Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Commissioner Approves Reduced 2016 Pure Premium Rate Filing
Oct 20 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved workers’ compensation rates for 2016 that are 2 percent below the average approved in July. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted its...
Missouri Glass Company to Appeal OSHA Penalties
Oct 19 2015 // An official with a southeast Missouri glass company where a worker suffered third-degree burns says the firm will appeal proposed penalties of $122,000. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the...
E&O Insights: How Well Are You Managing Your Agency’s Commercial Lines Accounts?
Oct 19 2015 // Ask errors and omissions (E&O) carriers about their results when dealing with commercial lines shops and most, if not all, would comment that heavy commercial lines agencies definitely generate their share of E&O...
Insuring against Terrorism: America’s Post-9/11 Recovery
Oct 19 2015 // In a nation founded on a system of checks and balances – House against Senate, Supreme Court versus the Presidency – gridlock can be a fact of life, especially in peacetime. But in a time of real trouble from...
Another Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Reforms Working
Oct 19 2015 // A new study on worker’s compensation across 17 states shows that reforms sometimes work — and such is the case of sweeping reforms made in California, the report shows. The Workers Compensation Research...
California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Formulary Bill
Oct 19 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move California forward in curbing abuse of opioid medications in the workers’ compensation system. Assembly Bill 1124, authored by Assemblyman Henry T. Perea,...
DA Suspends Funding Agreement with Workers’ Comp Insurer, Texas Mutual
Oct 19 2015 // The Travis County, Texas District Attorney’s office said it is suspending an agreement with Texas Mutual Insurance Co. under which the company provides funds for prosecutors to pursue the workers’ compensation...
Tennessee Dissolves Residual Workers Comp Reinsurance Plan
Oct 19 2015 // The Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance Plan (TWCIP) reinsurance mechanism has been dissolved as part of the state’s transition to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new residual...
Worker’s Burns Lead to $122K in Penalties for Missouri Company
Oct 16 2015 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing penalties of $122,000 for a glass company after a worker in southeast Missouri suffered third-degree burns on the job. OSHA announced the proposed...
Energi Launches Workers’ Compensation Triage Program
Oct 15 2015 // Energi has launched a new workers’ compensation triage program called Company Nurse. This new injury-reporting program seeks to provide injured workers with immediate medical triage and medical advice over the phone...
ProPublica, NPR: Inside Corporate America’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp
Oct 14 2015 // This article was published by ProPublica and NPR and is reprinted with permission. Standing before a giant map in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by...
Another Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Reforms Working
Oct 9 2015 // A new study on worker’s compensation across 17 states shows that reforms sometimes work – and such is the case of sweeping reforms made in California, the report shows. The Workers Compensation Research Institute,...
OSHA: Louisiana Bag Maker Exposed Workers to Amputation Hazards
Oct 9 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited Bancroft Bags Inc. in West Monroe, La., for failing to protect workers from amputation hazards. The company has been fined $84,000. Bancroft was cited for 16 serious violations on Oct....
Tennessee Dissolves Residual Workers’ Comp Reinsurance Plan
Oct 9 2015 // The Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance Plan (TWCIP) reinsurance mechanism has been dissolved as part of the state’s transition to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new residual...
Texas Auto Parts Maker, Staffing Firm Cited for Safety Violations
Oct 8 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited a San Marcos, Texas, auto parts maker and its staffing employer for heat, noise and other workplace hazards. Corvac Composites LLC and Priority Personnel Inc. were fined a total of...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Increase Slightly For 2016
Oct 7 2015 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal for an overall rate increase of 0.2 percent to workers’ compensation insurance for 2016 by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. NCCI collects...
Workplace Injuries Lead to $1.4M in Fines for Ohio Chicken Processor
Oct 7 2015 // A supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken is facing more than $1.4 million in fines this year for worker safety and health violations at Ohio facilities, including several that led a teenage worker to suffer the...
Texas Weapons Manufacturer Fined $197K for Workplace Hazards
Oct 7 2015 // Federal safety officials have fined a Texas-based weapons manufacturer $197,000 for putting workers at risk. Maverick Arms Inc. in Eagle Pass, Texas, was cited on Sept. 30, 2015, by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Formulary Bill
Oct 7 2015 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move California forward in curbing abuse of opioid medications in the workers’ compensation system. Assembly Bill 1124, authored by Assemblyman Henry T. Perea,...
Texas Sets Work Comp Discount, Interest Rate at 3.96%
Oct 5 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the workers’ comp interest/discount rate for the fourth quarter of 2015 at 3.96 percent. This rate is computed by using the treasury...
