Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 12 Medical Providers for Fraud
Nov 15 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 12 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
Pharmacy Cost in Workers’ Compensation Continues to Fall: CompPharma Survey
Nov 15 2017 // Workers’ compensation payers saw an average 11 percent reduction in their pharmacy spend in 2016, driven by a 13.3 percent reduction in opioid cost, according to an annual survey by pharmacy benefit manager...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Hires Bialek to Support New York Market Growth
Nov 14 2017 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation specialist, has hired Tammy Bialek as senior production underwriter to support growth within the New York market. Bialek has more than 25 years...
Nebraska Bakery Faces $122.6K in Penalties for Multiple Workplace Hazards
Nov 14 2017 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bimbo Bakeries USA for exposing workers to multiple hazards at its Bellevue, Nebraska, commercial bakery. The company...
Pinnacol in Colorado to Drop Workers’ Comp Rates 7.4% in 2018
Nov 13 2017 // The Pinnacol Assurance board has approved a 2018 decrease in workers’ compensation rates that will average 7.4 percent for the insurer’s 57,000-plus Colorado policyholders. The decrease will become effective...
Houston Grand Jury Indicts 3 in Federal Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Nov 13 2017 // A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a, indictment against three people, including two siblings, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, kickbacks and money laundering connected with an alleged federal...
South Dakota Selects Technology Insurance as Workers’ Comp Servicing Carrier
Nov 13 2017 // The South Dakota Division of Insurance has selected Technology Insurance Co., as the workers’ compensation assigned risk plan carrier effective Jan. 1, 2018. Technology Insurance will service the plan for five years....
Nebraska Farmers Coop Fined Nearly $374K After Worker Trapped in Grain Bin
Nov 13 2017 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Nebraska grain-handling cooperative for failing to protect workers from grain bin entrapment and engulfment hazards. The...
Florida Approves Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease of Nearly 10%
Nov 13 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for a statewide overall rate level decrease of 9.5 percent and premium level...
Coast Guard: 2 Workers Injured in Fire on Oil Platform off Louisiana Coast
Nov 9 2017 // Two workers were injured when a fire broke out on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday, according to a Coast Guard spokeswoman. Coast Guard Petty Officer Lexie Preston said 46 workers were...
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 21 Medical Providers for Fraud
Nov 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 21 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
3 Workers Injured in Fire on Louisiana State University Campus
Nov 6 2017 // A spokeswoman for Louisiana State University says three workers were injured when an “electrical issue” sparked a fire that prompted the evacuation of the university’s law school. LSU spokeswoman Alison...
Florida Construction Company Owner Arrested for $1M Workers’ Comp Scam
Nov 6 2017 // The owner of a Florida construction company has been arrested for allegedly obtaining a fraudulent workers’ compensation policy by underreporting the number of staff he employed, the company’s annual payroll...
Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Drop in Indiana: WCRI
Nov 6 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana decreased from 2014 to 2015 for the first time in more than a decade, according to a recent study by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation...
California Commissioner Adopts $1.94 Workers’ Comp Pure Premium
Nov 6 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has adopted an advisory pure premium rate that lowers the benchmark to $1.94 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation insurance. The advisory rate is effective Jan....
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Nov 6 2017 // Dallas-based independent insurance brokerage RHSB has named Julia Miller Spracklen J.D. as chief operating officer and Courtney Woodruff as senior vice president in its Commercial Lines Division. Additionally, John Losurdo...
Louisiana Ramps Up Effort to Stop Worker Misclassification
Nov 6 2017 // State and federal government entities that have been partnering since 2013 on a Louisiana task force targeting employers who misclassify workers plan to increase their efforts next year, according to the Louisiana...
October Commercial Insurance Renewal Rates Up Except Workers’ Compensation: IVANS Index
Nov 3 2017 // In October, premium renewal rates were up for the majority of standard commercial lines products, with workers’ compensation remaining the major line where rates did not go up, according to IVANS Index that tracks...
WCRI: Wisconsin Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Higher than Typical
Nov 2 2017 // A new study by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that Wisconsin’s medical payments per workers’ compensation claim were higher than typical for 2015 injuries...
Florida Orders Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease of 9.8%
Nov 2 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has ordered a statewide overall workers’ compensation rate decrease of 9.8 percent, a slightly higher decrease than the 9.6 percent decrease filed by the National Council...
