Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Per Claim Slowed in 2010: WCRI
Apr 25 2013 // Growth in payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers under Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system slowed in 2010, largely as a result of slower growth in payments per claim made to...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Reform Legislation Advances
Apr 25 2013 // Legislation that would reform Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system has passed the House and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak says that’s a good thing. Applauding the leadership of House...
Former R.I. Nightclub Owners Appeal $1M Workers’ Comp Fine in Fire Case
Apr 24 2013 // The owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where 100 people died in a fire are asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a $1 million fine against them for failing to carry workers’ compensation insurance for nearly...
Workers’ Comp Insurer MEMIC Appoints Ancillary Services Director in Florida
Apr 23 2013 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Maine, recently promoted Jared Payton to national director of ancillary services. He is based in MEMIC’s recently opened Tampa, Fla.,...
ICW Group, SIMNSA to Offer WC Care to Southern California Employees
Apr 22 2013 // ICW Group Insurance Cos. has entered into an exclusive partnership with Sistemas Medicos Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. (SIMNSA), to offer work comp medical treatment to Southern California employees. SIMNSA has an established...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Panel Meets
Apr 22 2013 // A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering a two-year freeze on inflation-based fee increases for medical providers. The proposal is one of several the panel was to consider at...
Police Look to Expand Connecticut Workers’ Comp Law
Apr 22 2013 // The police union that represents the officers who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is still hoping to change Connecticut’s law and extend workers’ compensation benefits to first responders...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Overhaul Advances in House
Apr 22 2013 // By a party-line vote, an Oklahoma House committee approved the latest version of a plan to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system. The House Judiciary Committee cleared the bill 11-4 on April 9 after...
Cuomo: N.Y. Workers’ Comp Reform to Bring $800M Savings
Apr 22 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on April 8 that employers in the state are poised to save some $800 million annually, thanks to reforms in the state workers’ comp system that were included in the recently passed...
Reworked Workers’ Compensation Formula Lowers Premiums
Apr 22 2013 // A reworking of a key piece of the workers’ compensation rating formula isn’t changing rates overall but is changing premiums for most insureds, according to experts. Tony DiDonato, director and senior actuary...
Fertilizer Explosion Response Team Includes Texas Insurance Department
Apr 18 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) reports it is working in conjunction with other public agencies in responding to the April 17 fire and explosion at a fertilizer facility in West, Texas, which resulted in...
Texas Mutual to Host AASCIF Annual Conference in Austin
Apr 18 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. will host the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) Annual Conference. The 2013 AASCIF Annual Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas, from...
Pro Athletes Fight Limits on California Workers’ Comp
Apr 17 2013 // Former professional athletes who have battled countless injuries since they left the game on Monday criticized a bill in the state Legislature that would restrict players from collecting workers’ compensation...
Firefighters Insurance Is Taxing Municipalities in Pennsylvania
Apr 15 2013 // Firefighters have a dangerous job. They run into burning buildings in the midst of panic and chaos, wade through thick smoke in search of life and keep precious mementos from turning to ash. That’s why most people...
Lam Named to RT Workers’ Comp Division in Northern California
Apr 15 2013 // R-T Specialty LLC named Gloria Lam to its workers’ compensation specialty division. Lam joins April 23 as a senior vice iresident in the Irvine, Calif. office. Lam has worked in the wholesale industry for seven...
Feds Probing Indiana’s Workplace Safety Agency
Apr 15 2013 // The federal government’s workplace safety agency is investigating its Indiana counterpart – a department that documents indicate is trying to boost its inspections without hiring new staffers. The Indianapolis...
Tennessee House Approves Workers’ Comp Claims Panels Along Party Lines
Apr 15 2013 // After defeating several attempts by Democrats to dial back the proposal, the Tennessee House last Thursday approved Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s bill to change the way the state considers injured workers’...
Delaware Workers Compensation Panel Continues Work
Apr 15 2013 // A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering whether injured workers should be paid total disability benefits for 90 days even if they can perform light duty in the workplace. The...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Ruling Could Cost $65 Million, Says NCCI
Apr 11 2013 // A Florida court’s ruling that the state’s 104-week limit on injured workers’ temporary benefits is unconstitutional could increase costs by $65 million, says the workers’ compensation...
Oklahoma Panel Advances Workers’ Comp Overhaul
Apr 11 2013 // By a party-line vote, an Oklahoma House committee approved the latest version of a plan to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system after more than an hour of questioning and sometimes angry...
