Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Morrison Appointed Chief Legal Officer at Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Nov 6 2012 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer has appointed Sarah Morrison as chief legal counsel. Morrison will be a member of BWC’s executive staff responsible for coordinating...
Risk Innovations to Acquire Work Comp Business of TAS Insurance Group
Nov 6 2012 // Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations LLC announced it will acquire the workers’ compensation book of business of TAS Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. The deal is scheduled to close effective...
Texas Sees Reduction in Average Cost of Work Comp Claim
Nov 6 2012 // The average cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Texas declined recently, following several years of growth, according to a new study, Monitoring the Impact of Reforms and Recession in Texas: CompScope 13th...
Georgia Govenor Names Gobeil to Workers’ Compensation Board
Nov 5 2012 // Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed the wife of a high-ranking state official to the Board of Workers’ Compensation. Deal released an executive order Friday naming Elizabeth Gobeil to replace former GOP state Rep....
Conn., N.Y. Workers’ Comp Among Most Expensive in Nation
Nov 5 2012 // Connecticut employers in the volunteer market pay, on average, the second-highest workers’ compensation premium rates in the country, according to a recent study. Connecticut’s premium rate index, according to...
Conn. Regulators Weigh Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Proposal
Nov 5 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced a 30-day public comment period on the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) voluntary loss cost and assigned risk rate filing. The comment period,...
BrickStreet Still No. 1 in West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Market
Nov 5 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies. The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Up
Nov 5 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he will approve a 6.1 percent rate increase to become effective January 1, 2013 for workers’ compensation. The decision was based on a filing submitted for insurers...
Indiana Agents Benefit from a Healthy Insurance Environment
Nov 5 2012 // And, It’s One They Helped Create, Association Leader Says The current business environment for independent insurance agents in Indiana is pretty good thanks to the hard work and legislative involvement of agents and...
Workers’ Comp Premiums in Texas Drop by 49% Since 2005
Nov 5 2012 // Texas employers are seeing a major reduction in workers’ compensation insurance premiums, an insurance trade group reports. The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) says the drop is the result of reforms in House Bill 7,...
Conn., N.Y. Workers’ Comp Among Most Expensive in Nation
Nov 5 2012 // Connecticut employers in the volunteer market pay, on average, the second-highest workers’ compensation premium rates in the country, according to a recent study. Connecticut’s premium rate index, according to...
PRIUM Names Hefner VP Of Business Development in Southern California
Nov 2 2012 // PRIUM, a workers’ compensation utilization review and medical management company, has named Angela J. Hefner vice president of business development. Based in the Los Angeles area, Hefner is responsible for developing...
Florida OKs 6.1% Workers’ Compensation Rate Hike
Oct 29 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he will approve a 6.1 percent rate increase to become effective January 1, 2013 for workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida. The decision was based the...
Ohio Reduces Workers’ Comp Rate for Local Governments by 5%
Oct 26 2012 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Board of Directors has approved a proposed reduction in average rates for public employer taxing districts by 5 percent. This marks the fourth consecutive year in which public...
Argentina’s Galeno to Handle Mapfre Workers’ Comp, Health Business
Oct 24 2012 // Madrid-based Mapfre is transferring its workers’ compensation and health activities in Argentina to the Argentinian company, Galeno. The transaction also calls for commercial collaboration between both firms, whereby...
Conn. Regulators Weigh Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Proposal
Oct 23 2012 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi announced a 30-day public comment period on the National Council On Compensation Insurance (NCCI) voluntary loss cost and assigned risk rate filing. NCCI is proposing that...
Rising Medical Costs Lead to Hike in Cost Per WC Claim in N.J.: Study
Oct 23 2012 // The cost per workers’ compensation claim in New Jersey rose following the end of the recession, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study said a 10 percent increase in...
N.Y. Group Calls on Workers’ Comp Board to Fully Implement Reforms
Oct 22 2012 // A local commerce association is calling on the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board to fully implement the workers’ comp reforms that were enacted in 2007. The group says the Board’s delay in fully...
Panel Upholds Reduced Workers’ Comp Award for Oklahoma Legislator
Oct 22 2012 // An appeals panel has upheld a controversial ruling that Oklahoma state Rep. Mike Christian is due workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he suffered in a 2009 traffic accident. The panel, however, cut the...
Florida Workers Comp 29th Most Expensive
Oct 22 2012 // Florida’s workers compensation insurance rates have climbed from 40th to 29th most expensive in the nation over the last two years. That 11-point increase was reported in a study released by the Oregon Department of...
