Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New York Workers’ Comp Board to Close Two Virtual-Only Locations
Oct 21 2025 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board will be closing its virtual-only Allegany and New City locations, effective December 8, 2025. Noting that most of its activity remains virtual, the board said it is...
Florida, Alabama Hold Hearings on NCCI Workers’ Comp Rate Decreases
Oct 20 2025 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance is again recommending a reduction in workers’ compensation rates in Florida and Alabama, and regulators in both states have scheduled public hearings about the proposed...
Workers’ Compensation Medical Claims Costs Rising Across Most States: WCRI
Oct 16 2025 // Medical costs per claim have begun to rise following a period of relative stability post-pandemic, a new report shows. A new Workers Compensation Research Institute report shows medical payments per claim recently started...
Miami Construction Owner, an Illegal Immigrant, Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 14 2025 // A construction firm owner in Miami greatly underreported his company’s payroll, defrauding a workers’ compensation insurer of more than $380,000 in premiums, Florida authorities said Monday. Jose Arias-Reyes,...
Washington Dairy Worker Pleads Guilty in $122K Workers’ Comp Scam
Oct 9 2025 // A dairy worker in Skagit County, Washington who said he was too injured to work pleaded guilty to illegally taking workers’ compensation payments. Efrain Alatorre Camarena, 58, pleaded guilty to three counts of...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Levels Returned to Stability
Oct 9 2025 // California workers’ compensation written premium levels for calendar years 2022 to 2024 remained consistent, marking a return to stability following sharp fluctuations during the pandemic. The Workers’...
Workers’ Compensation Continues to Lead P/C Industry With Strong Profits
Oct 8 2025 // Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, the workers’ compensation line continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as...
How We’re Harnessing AI for Proactive Risk Management in Workers’ Compensation
Oct 6 2025 // Over the past decade, the insurance industry has undergone an increasingly rapid transformation, driven by advancements in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and now generative AI technologies. These advancements...
People Moves: Air Force, OSHA Veteran Stager Joins MEMIC Loss Control Team
Oct 2 2025 // Eric Stager The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, hired Eric Stager to serve as a safety management consultant on its loss control team. He will work with policyholders throughout the Northeast. Stager served...
South Carolina Workers’ Comp Director Cannon Retiring as McRee Takes the Helm
Sep 25 2025 // South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Gary Cannon is retiring next month after 16 years on the job. The commission has named Kristen McRee, the director of administrative services at the...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rate Dropping
Sep 22 2025 // Oregon employers on average would pay 87 cents per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation costs in 2026, down from 91 cents this year, under a new proposal. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services...
Georgia Man Charged Again in Selling Fake Workers’ Comp Insurance Certificates
Sep 17 2025 // A Georgia man has been arrested for at least the second time in four years, charged with posing as an insurance agent and selling fake workers’ compensation policies. Fernando Jose Cuellar Membreno, 54, was arrested...
Workers’ Comp Rate Increase Proposed in Washington
Sep 17 2025 // The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.9% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance in 2026. L&I says the increase would...
Pinnacol’s EverPeak Acquires Method Insurance, a Workers’ Comp MGA
Sep 11 2025 // Pinnacol Assurance subsidiary EverPeak Insurance has acquired Method Insurance, a workers’ compensation managing general agent based in Nashville. The move is in response to brokers who require a seamless solution...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rate Dropping
Sep 9 2025 // Oregon employers on average would pay 87 cents per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation costs in 2026, down from 91 cents this year, under a new proposal. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services...
NCCI Calls for 6.9% Average Decrease in Florida Workers’ Comp Rates
Sep 8 2025 // Starting in January, workers’ compensation insurance rates for Florida businesses could drop by an average of 7%. The National Council on Compensation Insurance last week recommended an average rate decrease of 6.9%...
AM Best Upgrades Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation to “A” Rating
Aug 25 2025 // AM Best upgraded Baton Rouge based regional workers’ compensation insurer, Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company’s Financial Strength and Credit Ratings from A – (Excellent) to A (Excellent). Stonetrust...
Florida Payroll Ops Head Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Avoid Taxes, Workers’ Comp
Aug 25 2025 // The manager of an off-the-books construction-worker payroll operation in Naples, Florida, pleaded guilty last week to a scheme that prosecutors said defrauded the U.S. government of $4 million and swindled insurers out of...
People Moves: Chieppo Joins Mechanic Group; Foster Named Chair of NY Workers’ Comp Board
Aug 18 2025 // The Mechanic Group Appoints Chieppo Practice Leader Candace Chieppo The Mechanic Group, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG) headquartered in Pearl River, New York, appointed Candace Chieppo as practice leader....
Son Cashed Mom’s Workers’ Compensation Checks After She Died
Aug 15 2025 // A Port Jervis, New York man recently entered a guilty plea to charges he collected more than $42,000 in workers’ compensation benefits issued to his deceased mother. New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang...
