Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Arrests 10 in Undercover Workers’ Comp Sting
Apr 4 2016 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced 10 arrests following a multi-agency undercover workers’ compensation sting in Manatee County. According to a statement...
K2 Insurance Acquires MGA, Launches Workers’ Comp, Accident Program with QBE
Apr 4 2016 // Program specialist K2 Insurance Services (K2) has acquired a New Jersey managing general agency specializing in workers’ compensation alternatives and also launched a nationwide workers’ compensation program...
July Explosion Leads to OSHA Fine for New Mexico Pot Business
Apr 4 2016 // A medical marijuana dispensary in New Mexico has been fined for safety violations after an explosion badly burned two workers. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spent about eight months...
Massachusetts Court Rules on ‘Equitable Contribution’ Case
Apr 4 2016 // Massachusetts’ top court ruled in March that a workers’ compensation insurer that has paid benefits has a right to pursue “equitable contribution” from a second insurer that also provided coverage...
Buehrer Resigns from Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Apr 3 2016 // The head of the Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers is stepping down from his job this month. Gov. John Kasich’s office announced that Steve Buehrer is resigning as administrator and CEO of the Ohio...
OSHA: No Reinforced Walls in Deadly Ohio Trench Collapse
Apr 1 2016 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says inspectors probing a construction site where a worker was killed this week found no evidence the wall of the trench was reinforced. Cleveland.com reports OSHA...
Amerisure Promotes Vaughn to AVP, Workers’ Comp Claims
Apr 1 2016 // Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., based in Farmington Hills, Mich., has promoted Kimberly Vaughn to assistant vice president, workers’ compensation (WC) claims. In her new role, Vaughn oversees the day-to-day...
Workers’ Comp Costs Decline in Arkansas
Mar 31 2016 //
Massachusetts Court Rules on ‘Equitable Contribution’ Case
Mar 30 2016 // Massachusetts’ top court ruled this month that a workers’ compensation insurer that has paid benefits under a policy has a right to pursue “equitable contribution” from a second insurer that also...
OSHA, Anheuser-Busch’s N.J. Subsidiary Resolve Safety Violations
Mar 30 2016 // Federal labor officials have reached a deal with a New Jersey-based subsidiary of the world’s largest beer maker to settle claims of safety violations at a distribution warehouse. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Why Companies Won’t Be Opting Out of Opt-Out Anytime Soon
Mar 29 2016 // A recent ruling by the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court undercutting so-called “opt-out” systems has set off a flurry of speculation about such systems, including whether this ruling signals the...
How to Use Social Media, Surveillance to Catch Workers Compensation Lies
Mar 28 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv As workers’ compensation fraud costs top out at an estimated $7.2 billion a year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, insurers are looking at ways to combat the...
Security Worker Dies, Possibly from Nitrogen Exposure, in Ohio Steel Plant
Mar 25 2016 // A security worker at a steel plant in Ohio may have died from nitrogen exposure, federal investigators said. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the 32-year-old worker was found dead inside...
OSHA Issues Final Rule on Silica Exposure Protections; Industries Vow to Overturn
Mar 25 2016 // Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic dust ubiquitous in construction,...
OSHA Cites West Virginia Saw Mill for Safety, Health Violations
Mar 25 2016 // Federal regulators have cited a Princeton saw mill for alleged workplace safety and health violations, including a lack of protective equipment worn during the operation of a chainsaw. The Occupational Safety and Health...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects 2016 Board
Mar 22 2016 // Susan Gordon, head of workers’ compensation underwriting at Zurich North America, was elected board chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute for 2016. Gordon was elected at CWCI’s 52nd...
Mississippi Sisters Arrested For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 22 2016 // Deputies in Harrison County, Mississippi, have arrested two relatives in an ongoing case of worker’s compensation fraud that occurred at a Gulfport business. The Sun Herald reports Sheriff Troy Peterson said...
Texas Seeking Employer Representative for Workers’ Comp Appeals Panel
Mar 21 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance is seeking an employer representative to serve on the Texas Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel. The panel resolves policyholder disputes with insurance carriers that are referred by...
Why Companies Won’t be Opting Out of Opt-Out Anytime Soon
Mar 21 2016 // A recent ruling by the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court undercutting so-called “opt-out” systems has set off a flurry of speculation about such systems, including whether this ruling signals the...
Oklahoma’s Workers’ Comp Opt-Out, 180-Day Cutoff Ruled Unconstitutional
Mar 21 2016 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission has determined that the opt-out portion of the state’s 2013 workers’ compensation statute is unconstitutional. Ruling on an appeal under the provisions of the...
