Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop
Apr 15 2015 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced a decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective July 1, 2015. The overall loss cost decrease in the voluntary market is 2.1 percent, while the overall decrease in rates...
Washington Contractor Hit for $1M in Workers’ Comp Premiums and Penalties
Apr 15 2015 // A former drywall contractor in Walla Walla, Wash. must pay more than $1 million in delinquent workers’ compensation premiums and penalties. The Washington State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals recently held...
N.Y. Nixes 57 Nuisance Fees Including Fees on Some Work Comp Disputes
Apr 15 2015 // New York is eliminating dozens of small fees the state had imposed on such random things as potato inspections, ski lifts and workers’ compensation disputes involving podiatrists. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s...
Audit Problems Leading to Additional Premiums
Apr 15 2015 // Let’s dispense with the niceties and all attempts to eloquently ease into a discussion on the troubles surrounding workers’ compensation audits. Rather let’s jump right into the problem — assignment of...
NGM Insurance Brings Expanded Work Comp Program to Vermont
Apr 14 2015 // The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Co. has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program in Vermont via its network of independent insurance agents across the state. NGM’s expanded...
Long Named Director of Michigan Workers’ Comp Agency
Apr 14 2015 // Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Mike Zimmer announced the that Mark Long has been appointed director of the Michigan Workers’ Compensation Agency (WCA). Long, who had been...
How Media Portrayals Influence Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Apr 14 2015 // The depiction of workers’ compensation fraud by the media has affected the public’s perception of the crime, according to claims experts. While workers’ comp fraud is often depicted in a comedic way, that...
Workers’ Compensation Claims Skyrocket in North Carolina City
Apr 14 2015 // Gastonia may have to tap into its savings account to pay for skyrocketing workers’ compensation claims. The Gaston Gazette reports that the city has nearly spent all of its $538,000 for claims and may end up eating...
Illinois Governor Looks to Reduce Worker’s Comp Costs
Apr 13 2015 // High on the list of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative priorities is reducing the amount employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance. Illinois currently ranks 7th nationwide for the highest cost per...
Audit Rules and Guidelines – Part II
Apr 13 2015 // Part I of this two-part audit rules and guidelines article presented the section of the work comp policy making the audit possible. It also presented what remuneration was included and what was excluded for premium audit...
Audit Rules and Guidelines – Part I
Apr 10 2015 // Workers’ compensation coverage is initially priced on an estimated basis. The insured estimates payrolls (and sometimes class codes) at the beginning of the policy period for the upcoming year on which the insurance...
Patriot National Acquires Hospitality Supportive Systems in Pennsylvania
Apr 9 2015 // Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based workers’ compensation services provider Patriot National Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Hospitality Supportive Systems (HSS), a Springfield, Pennsylvania-based...
Arizona Law Clarifies Medical Marijuana Insurance Requirements
Apr 9 2015 // Workers’ compensation carriers and self-insurers will not be required to pay for a patient’s medical marijuana under a new bill Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law. The state’s more than 63,000 holders of...
New North Carolina Medical Fees Expected to Save on Work Comp
Apr 9 2015 // Revised medical fees approved in February by the North Carolina Industrial Commission and planned to take effect this year are expected to save the state’s workers compensation system $27 million annually, as well as...
Combinability of Insureds
Apr 8 2015 // Consolidating separate legal entities’ loss experience to develop a common experience modification factor has the potential to cause confusion for the client and sometimes the agent. Clients may view such mixing of...
LP Insurance in California Names Cheta Workers Comp Consultant
Apr 6 2015 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Shalila Cheta as a workers’ compensation consultant in it risk management services division in California. Cheta has more than 20 years of experience in California workers’...
Work Comp for PEOs and Their Client/ Employers
Apr 6 2015 // Professional employer organizations (PEOs) began their rise after the adoption of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 cleared a path for the creation and expansion of such entities. Between 700 and 900...
South Carolina Court Rules Stripper Shot at Club Entitled to Workers’ Comp
Apr 6 2015 // An exotic dancer who was shot at a Columbia, S.C., nightclub is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her injury, according to a ruling by the state’s highest court. The State newspaper reported that...
New North Carolina Medical Fees Expected to Save on Work Comp
Apr 6 2015 // Revised medical fees approved in February by the North Carolina Industrial Commission and planned to take effect this year are expected to save the state’s workers’ compensation system $27 million annually, as...
Maine Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Increases
Apr 1 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) filing for the overall average workers’ compensation loss cost level change of +2.6 percent in Maine took effect on a new and renewal basis as of April...
