Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Law Requires Notice of Workers’ Comp Premium Hikes in New York
Dec 20 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Assembly Bill No. 1620 into law yesterday, requiring insurance companies to notify employers in advance of some workers’ compensation insurance premium increases. The law was...
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Dec 18 2017 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Thomas Fitzpatrick as chair of the ICT board of directors. His term begins Jan. 1, 2018. Fitzpatrick has served on the ICT board since 2008 and most recently served as vice...
Updated: OSHA Rule Requiring Electronic Reporting of Injuries Goes Into Effect
Dec 15 2017 // A federal rule requiring certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness reports goes into effect today. The rule applies to businesses in many states with 250 or more employees that are currently required to...
Texas Regulators Say Workers’ Comp Costs Down 63% Since 2005
Dec 15 2017 // More Texas businesses are providing workers’ compensation insurance as the cost of coverage continues to decline, according to the Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation...
WCRI: Michigan Medical Payments per Work Comp Claim Relatively Low
Dec 14 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 18 state workers’ compensation systems analyzed in a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Sommer Named Interim Executive Director at Oklahoma WCC as Bailey Departs
Dec 13 2017 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) announced that Executive Director Kim Bailey has resigned and Administrative Law Judge Patricia Sommer has been appointed to lead the agency in the interim. Bailey...
Tower Group Companies Top List of U.S. P/C Impairments in 2016: A.M. Best
Dec 13 2017 // Of the 14 property/casualty impairments identified for 2016, 11 were members of the Tower Group, with the remaining three composed of two medical professional liability risk retention groups and a commercial lines...
Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner: Post-Harvey Deadline Extensions to End in January
Dec 12 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a bulletin announcing a date for the end of extensions for workers’ comp deadlines and procedures related to Hurricane...
California Workers’ Comp Division to Adopt a Drug Formulary, Host Webinars
Dec 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will adopt an evidence-based drug formulary for medical providers treating injured workers beginning Jan. 1, 2018, following approval by the Office of Administrative...
Workers’ Comp Administrators Group Helps Texas DWC Employees Affected by Harvey
Dec 8 2017 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Ryan Brannan has thanked members of the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) for the generosity and goodwill they’ve shown to...
Illinois Sees Growth in Medical Payments per Workers’ Compensation Claim
Dec 8 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois grew 3.1 percent per year on average from 2012 through 2015, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). In all,...
Texas Company Earns Safety Award from Workers’ Comp Division
Dec 7 2017 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has recognized Lauren Concrete for exemplary workplace safety programs and low rates of work-related injuries and illnesses at its Brenham, La Grange, and Waller...
California Department of Workers’ Comp OKs Carve-out Agreement with L.A.
Dec 6 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has approved a labor-management carve-out agreement between the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Protective League. The agreement covers an estimated...
Young Reappointed to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Board
Dec 5 2017 // Barbara F. Young has been reappointed to the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.’s (LWCC) board of directors. Based in Shreveport, Young is a self-employed consultant and serves as an at-large member. LWCC is...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 21 Medical Providers for Fraud
Dec 5 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 21 more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number of providers suspended...
Texas Mutual Builds New Workers’ Comp Health Care Network – WorkWell, TX
Dec 4 2017 // Workers compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., plans to launch of its own health care network for policyholders, called WorkWell, TX. Within this new network, all aspects of claims and care will be managed by...
Construction Firm Disputes OSHA in Work at New Hampshire Power Plant
Dec 4 2017 // A construction company says it will challenge violations and nearly $330,000 in fines proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over possible mercury exposure at Eversource’s Schiller Station in...
Drug Repackagers, Compounding Pharmacies Continue to Stress Workers’ Comp Systems
Dec 4 2017 // Although the number of physician dispensed prescriptions declined considerably from just a few years ago, the workers’ compensation industry continues to battle an adapting market seeking to maintain high prices by...
Small Businesses Want More Self-Service Workers’ Comp Tools: Survey
Dec 4 2017 // Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better...
Father and Son in California Sentenced in $400K Workers’ Comp Scheme
Dec 4 2017 // Jaime Rosario Del Real, 61, and son Israel Del Real, 37, have both pleaded guilty to four felony counts for their role in a $400,000 insurance fraud scheme denying workers’ compensation insurance and medical care for...
