Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Awaiting Final Workers’ Comp Rate Decision
Sep 20 2016 // The rate impact of recent Florida Supreme Court rulings on the state’s workers’ compensation system is currently in the hands of regulators, as the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) decides on the National...
Russell Tapped to Serve on Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Panel
Sep 19 2016 // An attorney who most recently served as policy director and counsel to Oklahoma House Speaker Jeff Hickman has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. Gov. Mary Fallin on...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease by 5 Percent
Sep 19 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average. It is...
Future Workers’ Compensation Profitability Faces Obstacles
Sep 19 2016 // Workers’ compensation, the largest product segment in the U.S. commercial lines insurance sector, has experienced a recent profit renaissance, moving to a significant underwriting profit in 2015. However, long-term...
Morale, Predatory Attorneys Keep El Pollo Loco Risk Director Busy
Sep 19 2016 // Maintaining a culture of safety is a company-wide initiative for California- based El Pollo Loco, according to Shaun Jackson, director of risk management for the restaurant chain. While employee morale and predatory...
Report Details Drug Dispensing in California Workers’ Comp
Sep 15 2016 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has issued a report that shows the share of drug payments made directly to dispensing physicians compared with pharmacies fell by 20 percent over three...
Oregon’s SAIF Announces $140M in Dividends to Workers’ Comp Policyholders
Sep 15 2016 // The Oregon SAIF board of directors has decided to give workers’ compensation policyholders two dividends this year totaling $140 million. One dividend is based on premium, and the another is tied to safety...
Trench Safety Hazards Lead to $121K in Fines for Austin Contractors
Sep 14 2016 // Two Austin, Texas, construction contracting firms are facing more than $121,000 in combined fines for workplace safety violations involving trenching hazards. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Sept. 6...
$411K in Fines Proposed in Nebraska Grain Elevator Fatality
Sep 14 2016 // A federal safety agency has proposed more than $411,000 in penalties against the operator of a south-central Nebraska grain elevator where a worker was killed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Workers’ Comp Opt-Out Unconstitutional
Sep 14 2016 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court handed a major setback to proponents of workers’ compensation alternatives on Sept. 13, ruling that the state’s Opt Out Act is unconstitutional. The high court’s 7-2 ruling came...
Workers’ Compensation Market Enters Soft Market: A.M. Best
Sep 14 2016 // The workers’ compensation market has likely entered a soft market phase based on a declining trend in price increases that began in 2013, according to a new report from A.M. Best. The report titled, “State...
CompWest to Offer Workers’ Comp to Artisan Contractors in California, Utah
Sep 14 2016 // CompWest Insurance has launched workers’ compensation insurance for artisan contractors in California and Utah. The program targets artisan construction operations with annual premiums between $25,000 and $250,000 in...
Berkshire Accused of Stealing Workers’ Comp Premiums in Manhattan Lawsuit
Sep 12 2016 // New York City-based Breakaway Courier Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for an alleged illegal scheme to steal workers’ compensation premiums. A complaint against Berkshire...
Work Comp Bureau Funding Workplace Safety Research at Ohio Universities
Sep 12 2016 // The state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has awarded two Ohio universities with money to research occupational health and safety. The grants support research in how injuries can prevented in the workplace and ways...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Fall 10.2%
Sep 9 2016 // The annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation insurance shows a decrease for the fourth year in a row in Oklahoma, according to the state insurance department. The...
OSHA Fines Alabama Meat Processing Plant $76K After Worker Loses Fingertip
Sep 9 2016 // A meat processing plant in Bakerhill, Ala., has been fined more than $70,000 following an investigation after a worker lost his fingertip. Al.com reports the Keystone Food plant is facing about $76,700 in proposed...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease 5 % on Oct. 1
Sep 9 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation loss costs filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average. It...
AIA Backs California Bill Changing Workers’ Comp Filing Requirements
Sep 8 2016 // The American Insurance Association is asking California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign into law a bill that would exempt large employers from waiting for insurance commissioner approval of ancillary agreements that are part of...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Lowers Rate Filing with Eye on Bills
Sep 7 2016 // The governing committee of California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday approved an amended, and reduced, rate filing for Jan. 1, 2017 workers’ compensation rates. It did so...
Proponents, Opponents Square Off in Challenge to Oklahoma’s Opt-Out
Sep 6 2016 // The constitutionality of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation alternative, the Oklahoma Option, which was established in the 2013 overhaul of the state’s workers’ comp system, is currently being...
