Shaft Fall
Feb 20 2018 // Authorities say four construction workers were hurt, three critically, after plunging 30 feet down an elevator shaft at an unfinished Los Angeles building. The Fire Department says the men were working on a five-story...
Kentucky House Advances Bill Overhauling Workers’ Comp System
Feb 20 2018 // Republican lawmakers began their latest push last week to revamp workers’ compensation, advancing a bill that would put time limits on benefits for some injured workers. The provision calling for a 15-year cap from...
South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
Feb 19 2018 // South Carolina has alerted insurers of several changes to loss costs for the state’s voluntary and assigned risk workers’ compensation markets and has issued a requirement that updated loss cost multipliers be...
What’s Inflating Agribusiness Insurance Costs?
Feb 19 2018 // By Joe Dunn, Angel Mendez, and Scott W. Dunn Agribusiness clients are acutely aware of the high premiums they pay for workers’ compensation, premises liability, health insurance and the steps they can take to...
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Feb 19 2018 // Optisure Risk Partners, based in Manchester, N.H., has hired Reid Sterrett as life practice manager, reporting to Optisure CEO Peter R. Milnes. Sterrett will be based in Hartford, Conn., and has experience in life,...
Appalachian Underwriters Adds Workers’ Comp Underwriter Cohn in Florida
Feb 15 2018 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. is has hired workers’ compensation underwriter Alon Cohn to its Sanford, Fla., office. Cohn will focus on the production of new workers’ compensation business in the Southeast...
What to Expect in Workers’ Compensation Pricing in 2018
Feb 14 2018 // Workers’ compensation rates in 2018 will be mixed, with some programs seeing pricing flat to down and others seeing spikes, according to a market prediction from the broker USI. In other words, market trends should...
BTIS Announces Availability of Workers’ Comp on Appulate Platform
Feb 12 2018 // Rocklin, CA, February 12, 2018- Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the ability to submit Workers’ Comp risks through the Appulate platform. “We’re...
10 Years Later: The Aftermath of Georgia Imperial Sugar Explosion That Killed 14
Feb 12 2018 // Broken equipment inside a steel conveyor belt sparked the first explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth on a mild winter night 10 years ago. The initial blast rocked the building, jolting more dust into...
Cal/OSHA Cites Tree Trimming Company in Brush Chipper Fatality
Feb 9 2018 // Cal/OSHA has cited Gorilla Tree Service for serious and accident-related workplace safety violations following an investigation of a brush chipper accident that killed a 24-year-old worker in Napa. On Aug. 15, 2017, the...
South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
Feb 8 2018 // South Carolina has alerted insurers of several changes to loss costs for the state’s voluntary and assigned risk workers’ compensation markets, and has issued a requirement that updated loss cost multipliers be...
OSHA Says Kansas’ Spirit Aerosystems Exposed Employees to Known Carcinogen
Feb 8 2018 // Federal safety regulators have proposed penalties totaling $194,006 against a Wichita, Kansas-based airline manufacturer for allegedly exposing its employees to a known carcinogen The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Worldwide Facilities Opens Boston Office, Hires Two Senior Vice Presidents
Feb 5 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has announced the opening of a new location in Boston, Mass., and hired Mike McNally and Todd Pollock to the office as senior vice presidents. Worldwide Facilities is a national wholesale insurance...
Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Says Oil Company Can Be Sued After Worker Injury or Death
Feb 5 2018 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that oil and natural gas companies can be sued when a worker is killed or injured on the job. The state’s highest court struck down a state workers’ compensation law that...
Coalition of Businesses Challenges Fee on Montana Workers’ Comp Assets
Feb 5 2018 // A business coalition is asking a judge to stop state officials from imposing a fee on assets of Montana’s workers’ compensation fund to plug a budget gap. The suit filed in late January in state District Court...
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Feb 5 2018 // Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the U.S., has hired Lizah Carey as a business insurance development specialist for its Business Insurance...
