Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawmakers Tour Refurbed Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Building
May 21 2014 // Several state House members toured the newly renovated headquarters of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. About a half dozen Republican members on Tuesday visited the renovated third-floor of the Denver...
R.I. Approves WC Advisory Loss Costs Increase of 2.5% for Industrial Classes
May 19 2014 // Rhode Island’s Department of Business Regulation, Insurance Division, on May 15 approved a +2.5 percent overall increase in advisory loss costs for workers’ compensation for industrial classes and an overall...
Saints-Backed Bill Draws Warning Flag From Players Association
May 19 2014 // The NFL Players Association is asking player agents to warn clients that signing with the New Orleans Saints could subject them to unfavorable workers’ compensation benefits. In an email Friday, NFLPA chief DeMaurice...
Court: Ohio Overcharged Employers Workers’ Comp For Years
May 19 2014 // The director of the state insurance fund for injured workers said Friday that he’s disappointed with an unusually pointed appeals court decision that says the fund overcharged employers by hundreds of millions of...
Delaware Lawmakers Eye Proposals to Lower Workers’ Comp Medical Costs
May 19 2014 // Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that...
‘Balance’ for Workers’ Comp
May 19 2014 // The workers’ compensation market is returning to a state of “balance.” That’s according to this year’s state of the industry address at NCCI’s annual symposium where analysts reported...
Changes in Indiana Workers’ Comp Aimed at Slowing Rise in Medical Costs
May 13 2014 // As in other states with no restrictions on pricing in the workers’ compensation system, medical costs per claim are high and are rising in Indiana, according to a recent study by the Workers’ Compensation...
Virginia to Raise Penalties for Employers Without Workers’ Comp Coverage
May 13 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...
Investigation Finds Inspections Lacking for Rail Tanker Cleaning
May 12 2014 // Federal inspectors responsible for workplace safety appear not to know which firms and how many firms handle the dangerous task of cleaning the inside of railroad tankers that carry petrochemicals, a Houston Chronicle...
California Injured Workers Medical Costs Moderated Before Reforms
May 12 2014 // A study issued by the Workers Compensation Research Institute shows medical costs for injured workers in California moderated before sweeping reforms were implemented. WCRI looked at the potential impact of recent reform...
Players Association Lambasts New Orleans Saints-Backed Workers’ Comp Bill
May 12 2014 // The NFL Players Association is launching a campaign aimed at defeating the New Orleans Saints’ bid to change state law pertaining to workers’ compensation claims by players. NFLPA executive director DeMaurice...
Delaware Task Force Eyes Lower Workers’ Compensation Costs
May 12 2014 // Delaware’s state panel established to address recent rate increases for workers’ compensation insurance in the state is recommending that medical costs be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three years. The...
Good News for Workers’ Compensation Industry: NCCI
May 8 2014 // The fact that the workers compensation combined ratio was 101 in 2013, a seven-point decrease from 2012 and a 14-point decline since 2011, is a sign that the workers’ compensation market is returning to a state of...
Berkshire Hathaway 1Q P/C Re/Insurance Results Down from Last Year
May 5 2014 // Berkshire-Hathaway’s primary property/casualty operations recorded double-digit gains in premiums and pre-tax earnings in the first quarter, but P/C reinsurance results contributed to a 6.6 percent drop in operating...
Injured Worker Cost per Claim Rises in Texas, Louisiana
May 5 2014 // Payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers in Texas grew nearly 8 percent in 2011, largely the effect of price increases from earlier reforms, according to a 16-state study by the Workers Compensation...
Having Survived Court Challenges, Oklahoma’s Workers’ Comp Redesign Takes Effect
May 5 2014 // The transition of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system from a court-based system to an administrative one became effective Feb. 1, a change that proponents say will lower costs and help make the state more...
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: The Insurance Producer’s Role
May 5 2014 // There are essentially two types of workers’ compensation fraud – premium fraud and claimant fraud – and insurance producers can play a role in the discovery and resolution of both, according to one investigator...
NCCI Reports on Workers’ Comp Legislative Outlook
May 5 2014 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) published on April 8 its annual workers’ compensation issues report. Included in the report is a legislative and regulatory outlook across the country. The...
California Work Comp Board: 2013 Losses to Hit 11-year High
May 5 2014 // California workers’ compensation losses and loss adjustment expenses on insured claims injuries and illnesses are projected to hit an 11-year high for 2013, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency Proposes 6.3% Rate Cut
May 5 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) staff has proposed a 6.3 percent reduction to base rates for private employers beginning July 1. If approved by the BWC board, it would mark the eighth consecutive year...
