Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Check Fraud Efforts Produce Results
Aug 1 2012 // Just months after Florida lawmakers enacted a new law designed to target the role of check cashing companies in the construction industry, state officials announced a string of arrests netting more than $140 million in...
OSHA Urges W.Va. Outdoor Workers to Stay Safe, Prevent Heat Illness
Aug 1 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking employers to make sure their workers are taking necessary precautions to prevent heat illness while working in hot...
Private Claims Firm Saves Louisiana’s Risk Management Agency $1.4M
Jul 30 2012 // A private company based in Mandeville contracted to run much of the claims processing and management handled by Louisiana’s Office of Risk Management has been producing results ahead of schedule, legislative auditors...
Fines, Penalties, Back Wages Add Up for Louisiana Seafood Company
Jul 30 2012 // A Louisiana seafood company is facing nearly $250,000 in fines, penalties and back wages for exposing workers to hazards and underpaying employees. The U.S. Department of Labor issued findings from investigations of...
Ohio Injured Workers Fund Battling Painkillers
Jul 30 2012 // Nearly a third of the prescriptions the state’s insurance fund for injured workers paid for last year were for powerful narcotics, part of a 37 percent increase in the use of such drugs — mainly addictive...
Liberty Mutual: Much More Rate Hikes Needed to Correct Underpricing
Jul 26 2012 // The upward pricing trends are continuing in the U.S commercial lines, but much more rate increases are still needed to correct the chronic underpricing in the industry, Liberty Mutual CEO David Long remarked. “In...
Report: Calif. Head and Spine Injuries Cost $500M in 10 years
Jul 25 2012 // Head and spinal injuries cost California’s workers’ compensation insurers more than $500 million over 10 years, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute’s “Injury Score...
Pennsylvania Firm Fined $117K for Safety Violations at Houston Plant
Jul 23 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited King of Prussia, Pa.-based Arkema Inc. with 12 serious, one repeat and one other-than-serious violations for exposing workers to...
First Quarter Premium Up 4% for P/C Companies
Jul 23 2012 // Homeowners, Private Passenger Auto and Workers’ Compensation Lines Impact Premium Growth Through the first quarter 2012, total direct premium written (DPW) for all property/casualty insurers is up 4 percent compared...
Carolina Sheriff’s Shooting Stress Not Covered by Comp
Jul 23 2012 // A deputy sheriff is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his mental distress that followed his shooting of a suspect in the course of his job, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court said...
N.J. Court Rules on Workers’ Comp Occupational Stress Claim
Jul 23 2012 // A New Jersey court struck down recently a claim by a former bank employee who sought workers’ comp disability benefits for what the claimant described as a psychological illness caused by occupational stress. The...
N.C. Workers’ Comp Data Dispute Resolved
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
Texas Supreme Court: Bad Faith Tort Inconsistent with Workers’ Comp System
Jul 23 2012 // In what has been called a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Texas has found that a bad faith cause of action is inconsistent with the current workers’ compensation system. The Court’s decision strengthens...
New York State to Lower Workers’ Comp Premiums for Businesses by 1.2%
Jul 18 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that New York State employers will see a reduction in workers’ compensation premium rates. He said rates to policyholders will see a decrease of 1.2 percent in the upcoming...
Why Workers’ Compensation Leads in E&O Claims
Jul 16 2012 // Every year, errors and omissions (E&O) claims arising out of the placement of workers’ compensation account for approximately 10 percent of all claims. Many of those workers’ comp claims are well in excess...
USG Adds Reilly in Workers’ Compensation Division
Jul 16 2012 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has expanded its Allied American Underwriters operations in Benton, Ark., and added Stephanie Reilly as a producer/broker specializing in workers’...
North Carolina Resolves Media Concerns Over Workers’ Comp Data
Jul 13 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
Workers’ Comp Claims Frequency Was Down 1% in 2011: NCCI
Jul 13 2012 // Workers’ compensation claim frequency declined slightly in 2011, by a modest one percent, after increasing in 2010 for the first time in more than a decade. According to the industry’s rating and statistical...
Lump Sum Settlements Encourage Return to Work: Study
Jul 13 2012 // Lump sum settlements in workers’ compensation claims encourage injured workers to return to work, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI). The study, Return to Work...
South Carolina Sheriff Denied Workers’ Comp After Shooting
Jul 12 2012 // A deputy sheriff is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his mental distress that followed his shooting of a suspect in the course of his job, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court said...
