Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nevada Lowers Workers’ Comp Costs 3.9%
Feb 7 2011 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Brett Barratt approved a filing for an average decrease of 3.9 percent for Nevada workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs and an average decrease of 2.2 percent for...
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Feb 7 2011 // The Main Street America Group has appointed Bruce Fox to serve as the group’s general counsel. Fox has been serving as corporate counsel for the property and casualty group since 2007. He will report to Main Street...
Tennessee Construction Owners Must Register
Feb 7 2011 // A new Tennessee law is requiring all construction firm owners to register with the state if they choose to opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation system. The law is designed to protect general contractors...
Main Street’s Hardest Hit Businesses
Feb 7 2011 // Agents across the country — except in Texas and neighboring states — agree that construction and related trades have been hardest hit by the recession. Restaurants appear to be the second hardest hit. In terms of lines...
Missouri AG Settles with TPAs Over Workers’ Comp Violations
Feb 4 2011 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has reached agreements with two companies who the attorney general’s office says violated Missouri’s workers’ compensation law by knowingly failing to report worker...
Bordelon Reappointed as Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation
Feb 4 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry reappointed Rod A. Bordelon Jr. of Austin as commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2013. Bordelon has served as...
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate to Provide Workers’ Comp Nationally
Feb 3 2011 // The Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies (BHHC) now has the ability to provide workers’ compensation coverage to their clients in every state that allows private insurers to compete for business. Currently, BHHC...
Montana Bill Would Send Workers’ Comp Out for Bid
Feb 3 2011 // A Montana senator believes the state might save money if part of the workers’ compensation program were administered by a private insurance company. Sen. Jim Keane urged members of the Senate Business, Labor, and...
Csiszar, Ex-Regulator, Named to Board of Florida’s Patriot National
Feb 3 2011 // Ernest N. Csiszar, former South Carolina insurance commissioner and head of a national insurers organization, has been named to the board of directors of Patriot National Insurance Group and Guarantee Insurance Co. Csiszar...
Illinois Changes Procedure for Workers’ Comp Pro Se Settlement Contracts
Feb 1 2011 // The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that as of March 1, 2011, no case settlement contracts will be approved until the case has been assigned a case number and setting. The IWCC said that in the...
Liens Stress California Workers’ Comp System
Feb 1 2011 // Liens are “choking” California’s workers’ compensation system, with employers and insurers spending roughly $200 million per year on loss adjustment expense to handle medical liens claims, according...
Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Medical Costs Per Claim Increasing
Jan 31 2011 // The increased cost and more frequent use of medical care provided to injured workers in Wisconsin drove up the average medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in recent years, according to a new study by the...
Utah Bill Targets Construction Companies That Skirt Workers’ Comp
Jan 31 2011 // Utah Senate Bill 35 is going after construction companies, requiring them to pay workers’ compensation and contribute to unemployment insurance and withholding taxes as long as their employees own less than 20...
Washington Approves 12% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Jan 31 2011 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has approved an increase to the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates by an average 12 percent or 6.5 cents per hour for 2011. The new...
Massachusetts Attorney General Wants Tougher Workers’ Comp Penalties
Jan 31 2011 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wants more severe criminal penalties for businesses that go without workers’ compensation insurance for their employees. A bill filed earlier this month by...
Florida Businessman Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 31 2011 // Florida officials have charged a Duval County man with allegedly creating a fake company and fake name as part of a workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of David...
Liberty Northwest Develops Safety Program for Montana Employers
Jan 28 2011 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has announced an overall retro rating adjustment of nearly 28 percent in workers’ compensation insurance premium adjustments and premium surcharge...
Cause of Deadly West Virginia Factory Blast Still Uncertain
Jan 27 2011 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board believes either metal shavings or dust were the source of an explosion that killed three men in a West Virginia factory, but the investigator in charge said his team has yet to determine...
OSHA Fines New Hampshire Paper Company in Worker Death
Jan 27 2011 // A federal agency is fining a New Hampshire paper company for intentional safety violations in the death of a 34-year-old worker who was pulled through a paper rolling machine. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Hair Named Chief Risk Operator for Utah Workers Compensation Fund
Jan 26 2011 // Dan Hair, Utah Workers Compensation Fund senior vice president and chief underwriting and safety officer, has been promoted to chief risk operator. He will be responsible for developing and implementing an enterprise risk...
