Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s Normandy Insurance Hires Primato as Senior Field Underwriter
Dec 10 2015 // Normandy Insurance has hired Frank Primato has been hired as senior field underwriter. In his new position, Primato will develop and service the agency distribution network in Central Florida. Primato has more than 14...
San Antonio Framing Contractor Cited After Worker Falls to Death
Dec 9 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited a San Antonio-based framing contractor after a worker fell 35 feet to his death at a work site in Kyle, Texas. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Longhorn...
Insurance Lies Clients Believe – And Pass on to Others
Dec 7 2015 // Myths, legends and lies are hard to dispel and correct, especially when doing so appears to financially harm the teller or believer. If the myth is true, the client (the teller/believer) does not need to purchase the...
Louisiana Firm Fined $105K Following Deadly Trench Collapse
Dec 7 2015 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Baton Rouge, La., contractor following a trench collapse in which Isidro Martinez, 24 was killed. Another worker was pulled to safety by co-workers. The U.S. Department of...
Florida Issues Final Order for NCCI to Decrease Workers’ Comp Rates by 4.7%
Dec 7 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved an overall decrease of 4.7 percent in workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida. Following the disapproval of its original rate filing request, the...
Workers’ Comp Hearing Rep. in California Caught Cashing Dead Client’s Settlement
Dec 7 2015 // A California workers’ compensation hearing representative was arrested for allegedly trying to steal a settlement check from his client. Department of Insurance detectives arrested Ramon Humerto Otero, 37, of...
Investigation Launched into Workers’ Comp Services Provider BBSI
Dec 7 2015 // A financial investigation was launched in mid-November into Barrett Business Services Inc., a giant professional employer organization that deals with many workers’ compensation carriers. The independent...
Report: Workers’ Comp Reform Saving California’s System $770M Annually
Dec 7 2015 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau in mid-November released this year’s evaluation of California’s workers’ comp reform law. The WCIRB Cost Monitoring Report — 2015...
OSHA: Texas Workers Exposed to Asbestos at Construction Site
Dec 4 2015 // Federal safety regulators say three commercial real estate renovators have been cited for a combined $112,000 in penalties for exposing workers to asbestos hazards at a San Antonio, Texas, worksite. FBZ Broadway LP, One...
Furniture Maker, Staffing Agency Fined $161K for Texas Workplace Hazards
Dec 4 2015 // Furniture manufacturer, MooreCo Inc., and Milwaukee-based Manpower Group US Inc., a staffing agency, have been cited by federal safety regulators for exposing temporary workers to workplace hazards at a MooreCo plant in...
Smooth Sailing for Most California Workers’ Comp Cases, Drugs a Problem
Dec 2 2015 // More than eight-in-10 workers’ compensation cases in California were taken care of without a hitch, and an overwhelming majority of those cases sent to review were ultimately upheld, according to a new study...
U.S. Risk Insurance Group Acquires Matias Underwriters in Boston
Dec 2 2015 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., a managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler based in Dallas, announced that it has acquired Matias Underwriters LLC in Boston. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Matias...
Workers’ Comp Rates in Washington to Increase 2% In 2016
Dec 2 2015 // The average base rate Washington businesses pay for workers’ compensation insurance will increase by 2 percent in 2016, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced. L&I uses wage inflation as a...
How State Policies Affect Low Back Pain Costs
Dec 2 2015 // Public policies on the treatment and benefits for injured workers explain some of the state-level variation in costs and outcomes of claims for low back pain, according to a new medical study. The study in the December...
Louisiana Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Stable: WCRI
Dec 1 2015 // Growth in medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Louisiana slowed from 2011 to 2013, in part due to decreases in utilization of hospital and nonhospital care, according to a recent study by the Workers...
5 Charged in $580M Southern California Scheme Involving Workers’ Comp
Nov 30 2015 // Five people, including a former hospital executive and two surgeons, are charged with a massive kickback scheme that resulted in billing $580 million to the government and insurance companies, authorities announced. Two...
Wisconsin Contractor Cited 4 Times in 3 Years for Safety Violations
Nov 30 2015 // For the fourth time in three years, a Bloomer, Wis., roofing contractor was found ignoring workplace safety laws, federal and state safety officials say. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said...
Virginia Approves 3.4% Overall Increase in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Nov 25 2015 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced Tuesday the approval of revisions to the premium levels charged for workers’ compensation insurance in Virginia. The revisions will result in an overall...
Louisiana Company Cited by OSHA After Trench Collapse Fatality
Nov 23 2015 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a Baton Rouge, La., company with violations after a trench collapse killed a worker. The federal agency cited Ted Hebert LLC for one “willful...
Audit: Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission not Tracking Payments
Nov 23 2015 // A state audit of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission indicates the agency has not been tracking some mandatory assessments. A sample test of claims paid from two funds showed roughly half had no supporting...
