Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marsh Advises Risk Managers As C-Suite Expectations Rise
Sep 22 2011 // Global insurance broker Marsh held a webcast on Sept. 21, where the firm’s analysts shared their views on the current business environment including the effects of Hurricane Irene and other catastrophes. The broker...
Texas Workers’ Comp August Enforcements Include Fines of Up to $18K
Sep 22 2011 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced the following disciplinary actions that became final for August 2011. Cherokee Insurance Company of Warren, Mich. Order Number:...
Texas Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates Set
Sep 20 2011 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the maximum weekly benefit rates for workers’ compensation income benefits is set at $787 and the minimum weekly benefit...
Berkley Net Names Foushee Director of South Workers’ Comp
Sep 20 2011 // Workers’ compensation provider Berkley Net Underwriters has created a new south central sales region and named Kevin Foushee as director of business development for the region, which will focus on Arkansas,...
Florida’s SeaWorld Fights OSHA Findings in Trainer’s Death
Sep 20 2011 // SeaWorld Orlando is fighting $75,000 in penalties from a federal job safety agency following last year’s death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged under water. A hearing was held for yesterday...
Zurich Wins West Virginia Workers’ Comp Contract
Sep 19 2011 // West Virginia state agencies will have a new workers’ compensation insurer beginning next month. Zurich Insurance Co. submitted the winning bid of $19 million for the one-year contract. Zurich will replace...
California Passes Bill on Employer Rights in Workers’ Comp Arbitration
Sep 19 2011 // The California State Legislature passed legislation in early September that California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said will make workers’ compensation policies more transparent and fair. The measure, Senate...
Workers’ Comp Rates Advisory Rates Decrease in Illinois
Sep 19 2011 // The Illinois Department of Insurance approved an 8.8 percent decrease in voluntary advisory workers’ compensation rates. The new rate, filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, became effective on...
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Sep 19 2011 // XL Insurance has made six key appointments to its North America Construction team. The latest additions to XL Insurance’s North America construction team include: Lawrence Lejfer — Vice president and senior...
Push to Reverse New York’s Workers’ Comp Guidelines
Sep 19 2011 // New York chiropractors don’t like the new medical treatment guidelines adopted last December by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. These changes focus on the treatment for the mid- and low-back,...
North Carolina Defends Workplace Safety Record as Inspections Drop
Sep 19 2011 // Twenty years after the worst industrial accident in North Carolina history, there are signs that progress in worker safety made after the deaths of 25 people in a chicken plant fire is beginning to wane. The Charlotte...
Lawyers Claim Montana Workers’ Comp Investigators Violate Privacy
Sep 19 2011 // Two Billings attorneys are asking the Montana Supreme Court to stop workers’ compensation investigators from practices that they say violate the privacy rights of workers’ comp claimants. The Billings Gazette...
Mass. Court Rules on Joint Employment Under Workers’ Comp
Sep 19 2011 // Two employers can be held jointly responsible for workers’ compensation benefits for an injured worker whom they both classified as an independent contractor, a Massachusetts court has ruled. The Massachusetts...
Washington Prepares for Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Sep 19 2011 // A workers’ compensation rate increase may be in store for Washington for 2012. A final decision is expecetd in December. The state’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has asked the Workers’...
Workers’ Comp Filing Approved in Oklahoma, Rates Expected to Drop
Sep 16 2011 // The state’s insurance commissioner says the workers’ compensation insurance rates for Oklahoma businesses are expected to drop in 2012. Commissioner John Doak says the insurance department has approved a filing...
30 Ousted Workers’ Comp Arbitrators Still on Job in Illinois
Sep 15 2011 // Thirty Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission arbitrators whose terms were ended by the governor in July are still on the job and are getting paid. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the arbitrators are...
Higher Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in New York Start Oct. 1
Sep 14 2011 // An average 9.1 percent increase in New York State’s workers compensation loss costs is scheduled to go into effect Oct. 1. The planned change was previously approved by the New York State Insurance Department in...
Possible Workers’ Comp Increase in Store for Washington
Sep 13 2011 // A workers’ compensation rate increase may be in store for Washington for 2012. The state’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) on Monday asked the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee for...
Workers’ Comp Ombudsman Program Launched in Minnesota
Sep 8 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has established a new Office of Workers’ Compensation Ombudsman to provide advice and assistance to employees and small businesses. “Our goal is to help...
Texas Mutual Rewards CompGroup AGC with $773K Dividend
Sep 8 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $772,782 dividend to the CompGroup AGC. The workers’ compensation safety group dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio. CompGroup AGC members have...
