Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New York Workers’ Compensation Cost Hike Approved
Jul 20 2011 // New York regulators have approved an average 9.1 percent hike in loss costs used by insurers, which is less than the 10.4 percent increase sought by the industry. The New York State Insurance Department approved the...
8.8% Reduction in Voluntary Advisory Rates Filed in Illinois
Jul 19 2011 // In response to the recent enactment of the Illinois workers’ compensation reform measure, House Bill 1698, workers’ compensation insurance database manager National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. filed...
Moran Named to California Workers’ Compensation Administrator Post
Jul 19 2011 // Rosa Moran, 50, of Oakland, has been appointed administrative director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation by Gov. Jerry Brown. Moran has served as a workers’ compensation judge since 2005....
California Workers’ Comp Veteran Havlick Dies
Jul 18 2011 // California workers’ compensation industry veteran Joseph (Joe) George Havlick passed away on July 11 in Reno, Nev. Havlick’s insurance career spanned decades and included the formation of two successful...
Texas PEO Law Standardizes Rules for Releasing Workers’ Comp Loss Information
Jul 18 2011 // A new Texas law backed by agents groups requires professional employer organizations (PEOs) and staff leasing firms to provide workers’ comp loss information to employer clients in a timely manner. The Independent...
As Tech Devices Shrink, Work Comp Exposure Grows
Jul 18 2011 // Employers Need Rules for Mobile Employees Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while...
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Bill
Jul 18 2011 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a change to the state’s worker’s compensation insurance laws that will allow insurers to write coverage for owners and partners of small businesses. Agents in state have...
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Jul 18 2011 // Barbara Zito has been named senior vice president of Marketing at Founders Insurance Co. in Des Plaines, Ill. Founders is a member company of the Utica National Insurance Group of New Hartford, N.Y. Zito is responsible for...
New Jersey Court OKs Workers’ Compensation in Obesity Death Case
Jul 18 2011 // The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office is eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, a New Jersey appeals court ruled. The case has raised...
Calif. Returns Workers’ Comp to ‘Bad Ole Days’
Jul 18 2011 // When the Fifth District Court of Appeal (DCA) in California refused to review the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s (WCAB) en banc decision in State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) v. WCAB (Almaraz) on...
Florida Tweaks Its Workers’ Compensation Law
Jul 18 2011 // A variety of changes to Florida’s workers’ compensation law went into effect July 1 after Gov. Rick Scott signed into law CS/HB 1087. The changes affect cancellations, premium audits and prepaid benefit...
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Jul 18 2011 // Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting...
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...
