Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fatal Explosion at ‘Texas’ Musical Venue Leads to OSHA Citations
Feb 5 2016 // Federal safety regulators have cited a performing arts employer after 21-year-old worker died following a pyrotechnics explosion at a musical venue in Canyon, Texas. Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation Inc. was cited for...
Chicago Area Roofer Fined $115K for Multiple Safety Violations
Feb 5 2016 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Norridge, Ill., roofing contractor after inspectors saw employees working on residential roofing projects without fall...
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, Announces New Workers’ Compensation GoPay Billing Platform
Feb 3 2016 // San Diego, CA, February 3, 2016 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC (“Atlas”) will launch its new GoPay workers’ compensation billing system for policies effective on and after March 1,...
Texas Extends Reporting Period for Workers’ Comp Non-Subscriber Status
Feb 2 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced a grace period for employers without workers’ compensation insurance coverage or that terminated their coverage...
Florida High Court Set to Hear Constitutional Challenge to Workers’ Comp System
Jan 31 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court will hear yet another case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s workers’ comp system on April 16, 2016. The case, Daniel Stahl v. Hialeah Hospital, et al., has been making...
Texas Company Fined $86K for Trenching Hazards
Jan 31 2016 // Federal safety officials have cited a Texas construction company for exposing workers to trenching hazards at a site in Katy. Proposed penalties total $86,240. Five citations were issued by the federal Occupational Safety...
Patriot National Acquires Mid Atlantic Insurance Services in Virginia
Jan 29 2016 // Patriot National Inc., a workers’ compensation outsourcing services firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced that it has acquired Mid Atlantic Insurance Services, a wholesale commercial insurance broker and...
13 Indictments Handed Down in Massive Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Jan 28 2016 // An investigation into what’s being called one of the largest cases of workers’ compensation health care insurance fraud in California Department of Insurance history led to 13 indictments announced today...
Kellar Named Workers’ Comp Director at Louisiana Workforce Commission
Jan 28 2016 // Sheral Kellar has been appointed director of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration at the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Kellar, a licensed attorney with more than 25 years of experience in labor,...
California State Fund to Roll out New Medical Provider Network
Jan 28 2016 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will soon transition to a new outcomes-based medical provider network following a California Division of Workers’ Compensation approval of the new MPN called the State Fund MPN by...
Frozen Seafood Distributor Faces $115K for Safety Violations in Texas
Jan 28 2016 // Named a “severe violator” by federal safety officials, a frozen seafood distributor operating a plant in Brownsville, Texas, has been hit with $155,000 in fines over workplace safety hazards. The federal...
Bill Would Clarify South Dakota’s Workers’ Comp Law
Jan 28 2016 // A bill introduced in the South Dakota House would clarify state law on when part-time employees injured on the job should also receive workers’ compensation benefits for their other part-time positions. The proposed...
Norman-Spencer Agency Adds Workers’ Comp Coverage to Ready Mix Program
Jan 28 2016 // The Norman-Spencer Agency, Inc., a national insurance provider and program administrator, has added workers’ compensation coverage in selected states to its Ready Mix Program designed for companies that manufacture...
Class Action Follows California Commissioner’s Decision in Applied Dispute
Jan 27 2016 // A decision from the California Department of Insurance has workers’ compensation carrier Applied Underwriters and one of its companies on the defensive, and now a class action suit has been filed seeking to recover...
Brentwood Services Administrators in Tennessee Promotes Brothers
Jan 26 2016 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA) has promoted Nicole Brothers to the position of claim representative I in the Tennessee Claims Department, according to Jeff Pettus, president and chief executive officer of...
Report: Florida’s Workers’ Comp Market Still Strong but Uncertainty Remains
Jan 26 2016 // The latest workers’ compensation report from Florida’s insurance regulator says the state’s workers’ compensation market remained competitive and well capitalized in 2014, but reforms put in place...
North Carolina Cracks Down on Employers Lacking in Workers’ Comp Coverage
Jan 25 2016 // The commission responsible for enforcing workers’ compensation laws in North Carolina has cracked down in the last year on employers who don’t carry proper insurance, collecting $1 million in civil fines from...
California Construction Company Owner Nabbed for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 25 2016 // The owner of a Northern California construction firm was arrested in mid-January on nine felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud and tax evasion totaling $187,707 in losses. William Huffman, 47, of...
P/C Execs Predict Cyber Growth, Democrat in the White House
Jan 25 2016 // Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect 2016 to be a profitable year much like 2015 but do not see any increase in profitability this year for most lines of insurance, and they expect the economy to stay...
NFIB, Markel to Offer Workers’ Comp Coverage to Small Businesses
Jan 20 2016 // The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Markel FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., have formed a new relationship through which eligible small business owners across the country can qualify...
