Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Governor Appoints 29 Workers’ Comp Arbitrators
Oct 17 2011 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has appointed 29 arbitrators in Illinois’ workers’ compensation system. Arbitrators rule on claims filed under the state’s Workers Compensation Act. The appointments are part...
Why Agents Need Workers’ Comp Manuals
Oct 17 2011 // Workers’ compensation is a game of rules. Like all other games, from Monopoly to football, if you don’t know the rules, you’re going to find it difficult to win. We don’t normally think of insurance...
Ohio New Employer Comp Program Approved
Oct 17 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved the creation of Grow Ohio, a program targeted toward job creation by lowering workers’ comp costs for employers new to Ohio, agency...
Florida Weighs Workers’ Comp Hike, Cost of Doctor-Dispensed Drugs
Oct 13 2011 // Florida employers could have to pay more in workers’ compensation premiums if regulators go along with a proposed statewide average 8.9 percent rate hike. The rate change may also trigger legislative action to clamp...
New Tennessee Workers’ Comp Exemption Law Takes Effect
Oct 13 2011 // More people are now eligible to claim exemptions from workers’ compensation in Tennessee as a result of a new law that took effect this month. The law expands eligibility for people who can apply for and be listed on...
New Jersey Workers’ Comp Insurers Seek 6.9% Rate Hike
Oct 12 2011 // The New Jersey Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau has filed a request with regulators to increase workers’ compensation rates by 6.9 percent effective 2012. “It will be reviewed by the Department of...
Three Work Comp Safety Groups Earn Combined $848K in Texas Mutual Dividends
Oct 11 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that three workers’ compensation safety groups have earned a combined $847,714 in dividends. The dividends were based largely on each group’s overall loss ratio. The largest...
California Gov. Brown Vetoes, Signs Workers’ Comp Bills
Oct 11 2011 // California Gov. Brown on Friday vetoed three bills insurers said would have raised workers’ compensation costs. According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), the vetoed bills “would have unwound a key...
Stine Sworn in as Nebraska Workers’ Comp Court Judge
Oct 7 2011 // Judge Tom Stine has been sworn in to serve on the bench of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. Attorney General Jon Bruning opened and officiated the swearing-in ceremony, which took place in the Nebraska State...
S&P Affirms Liberty Mutual, Affiliates Ratings; Revises Outlook to Positive
Oct 7 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Liberty Mutual Group (LGMI, and the members of the Liberty Mutual Intercompany Pool, the Peerless Intercompany Pool, and other rated insurance...
Former Maryland Insurance Commissioner Orr Joins Workers’ Comp Insurer
Oct 3 2011 // Former Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr has joined Towson, Md.-based IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance as senior vice president of information systems. In his new role, he will be responsible for...
NFIB, EMPLOYERS Expand WC Program to Eight Additional States
Oct 3 2011 // The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has extended its discounted workers’ compensation coverage benefits to its members in Colorado, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Arkansas...
Program to Lower Workers’ Comp Rates for New Employers in Ohio Approved
Oct 3 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved the creation of Grow Ohio, a program targeted toward job creation by lowering workers’ comp costs for employers new to Ohio, agency...
Insurance Risks of Business Travelers
Oct 3 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there. Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Workers’ Comp Rates Expected to Drop in Oklahoma
Oct 3 2011 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates for Oklahoma businesses are expected to drop in 2012, now that the insurance department has approved a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance that reflects a...
Why Agents Need Workers’ Comp Manuals
Oct 3 2011 // Workers’ compensation is a game of rules. Like all other games, from Monopoly to football, if you don’t know the rules, you’re going to find it difficult to win. We don’t normally think of insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Rate Hike for Oregon
Sep 30 2011 // The Department of Consumer and Business Services announced the pure premium rate for workers’ compensation will increase 1.9 percent starting in 2012, the first rate hike in Oregon in more than 20 years. The decision...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Lower Rates for Public Employers Proposed
Sep 29 2011 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer has proposed an overall five percent decrease in rates for public employer taxing districts (PEC). The reduction would be effective Jan. 1,...
Safety Group Says Conn. Blast Shows Need for ‘Gas Blow’ Rule
Sep 29 2011 // A national safety group is urging states and regulators to adopt new standards that would ban a pipe-cleaning practice blamed for a 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion that killed six workers. The National Fire...
Jones Explains New California Workers’ Comp Calculations at Public Hearing
Sep 28 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones explained during a public hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday why the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is restructuring how the state’s workers’...
