Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolinian on ‘Price Is Right’ Pleads to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 10 2013 // A U.S. Postal Service employee from eastern North Carolina who was seen spinning the Big Wheel on TV’s “The Price Is Right” even though she had said she could not deliver the mail has pleaded guilty to...
New Position to Target Workers’ Comp Fraud in Rhode Island
Jun 6 2013 // Officials in Rhode Island are creating a new position to prosecute fraud in the state’s unemployment and workers’ compensation program. The state’s Department of Labor and Training announced the new...
Montana Man Pleads Guilty In Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jun 6 2013 // A 76-year-old Havre, Mont. man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a case for failing to report that he owned a profitable business while receiving more than $277,000 in federal worker’s compensation benefits from...
Michigan Pair Plead Guilty to Embezzling from Workers’ Comp TPA
Jun 6 2013 // Michigan’s attorney general announced that the former CEO and a bookkeeper of a non-profit workers’ compensation insurance-related organization have pleaded guilty to embezzling millions. Michigan Attorney...
Actor Jim Carrey’s Biz Has WC Coverage, NYS Workers’ Comp Board Says
Jun 5 2013 // Actor Jim Carrey was reportedly accused of failing to buy workers’ compensation insurance for his New York-based art studio business — but it appears it is just a case of a clerical error.Jim Carrey (file...
Wisconsin Bus Driver Who Chased Passenger Gets Workers’ Comp
Jun 5 2013 // A Wisconsin appeals court says a Milwaukee bus driver who chased down a passenger who used a racial slur and spat on him is entitled to workers’ compensation. Bus driver Isaac Bracey hurt himself soon after getting...
OSHA Fines Idaho Company Over Natural Gas Explosion
Jun 5 2013 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Lewiston, Idaho construction company for its role in a natural gas explosion in downtown Lewiston last November. The Lewiston Tribune reported OSHA cited M.L....
Why Clients Might Need Foreign Voluntary Workers’ Comp
Jun 3 2013 // In spite of videoconferencing, social media and other new technologies, many businesses depend on their key executives and top sales people to travel overseas to meet with clients in person, to negotiate with foreign...
Injured Workers Opioid Use on Rise in California, Washington
Jun 3 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a larger report on opioid use by injured workers. This particular part covers the U.S. Western Region. A national story appeared in the last issue of Insurance Journal. That article can...
Delaware Workers’ Comp Panel Releases Report
Jun 3 2013 // A state panel examining soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is recommending that the state implement a two-year inflation freeze on medical providers’ fee schedules. The recommendation is included in a...
Oklahoma, Texas Take Aim at Overuse of Opioids in Workers’ Comp
Jun 3 2013 // In Texas and Oklahoma the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is ongoing. Oklahoma in 2012 enacted legislation adopting the Work Loss Data Institute’s Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) as the...
Ohio Sees 12% Decrease in Narcotics Prescribed to Injured Workers
Jun 3 2013 // There are close to 40,000 drug overdose deaths each year in the United States, and the number continues to rise, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, which show more than half of...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Insurers Return on Worth Up
May 31 2013 // California workers’ compensation insurers’ average return on net worth increased for the second year in a row in 2011, according to the latest National Association of Insurance Commissioners report on insurer...
Workers’ Comp Panel Approves $1 Billion Rebate to Ohio Employers
May 31 2013 // Directors of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers have unanimously approved Gov. John Kasich’s (KAY’-sihks) proposal to send $1 billion in cash rebates to businesses, local governments and...
E&O Insights: Restaurant and Tavern Risks
May 30 2013 // Chances are just about every town in the United States has a restaurant, tavern or pizza parlor. Pursuing this type of risk, then, is common. Yet before taking that first step, do your homework to help you understand that...
N.Y. Compensation Insurance Rating Board Seeks 16.9% Hike in WC Loss Costs
May 24 2013 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) said it submitted to the state’s Department of Financial Services last week a loss-cost filing for an overall average loss cost change of +16.9 percent. A...
Ohio Firm Launches Program Aimed at Opioid Abuse in Workers’ Comp
May 24 2013 // Lewis Center, Ohio-based Modern Medical announced the nationwide roll out of a program designed stop the rise of opioid abuse in the workers’ compensation industry. Opioid Defense Manager (ODM) was launched in...
Schinnerer Introduces Stand-Alone Workers’ Comp
May 24 2013 // Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. has introduced a new stand-alone workers’ compensation program. Schinnerer will serve as a program access point for retail agents and brokers. The stand-alone...
Ex-Alaska Worker Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 23 2013 // A former Alaska state employee and his supposed masseuse are accused of worker’s compensation fraud. Scott A. Groom and Laurayne K. Fischer are charged with 93 counts including perjury, theft and falsification of...
R.I. Nightclub Owners Say They Didn’t Know Part-Timers Needed WC Coverage
May 23 2013 // The owners of the Station nightclub say they didn’t know they needed to buy workers’ compensation insurance for the club’s part-time employees. Michael and Jeffrey Derderian are asking Rhode...
