Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Approves 8.9% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Oct 25 2011 // Employers in Florida will be paying more for workers’ compensation coverage next year following the state insurance chief’s approval of an 8.9 percent statewide average rate hike. Florida Insurance Commissioner...
Marsh Says Workers’ Comp Rates Fell 1.1% on Average in Q3
Oct 25 2011 // Workers’ compensation rates decreased an average of 1.1 percent and a median of 1.5 percent at renewal during the third quarter, according to Marsh. The New York-headquartered brokerage firm released the data on Oct....
Penn. Court Strikes Down Workers’ Comp Exclusion in UIM Policy
Oct 24 2011 // Pennsylvania Supreme Court stuck down an exclusion in an employer’s underinsured motorist policy. The policy from Penn PRIME had excluded underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage for a local police officer because he was...
Workers’ Comp Results Deteriorated for Northeastern States Last Year
Oct 20 2011 // Most states in the northeastern region reported deteriorating workers’ compensation underwriting results last year, according to latest data from A.M. Best. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maine and Rhode Island...
California Workers’ Comp Institute Compiles List of Bills Signed by Brown
Oct 19 2011 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Wednesday released a review and compilation of 20 bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2001. The bills include: • AB 55, Gatto: Extension of the right of...
Pro-business Groups Praise Brown’s Workers’ Comp Record; Warn about 2012
Oct 18 2011 // A pair of California pro-business groups focused on workers’ compensation on Tuesday hailed Gov. Jerry Brown’s record on handling legislation sent to him this year in a combined report that offers their take on...
Senior Management Changes at Utah Workers Compensation Fund
Oct 18 2011 // Bob Short has been promoted from senior vice president of claims for Salt Lake City, Utah-based Workers Compensation Fund to executive vice president. Short joined WCF in 1993 as senior vice president of claims. Short is...
Texas Workers’ Comp September Enforcements Include $118K in Fines
Oct 18 2011 // Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for September include $118,000 in fines, the department announced. Final disciplinary orders for...
Workers’ Compensation Market Outlook Still Grim: A.M. Best
Oct 18 2011 // The U.S. workers’ compensation insurance segment continued to face competitive pricing, further rate decreases, weak macroeconomic factors, growing medical costs and an uptick in claim frequency during 2010. As a...
Outlining the Risks of the Business Traveler
Oct 17 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...
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...
