Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA Supports Curbing Physician-Dispensed Medications in Penn. WC System
Dec 6 2013 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) submitted a statement Wednesday to the Pennsylvania House Labor Committee, in support of state legislation aimed at controlling costs associated with physician dispensing of...
Illinois Central Railroad Faces Fines of $110,500 for Lead Exposure
Dec 5 2013 // Illinois Central Railroad Co. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one willful and six serious safety violations for exposing workers to lead hazards....
New Mexico Governor Appoints Workers’ Compensation Director
Dec 4 2013 // Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed a state government lawyer from Albuquerque to run a regulatory agency overseeing New Mexico’s workers’ compensation program. Darin Childers becomes director of the...
N.J. Regulator Approves 3.6% Average Workers’ Comp Rate Increase in 2014
Dec 3 2013 // New Jersey’s Compensation Rating And Inspection Bureau recently announced the state insurance commissioner’s approval for the workers’ compensation average rate increase for next year. New Jersey Banking...
N.Y. Settling Worker-Insurance Claims With AAA Issue: Muni Deals
Dec 2 2013 // The New York Dormitory Authority is borrowing $370 million this week to repay workers’ compensation claims, the first sale under a regulatory overhaul that Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo said will save $1.2...
American Interstate Insurance, Silver Oak Casualty OK’d to Move to Nebraska
Dec 2 2013 // Insurance Director Bruce Ramge has approved the two property/casualty insurance companies to domicile in Nebraska. American Interstate Insurance Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Silver Oak Casualty Inc., were...
Workers’ Compensation Results Improved in 2012
Dec 2 2013 // The workers’ compensation industry’s results improved in 2012. Premiums grew for the second straight year, the combined ratio improved, and claims frequency declined at a faster rate than severity increased,...
Declarations
Dec 2 2013 // Something for Nothing “Sometimes a few bad employees try to get something for nothing, scamming the people we serve. This task force will help prevent those instances.” —New York State’s Broome County...
N.Y. Comp Board Presses On to Resolve Group Trust Liabilities
Dec 2 2013 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is pressing on with its effort to resolve the liability problems stemming from collapsed group self-insured trusts. WCB has been taking a multi-pronged approach to...
Workers’ Comp Costs Per Claim Moderating in Pennsylvania
Dec 2 2013 // The costs per workers’ compensation claim in Pennsylvania are moderating, following years of steady growth in previous years, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Sets Arguments in Workers’ Comp Law Case
Nov 27 2013 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. The high court scheduled arguments for 9 a.m. Dec. 10 in...
NYS Workers’ Comp Board Presses On to Resolve Group Trust Liabilities
Nov 26 2013 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is pressing on with its effort to resolve the liability problems stemming from collapsed group self-insured trusts. WCB has been taking a multi-pronged approach to...
California Insurers Group: Jones Was Correct on WC Pure Premium
Nov 26 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones was correct to recognize the increasing costs in the state’s workers compensation system when he made his pure premium advisory rate recommendation on Friday, says the...
Mississippi Court Will Hear Electrocution Workers’ Compensation Appeal
Nov 26 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a former Ripley alderman who lost both hands after being electrocuted. WTVA-TV in Tupelo reported that Lonnie Smith was working for the Tippah Electric Power...
California Commissioner Favors Lower WC Premium Than Board
Nov 25 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones adopted an advisory average pure premium rate of $2.70 per $100 of employer payroll for workers’ compensation rates effective Jan. 1, 2014, which is lower than that...
Illinois Roofing Company Fined $158K for Safety Hazards
Nov 25 2013 // Affordable Roofing and Exteriors Inc. in Trenton, Ill., has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for five safety violations, carrying proposed penalties of...
Costs per Claim of Medical Care for Injured Workers in Indiana High, Rising
Nov 25 2013 // The costs per claim of medical care to treat injured workers in Indiana were higher than most states and growing rapidly, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The report,...
Illinois Employer to Pay $10K Penalty for Lack of Workers’ Comp Insurance
Nov 21 2013 // An uninsured employer in Illinois has pled guilty to a Class 4 felony for refusing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced. John Linek, individually...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. Promotes Johnson, Page
Nov 20 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) announced that it is aligning its Safety and Communications Departments, and has promoted Michael Johnson to communications manager and Michael Page as director of...
Texas Man Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 20 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Terrance Hopkins of Tyler on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Hopkins to one year of deferred...
