Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Baker Appointed to Lead California Department of Industrial Relations
Mar 29 2011 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Christine Baker as chief deputy director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). Baker has served as the executive officer of the Commission on Health Safety and...
Texas Business Owner Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Tax Evasion
Mar 29 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Gary C. Quintinsky of Houston to a two-year prison term for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Upon completion of his state...
West Virginia Counties’ Program Expanding to Workers’ Compensation
Mar 29 2011 // A West Virginia risk pool created to provide property and liability coverage to counties around the state is looking to expand into workers’ compensation. The West Virginia Counties Group Self-Insurance Risk Pool...
Hallmark Financial Services Acquires Texas Builders Insurance
Mar 28 2011 // Hallmark Financial Services Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announced that its subsidiary, American Hallmark Insurance Co. of Texas, is acquiring TBIC Holding Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Texas...
Montana Bill to Deny Workers’ Comp to Illegal Aliens Stalls in Senate Committee
Mar 28 2011 // A bill that would deny workers’ compensation to illegal immigrants who have jobs in Montana was tabled by a Senate committee after several insurers and businesses warned it would do more harm than good to...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Finds Fraud at 6 Postal Contractors
Mar 25 2011 // Six postal contractors in Ohio have been sanctioned for workers’ compensation fraud, state regulators say. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) said a task force created by its Special Investigations...
Montana Gov. Amendments Added to Workers’ Comp Bill
Mar 25 2011 // A Montana state Senate committee got a look at the newest version of what is being labeled a “historic” workers’ compensation reform bill that was crafted by Republicans and now includes amendments from...
Mont. Governor Endorses Workers’ Comp Compromise
Mar 25 2011 // Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s administration said Wednesday that it is supporting a deal with Republicans to cut workers’ compensation insurance rates that are widely regarded as too expensive, paving the way for a...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Receives Nearly $2M from Jailed Doctor
Mar 24 2011 // Ohio workers’ compensation system regulators have received nearly $2 million from an Akron area anesthesiologist who was convicted in 2006 on 56 criminal counts of health care and insurance fraud. Dr. Jorge Martinez...
Alaska House Approves Updated Workers’ Comp Fee Schedules
Mar 23 2011 // The Alaska State House of Representatives has passed legislation to modernize the state’s workers’ compensation procedural fee schedules. House Labor & Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Kurt Olson, R-Kenai,...
Happy 100th Birthday Workers’ Compensation: The Great Tradeoff!
Mar 23 2011 // Happy 100th Birthday Workers’ Compensation: Now What ? This year marks the 100th anniversary of the workers’ compensation system in the U.S. As Christopher Boggs, director of Education for Insurance...
Pennsylvania Ponders Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Mar 23 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania will urge lawmakers today to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance...
Commentary: 100 Percent PD Award Encourages Discrimination
Mar 22 2011 // Bradford & Barthel has filed a Petition for Review with the California Supreme Court questioning whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board may make a 100 percent permanent disability award that ignores the...
Connecticut Woman Tests State Workers’ Comp Laws
Mar 22 2011 // The fiancée of a victim of last August’s shooting rampage at a beer distributorship in Manchester, Connecticut is putting the state’s workers’ compensation benefits law to the test. Stephanie Laurin was...
Majestic Capital Terminates Merger Agreement with Bayside Capital
Mar 21 2011 // Bermuda-based Majestic Capital Ltd. announced that Bayside Capital Partners LLC has terminated the previously announced merger agreement with Majestic Capital. In its termination notice, Bayside cited a material...
2 Worker’s Comp Fixes at Odds in Washington State
Mar 21 2011 // Rep. Mike Sells didn’t mince words. The Everett, Wash., Democrat doesn’t plan to allow a hearing in his committee on a state Senate bill that would allow settlements for injured workers under the state’s...
Decision on Workers’ Comp for Illegal Workers Left to States
Mar 21 2011 // The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent refusal to hear a workers’ compensation insurance case that concerned an illegal immigrant who had sought coverage after a workplace accident means states are left to decide the...
Oregon AIG Settlement
Mar 21 2011 // Oregon will receive about $3.6 million as part of a multi-state settlement with the American International Group over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance premiums. A two-year examination of AIG and its...
Idaho Companies Could Get Workers’ Comp Tax Break
Mar 21 2011 // Idaho companies could receive a $3.2 million break on taxes they pay on their workers’ compensation premiums over the next two years. The State Industrial Commission has about $17 million in the fund it uses to...
Declarations
Mar 21 2011 // Flood Insurance Reform “There is no question that the program is in dire need of reform. For many years, the NFIP has been — for lack of a better phrase — under water. In the near-term, important reforms to the...
