Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa Court: Immigrant Worker on Expired Visa Gets Workers’ Comp
Nov 19 2013 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a West Liberty woman, an immigrant from Mexico who stayed in the United States after her visa had expired, is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for a...
Workers’ Compensation Results Improved in 2012
Nov 19 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,...
Attorneys Argue Over Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Law
Nov 18 2013 // Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law violates the state Constitution in several ways and should be struck down, an attorney for two state lawmakers and a firefighter’s organization told a state...
California’s State Fund Board Declares $100M Dividend
Nov 18 2013 // The board of directors for California’s State Fund Compensation Insurance approved a $100 million dividend to qualifying policyholders for the 2013 policy year. The dividend represents roughly 8.6 percent of...
Wisconsin Lumber Manufacturer Cited in Worker’s Death
Nov 18 2013 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a lumber and shingle manufacturer for safety violations that resulted in the death of a worker at its plant in Superior, Wis. OSHA cited White Cedar...
Texas Mutual Wraps Up $175M Workers’ Comp Dividend Distribution
Nov 18 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that it has begun distributing $2.6 million in workers’ compensation dividends among approximately 3,300 new policyholders. The money represents the final component of Texas...
Construction’s Comeback
Nov 18 2013 // There’s a new norm in the construction market — a new normal when it comes to measuring growth and opportunity. Construction has made a comeback in certain market segments, said Cam Dickinson, senior vice president...
2013 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed
Nov 18 2013 // State Specialists are often an independent agent’s most reliable and consistent market. These companies are focused on a specific geographic area, understand it and consistently strive to serve it. The Demotech...
Ohio Dump Truck Driver Repays More Than $19K in Workers’ Comp Benefits
Nov 18 2013 // An Ohio man was sentenced and repaid more than $19,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. BWC began investigating Harry Livingston after...
Kentucky Files Plan to Rehabilitate Schools’ Insurance Trust
Nov 18 2013 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) has proposed taking over the management of the troubled funds used for school board workers’ compensation and property and liability claims. DOI Commissioner Sharon P. Clark...
Oklahoma Superior Court Referee Hears Workers’ Comp Case
Nov 15 2013 // Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law violates the state Constitution in several ways and should be struck down, an attorney for two state lawmakers and a firefighter’s organization told a state...
New York’s Broome County Forms Task Force to Fight Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 14 2013 // Officials from New York State’s Broome County unveiled a new initiative to crack down on workers’ compensation fraud. Broome County Executive Debbie Preston said Wednesday her county has created an informal...
WCRI: Workers’ Compensation Costs Per Claim Moderating in Pennsylvania
Nov 14 2013 // The costs per workers’ compensation claim in Pennsylvania are moderating, following years of steady growth in previous years, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Workers’ Comp Rate Cut Recommended for Louisiana
Nov 12 2013 // A national group is recommending that the state of Louisiana cut workers’ compensation rates by 5 percent because of fewer workplace claims among other factors. The Times-Picayune reports the National Council on...
Texas Approves 10 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Nov 12 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved ten renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a...
Kentucky Regulator Files Rehabilitation Plan for Schools’ Insurance Trust
Nov 11 2013 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) has proposed taking over the management of the troubled funds used for school board workers’ compensation and property and liability claims. DOI Commissioner Sharon P. Clark...
Florida Outpatient Costs for Injured Workers Rising Rapidly: WCRI
Nov 11 2013 // The average cost per claim of outpatient hospital care for injured workers in the Florida workers’ compensation system continued to grow rapidly and was a main driver of growth in medical payments per claim in the...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Data Shows 5K-Plus Worker Amputations Since 2005
Nov 8 2013 // Data provided by the state shows that more than 5,000 workers in Ohio have suffered amputation injuries since 2005. The statistics from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation were analyzed by The Dayton Daily News....
Florida Approves NCCI’s Revised Filing for 0.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Nov 5 2013 // Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation recently issued a final order approving the rate increase of 0.7 percent for workers’ compensation rates in Florida. The approval was issued after the National Council...
Fallin Appoints 2 to New Workers’ Comp Panel
Nov 4 2013 // Gov. Mary Fallin has named a longtime Oklahoma City attorney and a deputy insurance commissioner to fill the final two spots on the newly created Workers’ Compensation Commission. Fallin appointed attorney Robert...
