Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fines for Workplace Deaths in Nevada Reduced Often
Oct 2 2017 // Companies that contested Nevada workplace safety citations after an employee died on the job received reduced fines about half the time. An analysis of state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Workers’ Comp Premiums Up 1.0% in First Half of 2017
Oct 2 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurers reported a modest increase in direct written premiums — a 1.0 percent increase — during the first six months of 2017 versus the same period in 2016. Workers’...
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Oct 2 2017 // Keleigh Buchanan has been promoted to vice president at Dallas-based independent insurance broker, RHSB. A member of RHSB’s Private Client Group, she has been with RHSB for five years and has 16 years of experience...
Directors for Hawaii Workers’ Comp Insurer HEMIC Declare $3.5M Dividend
Sep 27 2017 // The board of directors of Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company Inc. has declared a $3.5 million dividend payable to qualifying policyholders. This is $500,000 dollars more than HEMIC’s dividend last year,...
Texas Sets Annual Workers’ Compensation Weekly Benefit Wage
Sep 27 2017 // The workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for dates of injury from Oct. 1, 2017, through Sept. 30, 2018, is set at $913.37, the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced. The maximum weekly...
NYWCA Launches Campaign to Stop Cuts to Injured Worker Benefits
Sep 27 2017 // The New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance (NYWCA) has launched a campaign to fight proposed Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) regulations and impairment guidelines that it says would drastically cut...
Workers’ Compensation Insurers Report Slow Growth: A.M. Best
Sep 27 2017 // The workers’ compensation industry reported a record high $58.5 billion in direct premiums written in 2016 but year-after-year growth slowed for the first time in five years. According to an A.M. Best report, the...
Glatfelter Adds Workers’ Compensation Coverage to Program Business Offerings
Sep 27 2017 // Glatfelter Program Managers (GPM) has added workers’ compensation to its program business offerings, effective Nov. 1. Educational institutions, independent school bus contractors, water/sewer entities, senior living...
Chicago Container Manufacturer Faces $503K in OSHA Penalties
Sep 26 2017 // A Chicago manufacturer of rigid metal, plastic, and hybrid containers faces $503,380 in proposed penalties after inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 6 Medical Providers for Fraud
Sep 22 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended six more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of suspended providers to...
2 New Insurers Approved to Do Business in Arkansas
Sep 20 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved two new companies to begin conducting insurance business in his state. Kerr granted a Certificate of Authority to Security First Insurance Co. (SFIC) of Ormond Beach,...
Iowa Workers’ Comp Rate to Drop in 2018; Debate On as to Why
Sep 19 2017 // Iowa’s governor and the organization that sets workers’ compensation rates are disputing whether a new law influenced a recent rate reduction in premiums for employers. The National Council on Compensation...
Maine Supreme Court Weighs Issue of Medical Marijuana and Workers’ Comp
Sep 18 2017 // The Maine supreme court on Wednesday began considering whether a paper millworker left suicidal by narcotic painkillers should receive workers’ compensation for medical marijuana. It’s the first time the court...
NCCI Files 10% Reduction in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs for West Virginia
Sep 18 2017 // West Virginia employers will see a projected $21 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year, according to a recent statement from Gov. Jim Justice. The National Council on Compensation...
Florida Workers’ Comp Premiums Going Down?
Sep 18 2017 // Just under a year since Florida workers’ compensation rates shot up by 14.5 percent, Florida businesses may get some relief in their workers’ comp premiums. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)...
NCCI Files 12% Decrease for Tennessee Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation rates in Tennessee are going down again next year. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced in August that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is...
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Sep 18 2017 // Dallas-based insurance and risk management firm Dexter & Company has added Jeff Twitty to its team as senior vice president and promoted Stephen Bivins to vice president. A seasoned insurance professional with more...
Study: Opioids in California Comp Claims Involving Mental Health
Sep 18 2017 // A new study shows the prevalence of opioids in workers’ compensation claims involving mental health. The study by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute tracks changes in the prevalence, volume and...
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Sep 18 2017 // Integro Insurance Brokers has hired Michael McCarroll as senior vice president in the firm’s Woodland Hills, Calif., office. McCarroll will focus on developing new opportunities within the property/casualty, benefits...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 5th Consecutive Year
Sep 18 2017 // Oregon employers will see a key portion of their workers’ compensation costs drop by an average of 14 percent in 2018, according to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. This marks the fifth year in a row...
