Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Business Group Urges ‘Administrative Approach’ to Workers’ Comp
Jan 4 2013 // The Oklahoma State Chamber says shifting the state’s court-based workers’ compensation system to an administrative model will be one of its top priorities for the upcoming legislative session. The powerful...
Maine Adopts Uniform Standard for ‘Independent Contractor’ Classification
Jan 3 2013 // Maine has adopted a new, uniform standard for who can be classified as an “independent contractor” for worker’s compensation and other employment-related cases. The change went into effect on Dec. 31,...
Bangs, Stiltner Promoted by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.
Jan 3 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted William B. Bangs IV to senior vice president of Policyholder Services and Agency Relations, and Michael Stiltner to vice president and general...
Montana Court: Hutterites Must Pay Workers’ Compensation
Jan 2 2013 // A divided Montana Supreme Court says forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers’ compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion. Monday’s 4-3...
10 Insurance Ins and Outs, Ups and Downs of Year of Dragon 2012
Jan 2 2013 // In Chinese astrology, the year 2012 was the Year of the Dragon, a symbol of unpredictability and uncertainty. The dragon represents mystery because its head and tail cannot be seen at the same time, according to Chinese...
Looking Back at Insurance News of 2012: The Year’s Biggest Stories
Dec 31 2012 // With less than a day left until the end of the year, here’s a look back at some of the biggest property/casualty insurance news stories in 2012 that impacted the Northeast region, in chronological order: Top Investor...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
270,000 Ohio Employers Win Workers’ Comp Ruling
Dec 31 2012 // A judge’s ruling against the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation may end up costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars. The ruling issued Friday also could mean that more than 270,000 Ohio employers are...
R-T to Acquire Workers’ Comp Wholesaler IFIS in California
Dec 28 2012 // R-T Specialty LLC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire West Coast workers’ compensation specialist International Facilities Insurance Services. Chicago, Ill.-based R-T is the brokerage arm of Ryan Specialty...
Missouri Republicans to Tackle Workers’ Compensation
Dec 28 2012 // Nearly two dozen years after Monroe Gunter retired from a long career at a Missouri power company, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos. Gunter sued his former employer, claiming...
Former Illinois Policeman Accused of Worker’s Comp Fraud
Dec 26 2012 // A former police officer in a southwestern Illinois village is accused of collecting nearly $190,000 in fraudulent benefits. A Madison County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Richard Turner of Glen Carbon on Thursday of two...
Workplace Deaths Rise In North Dakota Oil Patch
Dec 26 2012 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is offering safety training to companies in the state’s booming oil patch, an effort to decrease job-related deaths and injuries happening most often to...
Australian Court Rules Workers’ Comp Covers Sex Mishap
Dec 20 2012 // An Australian court has ruled that a bureaucrat who was injured while having sex on a business trip is eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. The Full Bench of the Federal Court ruled Dec. 13 in favor of the...
56 Insurance Carriers Deemed High Performers in Texas Work Comp System
Dec 20 2012 // Texas workers’ compensation system regulators report that 56 insurance carriers have been deemed high performers in the system. Announcing the results of the fourth Insurance Carrier Performance Based Oversight...
OSHA Cites Postal Service in Missouri Carrier’s Death
Dec 20 2012 // Federal regulators have proposed a $70,000 fine against the U.S. Postal Service in the death of a mail carrier who had complained about feeling ill from the heat. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced...
Carriers ‘Uncertain’ About California Workers’ Comp Reform
Dec 19 2012 // Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles to look at California’s workers’ compensation reform law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2013. Insurance carriers, along with the many stakeholders...
New Jersey OKs 8.3% Hike in Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 18 2012 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has approved an 8.3 percent increase in manual rates and rating values applicable to New Jersey workers compensation and employers liability insurance effective January 1,...
Texas Food Processing Companies Fined $134K for Alleged Safety Violations
Dec 18 2012 // Two Fort Worth, Texas-based companies have been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for multiple serious safety and health violations. Penalties total $134,000...
Tennessee Business Owner Indicted for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 18 2012 // Tennessee authorities announced recently that a Memphis business owner had been indicted for alleged workers’ compensation fraud. The state grand jury for Shelby County indicted Richard Nobles for four counts of...
Traffic Accidents Lead Cause of High-Severity Workers’ Comp Injuries: Study
Dec 18 2012 // Traffic accidents are a leading cause of high-severity workers’ compensation injuries. Moreover, they are pervasive; indeed, a 2006 study by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) noted that even the...
