Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Approves 5.2% Rate Cut for Workers’ Compensation in 2015
Nov 13 2014 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said it has approved an overall decrease of 5.2 percent in workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida, the first decrease in four years. As expected, The National...
Ohio Home Healthcare Firm Owner Failed to Report Employees; Owes $124K
Nov 12 2014 // An Ohio woman was sentenced Oct. 16 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $124,573.07 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) after operating a home...
Group Aims to Create Alternatives to Workers’ Comp State-by-State
Nov 10 2014 // Formed in late 2013, the Austin, Texas-based Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation — or ARAWC — would like to see an expansion of alternatives to state workers’ compensation...
WCRI: Hospital Costs for Injured Workers in N.C. Remained High in 2012
Nov 7 2014 // Hospital costs per workers’ compensation claim in North Carolina remained higher than most states in 2012 in the wake of attempts to control their costs, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research...
NCCI Proposes Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Georgia
Nov 7 2014 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost and assigned risk rate filing to the Georgia Department of Insurance. Based upon its review of the most...
Insurers: One-Third of Work Comp Claims in Midwest Were from Slips, Falls
Nov 6 2014 // Workers’ compensation carriers, Accident Fund Insurance Company of America and United Heartland, report that during last year’s difficult Midwest winter, slips and falls on ice and snow accounted for nearly...
Two Arkansas Firms Cited by OSHA; Fines Total More than $123K
Nov 6 2014 // Two Arkansas-based companies have been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for workplace safety violations. Combined penalties proposed by OSHA for the two firms...
Florida Rejects NCCI’s 3.3% Rate Decrease, Calls for Larger Cut
Nov 6 2014 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an order on Wednesday notifying the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) that its proposed 3.3 percent overall decrease in workers’ compensation rates...
Commercial Rates Continue on Slow Slide; Personal Lines Rates Moderate: Survey
Nov 5 2014 // The composite rate for U.S. commercial insurance was plus 1 percent in October 2014 while the composite rate for U.S. personal lines was plus 3 percent for the month, according to MarketScout’s monthly analysis of...
Oklahoma AG: Workers’ Comp Panel Sessions Must Be Public
Nov 5 2014 // The Oklahoma attorney general said state law requires the Workers’ Compensation Commission to open its meetings to the public. Two commissioners wanted to discuss appeals involving injured workers’ cases in...
New York Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate to Drop to 13.2%
Nov 3 2014 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the assessment rate that employers pay to the state’s workers’ compensation system will drop to 13.2 percent from 13.8 percent in 2015, resulting in savings to all employers...
Workers’ Comp Medical Payment Costs Fall in Illinois: Study
Nov 3 2014 // Reforms enacted in 2011 continue to drive down the cost of medical care for injured workers in Illinois, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). According to the report, CompScope...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Fraud Investigator Goals Are Not Quotas
Nov 3 2014 // Ohio’s injured worker insurance fund sets goals for the number of fraud cases its investigators should refer for prosecution annually — an arrangement some former employees say encourages the pursuit of innocent...
Boston Insurance Brokerage Hires Roderiques as Workers’ Comp Underwriter
Nov 3 2014 // John Roderiques Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc., a national wholesale broker based in Boston, has hired John Roderiques as an underwriter of workers’ compensation, to further develop and manage the firm’s...
Mississippi Reviewing 3.2% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
Nov 3 2014 // Employers in Mississippi could be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance as early as next March, pending approval of a rate filing at the Mississippi Insurance Department. The National Council on...
OSHA Initiative Targets Hazardous Chemicals in Workplace
Nov 3 2014 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching a national dialogue on ways to prevent work-related illness caused by exposure to hazardous substances. The first stage...
It’s Time to End Physician Dispensing in Workers’ Comp
Nov 3 2014 // There has been an ongoing debate around the merits of physician dispensing in workers’ compensation. Those in favor of allowing this indicate it increases patient compliance with treatment recommendations and is more...
Workers’ Comp Writers Using More Mobile Device Apps, Other Technology
Nov 3 2014 // Workers’ compensation insurers are increasingly turning to mobile device applications and other technology innovations in their bid to remain a force in the industry and serve their clients, Novarica determined in a...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Rates for Local Governments Falling
Nov 3 2014 // Ohio public employers can look forward an average 9.1 percent reduction in workers’ compensation rates for local governments, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced. The new rates cover 3,800...
Idahoans to See Slight Reduction in Workers’ Comp Rates in 2015
Oct 31 2014 // The Idaho Department of Insurance this week announced Idaho’s overall workers’ compensation premium rates will be reduced by an average of 0.2 percent for 2015. “This slight rate decrease is an indicator...
