Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Firing Fear Among New Predictors of Workers’ Comp Outcomes: WCRI
Jun 19 2014 // Workers’ compensation researchers have identified anxiety over being fired and other new predictors of worker outcomes that they say can help public officials, payors and health care providers improve the treatment...
Top Loss Leaders in the Oil Patch? Commercial Auto, Workers’ Comp
Jun 18 2014 // There’s no doubt that new advancements in the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are driving the current production boom in the oil patch. The technique, which is used to retrieve oil and gas reservoirs...
N.H. Gov. Hassan to Appoint Workers’ Comp Task Force
Jun 16 2014 // N.H. Gov. Maggie HassanN.H. Gov. Maggie Hassan announced on May 22 that she plans to appoint a task force “of workers, businesses, insurers and members of the health care community” to make recommendations to...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Opening New North Canton Location
Jun 11 2014 // The Hoover District site will soon become the new location for the area’s Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Service Office. The office, located at 339 E. Maple Street in North Canton, will house...
Texas Doctor Convicted Again on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Jun 10 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County jury convicted Howard T. Douglas III, M.D. of Frisco, Texas, on felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges for overbilling Texas Mutual for functional...
Texas Moves Forward in Becoming an NCCI State
Jun 10 2014 // In late March 2014, Texas Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathegeber approved a staff petition to adopt the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Basic Manual, with Texas exceptions, and the national and...
Court Reinstates Iowa Work Comp Commissioner’s Defamation Claim
Jun 10 2014 // Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and top aides could be held personally liable if a jury decides that they defamed the workers’ compensation commissioner and improperly cut his salary during an attempt to force his...
Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner to Resign Aug. 1
Jun 9 2014 // Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Rod Bordelon plans to resign from his post effective Aug. 1, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. Bordelon has served as Commissioner for the past six years. Insurance...
OSHA Investigates Death of Georgia Roofing Business Owner
Jun 9 2014 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of the owner of a roofing company. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Ron Crist died in an incident at the Paulding County business....
N.J. Roofing Company Exec Gets Jail Time for Misleading Workers’ Comp Carrier
Jun 6 2014 // New Jersey authorities said the president of a New Jersey roofing company was sentenced to jail Friday for providing false and misleading information to the company’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier to...
Conn. Fines Apple Store Contractors for Lacking Workers’ Comp Coverage
Jun 6 2014 // The Connecticut Department of Labor is fining three out-of-state contractors working at an Apple Store in West Hartford for not having worker’s compensation insurance coverage for their employees. The case has...
Tennessee Targets Workers’ Comp Fraud in Construction Industry
Jun 6 2014 // The Tennessee Department of Labor has been expanding efforts to uncover employer fraud within the construction industry. The efforts, aided by recent legislation, will help identify employers who are paying workers under...
Maine Man Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail, $50K Restitution for Comp Fraud
Jun 5 2014 // A Maine man was sentenced this week in Aroostook County Superior Court to serve 42 months in jail, with all but one year suspended for workers’ compensation fraud. Workers’ comp insurer MEMIC — whose...
Opting Out of Texas Workers’ Comp Doesn’t Have to Mean Going Bare
Jun 5 2014 // While Oklahoma recently adopted legislation under which employers may choose an alternative to the statutory workers’ compensation system in certain circumstances, Texas still the only state in which participation in...
Eastern Alliance Insurance Promotes Lengner to Lead Midwest Region
Jun 3 2014 // Eastern Alliance Insurance Group (EAIG) has promoted Chad Lengner to regional business executive in its Midwest territory. EAIG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProAssurance Corp., is a domestic casualty insurance group...
Skaggs Joins Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. as Senior VP
Jun 3 2014 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has hired Jeffrey H. Skaggs as senior vice president of policyholder services and agency relations. Skaggs has more than 27 years of experience in commercial insurance...
Patriot Underwriters Partners with Scottsdale to Offer Workers Comp Coverage
Jun 2 2014 // Patriot Underwriters, Inc. (PUI), a provider of workers’ compensation insurance products headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has partnered with Scottsdale Insurance Co. to serve as a program administrator with...
Declarations
Jun 2 2014 // Sandy Recovery Program Scams “Our Statewide Sandy Fraud Working Group is pursuing aggressive criminal and civil actions against those who allegedly sought illegal profits in the wake of this national...
Safety Is Paramount for Texas Mutual CEO Gergasko
Jun 2 2014 // Richard Gergasko, CEO of workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., describes himself as an insurance geek. Trained as an actuary, he’s been involved in the insurance business for 30 years. With...
Virginia Raises Fines for Employers Without Workers’ Comp
Jun 2 2014 // Employers in Virginia who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance for their employees will be assessed, beginning July, a civil penalty of up to $250 per day for each day of noncompliance, subject to a...
