Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Counties Join West Virginia Risk Pool
Jul 18 2011 // In the wake of a decision by a West Virginia workers’ compensation insurer to drop its program for government agencies, more counties are lining up to join a risk pool. County governments throughout the state are...
Illinois Lawyer Targeted in Trooper Worker’s Comp Investigation
Jul 14 2011 // Illinois’ Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has filed a complaint against a lawyer who represented a state trooper injured in a wreck he caused that killed two sisters. The commission contends...
House Committee Approves Federal Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Jul 14 2011 // A House committee has advanced legislation updating the workers’ compensation program for federal employees. The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed with unanimous support the Federal...
Hamilton, Abrams Appointed to Ohio BWC Leadership Team
Jul 14 2011 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has appointed two veteran workers’ compensation and insurance industry professionals to leadership roles. Dale Hamilton will serve as chief operating officer and Kevin...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Loss and Expense Payments Increase Nearly 3%
Jul 13 2011 // California workers’ compensation insurer’s loss and expense payments totaled more than $11 billion in calendar year 2010, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, which issued a report...
Wash. Workers’ Comp Prescription Drug Costs Among the Lowest
Jul 13 2011 // The high cost for prescription drugs for injured workers in some states is a major issue for policymakers, but not in Washington state, where costs were among the lowest compared to 17 other states, according to a new...
Insurer Wants to Sign 100 Agents in 100 Days
Jul 13 2011 // A commercial lines insurer is on a mission to sign a number of independent agents— as many as 100 of them —within the next 100 days. From July 12 through October 12, South Carolina-based Accident Insurance Co. (AIC)...
Greig Joins Third Coast Underwriters as Sr. Claims Examiner in Gulf Region
Jul 12 2011 // Third Coast Underwriters, a specialty markets operation that offers workers’ compensation insurance for underserved markets that have complex risks, has appointed Gordon Greig as senior claims examiner for the Gulf...
Calif. Commissioner Pegs $32M to Fight Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
Jul 11 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has announced nearly $32 million in grants have been awarded to district attorneys across the Golden State to assist them with the investigation and prosecution of...
California Workers’ Comp Doctors Take Aim at State Fund Contract
Jul 11 2011 // A controversy in the California workers’ compensation market over a revised provider contract threatens to erupt into an all-out legal brawl as doctors for injured workers and applicants’ attorneys take aim at...
California Completes Majestic Insurance Transfer to AmTrust
Jul 11 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on July 8 the “successful implementation” of a court-approved rehabilitation plan for Majestic Insurance Co., a plan that has been opposed by New York...
Workers’ Comp Rates for Ohio Marine Industry Employers Decrease 20%
Jul 8 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has reduced its rates for marine industry employers by 20 percent, effective July 1, the BWC said. The change lowers the rates for employers conducting business on Ohio...
Florida Tweaks Its Workers’ Compensation Law
Jul 8 2011 // A variety of changes to Florida’s workers’ compensation law went into effect July 1. Gov. Rick Scott signed into law CS/HB 1087, a catch-all insurance bill that includes changes relating to workers’...
Florida’s Patriot National Gets $30M in Funding
Jul 8 2011 // Patriot National Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation provider, said it has received $30 million in equity funding from Six Points Investment Partners LLC. Steven M. Mariano, chairman and chief executive officer...
Certificates of Insurance, Staff Leasing Bills Signed by Texas Governor
Jul 7 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry in mid-June signed a measure backed by agents groups that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage. The...
Penn Millers Introduces Workers Compensation Toolkit
Jul 7 2011 // Penn Millers Insurance Co. has launched ComPENNsation, a web-based workers’ compensation toolkit for agents and insureds. ComPENNsation provides a single point of access to a collection of workers’ compensation...
NFIB, EMPLOYERS Expand Workers’ Comp Program to Eight More States
Jul 6 2011 // The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has extended its discounted workers’ compensation coverage benefits to its members in Minn., Ky., S.C., Iowa, Nev., Utah, Idaho and Ore. through...
Tennessee Workers’ Comp Law on Drug Testing Takes Effect
Jul 5 2011 // A new workers’ compensation law on drug testing became effective, July 1, in Tennessee. Supported by the state’s business community, the new law changes the standard of proof workers must meet to prove that a...
California Workers’ Compensation Law Draws Scrutiny with NFL Case
Jul 5 2011 // A leading Republican in the California State Legislature said he will push for an overhaul of a state labor law that makes the Golden State a magnet for workers’ compensation claims by injured former professional...
Calif. Appeals Court Declines to Review Workers’ Comp Decision
Jul 4 2011 // Fifth District Court of Appeal in California has refused to review the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s (WCAB) en banc decision in State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) v. WCAB (Almaraz). This means...
