Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Employment Growth Leads to Workers’ Comp Benefit, Cost Uptick
Sep 8 2014 // Workers’ compensation benefits rose by 1.3 percent to $61.9 billion in 2012, while employer costs rose by 6.9 percent to $83.2 billion, according to a report released last month by the National Academy of Social...
Marijuana and Workers’ Comp
Sep 8 2014 // There are some who believe medical marijuana and the workplace are a potent mix just waiting to be stirred as increasingly more states approve the herb and its derivatives for medicinal use. Not only are states approving...
Kentucky Approves Lower Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 8 2014 // In Kentucky, workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers in figuring rates to charge employers will decrease for the ninth straight year. Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark said that the Department...
Judge’s Ruling Leaves Florida Workers’ Comp System in Limbo
Sep 8 2014 // Business interests are expected to appeal a recent ruling by a Florida circuit court judge that the state’s workers’ compensation law is unconstitutional because it no longer provides adequate benefits to...
South Carolina: Kickball Injury Covered by Workers’ Compensation
Sep 8 2014 // The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that an employee injured during a company kickball game is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The court found that Stephen Whigham’s kickball injury was covered...
Florida Weighs 2.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
Sep 8 2014 // Florida workers’ compensation writers have recommended a 2.5 percent rate decrease for 2015. The Office of Insurance Regulation has received the filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), which...
Delaware WC Panel Begins Work
Sep 8 2014 // A Delaware panel established to oversee efforts to keep the state’s workers’ comp rates affordable is getting down to work. Delaware’s Workers Compensation Oversight Panel is charged with creating a new...
New Hampshire Gov. Hassan Creates Workers’ Compensation Commission
Sep 5 2014 // New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan has issued an executive order creating a new commission to recommend ways to reduce the state’s workers’ compensation medical costs. The new commission, called the Commission to...
Conn. Auditors: WCC Charged $450K Assessment Without Legislative Authority
Sep 4 2014 // A new report from Connecticut state auditors said the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) improperly charged $450,000 to workers’ comp insurers and self-insured employers last fiscal year to...
Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Filed Against Oklahoma Woman
Sep 4 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says his office has filed charges against a Midwest City woman, accusing of her allegedly attempting to defraud the state’s workers’ compensation system. Pruitt announced...
Missouri Insurance Director: Workers’ Comp Insurance Costs Likely to Fall
Sep 4 2014 // Missouri businesses could see a decline in their workers’ compensation insurance premiums next year. The state insurance department says a new report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance indicates that...
WCRI Study Examines Trends in N.Y. Workers’ Comp System
Sep 4 2014 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) in Massachusetts has published a new report that examines the performance of the New York workers’ compensation system following reforms enacted in 2007. The new...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Declining Again in Oklahoma
Sep 3 2014 // For the second straight year, workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers to determine rates for employers will show an overall decrease in Oklahoma. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has...
California State Funds Continue to Shake Up Cat Bond Market
Sep 3 2014 // California’s recent “Winequake” brought the public’s focus back to the state’s significant vulnerability to seismic events. Fortunately, the tremors, while costly, did not tally a high human...
3 Reasons Congress Should Renew TRIA
Sep 3 2014 // U.S. insurance markets, like the rest of the nation, were caught off guard by the Sept.11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Loss of life and property led to an estimated $32.5 billion dollars in insured losses – $43 billion in...
Report: 1-in-6 Construction Workers in California Part of ‘Informal Economy’
Sep 2 2014 // A report by the nonprofit research group Economic Roundtable released over the Labor Day holiday found that one-in-six construction workers in California fell into the state’s “informal economy,” an...
Oklahoma Widow Awarded $503K in Contested Workers’ Comp Case
Sep 2 2014 // The widow and son of a Bartlesville, Okla., man who died during firefighting training have been awarded more than $503,000 in federal and state death benefits despite testimony that said the man was never with a fire...
South Carolina Employee Scores Workers’ Compensation Win for Kickball Injury
Aug 29 2014 // The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled this week that an employee injured during a company kickball game is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The court found that Stephen Whigham’s kickball injury was...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease Overall for 9th Straight Year
Aug 27 2014 // In Kentucky, workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers in figuring rates to charge employers will show an overall decrease for the ninth straight year. Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark...
NCCI Proposes Average Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease of 2.5% in Florida
Aug 26 2014 // Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation announced it received the 2015 Florida workers’ compensation rate filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), which proposes a statewide average...
