Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California School Security Officer Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 19 2015 // Valentino H. Douglas, 45, of Rialto, Calif., was arrested and booked into the West Valley Detention Center on multiple counts of felony insurance fraud after receiving more than $112,000 in workers’ compensation...
Analysis: North Carolina Studying Drug Formularies in Workers’ Comp Claims
Nov 19 2015 // During the 2015 legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized and funded a study regarding prescription drug formularies in workers’ compensation claims brought by state employees. While this...
Indiana Workers’ Comp Claim Payments Rose Quickly Through 2013
Nov 18 2015 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana were higher and rising faster than in most states examined in a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The report, CompScope...
WCRI: New Jersey’s Med Payments Per Workers’ Comp Claim Stable
Nov 17 2015 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in New Jersey were stable from 2010 to 2013, in contrast to rapid growth in the 2008 to 2010 period, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research...
Delaware OKs 7.2% Increase in Workers’ Comp Voluntary Market Loss Costs
Nov 17 2015 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart today announced the approval of Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau (DCRB)’s workers’ compensation amended rate filing, resulting in an overall average...
Report: Workers’ Comp Reform Saving California’s System $770M Annually
Nov 17 2015 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau released this year’s evaluation of California’s workers’ comp reform law. The WCIRB Cost Monitoring Report — 2015 Retrospective Evaluation is part...
4 New York Business Owners Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Sweep
Nov 16 2015 // The New York inspector general’s office announced the arrests of four New York state business owners on fraud and theft charges as part of an ongoing series of investigations into employers and employees who defraud...
New Jersey’s Overall Workers’ Comp Rates to Remain Unchanged in 2016
Nov 16 2015 // New Jersey’s Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau said the state’s commissioner of Banking and Insurance has approved a filing providing for no change in the overall level of workers’ compensation...
Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Insurers: A.M. Best
Nov 16 2015 // The U.S. workers’ compensation market saw solid gains in 2014, thanks in part to premium increases and favorable claims frequency. This was the fourth consecutive year in which the industry reported improved results,...
Commercial Insurance Rates, Except Auto and Flood, Still Falling
Nov 16 2015 // Commercial property/casualty insurance prices continued to decline moderately – an average of 3.1 percent – during the third quarter, according to a survey by The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. The...
4 Common Business Issues When Evaluating Wrap-Up Programs
Nov 16 2015 // As the cost of commercial, public entity and residential construction continues to increase, owners and developers are seeking inventive ways to reduce insurance costs while maintaining effective coverages for the parties...
The Rebound Continues as Contractors & Builders Expect to Grow Again in 2016
Nov 16 2015 // The Rebound Continues as Contractors & Builders Expect to Grow Again in 2016 Builders and contractors can expect another year of steady growth in 2016 and so can the insurance specialists that serve this rebounding...
WCIRB: Los Angeles Workers’ Comp Claims Outlier in California
Nov 16 2015 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau released a study in November showing significant differences in the costs of claims among the state’s regions – particularly Los...
Arkansas Sets Workers’ Comp Benefits for 2016
Nov 13 2015 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has determined that the maximum weekly workers’ comp rates for 2016 for covered accidents will be $646 for total disability (TD) and $485 for permanent partial...
Workers’ Comp Hearing Rep. in California Caught Cashing Dead Client’s Settlement
Nov 13 2015 // A California workers’ compensation hearing officer was arrested for allegedly trying to steal a settlement check from his client. Department of Insurance detectives arrested Ramon Humerto Otero, 37, of Adelanto, and...
Florida Issues Final Order for NCCI to Decrease Workers’ Comp Rates by 4.7%
Nov 13 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...
Prosecutors Charge 8 in California Workers’ Comp Kickback Scheme
Nov 12 2015 // Eight people are facing federal charges in San Diego, Calif. in what prosecutors call a kickback scheme that involved tens of thousands of dollars in bribes and $25 million in improper workers’ compensation...
Steel Manufacturer Fined Nearly $400K for Safety Hazards at Ohio
Nov 12 2015 // A crane’s safety latch failed and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on a man below and injured him as he worked at a TimkenSteel Corp. Ohio factory, according to federal safety officials. For the second time in a year,...
Fatal Dallas Construction Site Fall Leads to $400K Fine for Contractors
Nov 11 2015 // A fall from a third-story balcony in Dallas killed 44-year-old Jorge Carrion Torres as he worked on the exterior of an apartment complex on May 14, 2015. As a result the federal Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
NCCI Requests Review of Disapproved Florida Rate Filing
Nov 10 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has submitted a request to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) to consider supplemental information in regards to its recent workers compensation rate...
