Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Q1 2011 Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate Set at 3.8%
Dec 30 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) has set at 3.8 percent the workers’ compensation interest and discount rate for the first quarter of 2011. This rate is computed by...
Texas’ Adoption of Pharmacy Fee Guidelines Averts Delivery Disruption
Dec 30 2010 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon recently signed an emergency rule adopting amendments to the workers’ comp pharmacy fee guideline. According to industry representatives, the action...
2 Missouri Employers Jailed for Noncompliance With OSHA Citations
Dec 30 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the arrest of two St. Louis, Mo., employers for failing to comply with court sanctions enforcing OSHA citations. Brian Andre,...
Intoxicated New Mexico Worker Still Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
Dec 29 2010 // A New Mexico Court of Appeal has ruled that a Las Cruces city employee who fell off a garbage truck while intoxicated is still eligible to collect workers’ compensation insurance benefits for his injuries. According...
North Carolina Principal Gets Workers’ Compensation After Shooting
Dec 29 2010 // A North Carolina middle school principal who blames his April 2009 shooting on his fight against gangs will receive workers’ compensation for his injuries. The Fayetteville Observer reported that the state Industrial...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Claim Incidence Rate at Record Low
Dec 28 2010 // Oregon workers’ compensation insurance claims rates in 2009 were at the lowest they’ve ever been, at less than 42 percent of the 1989 rate, according to a recently released report by the state’s...
Minnesota to Recieve More Than $2M in AIG Settlement
Dec 28 2010 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce said it stands to receive more than $2 million in its share of a $146 million settlement with American International Group over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t
Dec 23 2010 // The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the region and one that didn’t do as much harm as feared. The April 20 blowout of...
AIG to Pay States $146 Million In Workers Compensation Settlement
Dec 23 2010 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has agreed to pay $146.5 million in fines and additional taxes to state insurance regulators for alleged under-reporting of premiums to states more than a decade ago. The company...
An Improved Ohio Workers’ Comp System Continues to Face Challenges
Dec 23 2010 // The Ohio workers’ compensation system is by all accounts in much better shape than it was in the dark days of 2007, when the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was embroiled in a series of investment...
2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West
Dec 23 2010 // In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of what they used to be, and unemployment and home foreclosure rates up, said Kevin...
Oklahoma Legislator to Continue Push for Workers’ Comp Reform
Dec 22 2010 // An Oklahoma state representative says he’s prepared to introduce legislation to further improve the state’s workers’ compensation system. Rep. Mark McCullough says the recent recommendations of the Task...
Ohio Businessman Sentenced for Theft and Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 22 2010 // A Pickaway County medical equipment supplier was sentenced in early December on charges of theft and workers’ compensation fraud. Marcus Brown, owner of Acme Elevator, located in Circleville, was convicted in...
Kentucky Builders, Insurer Partner in Workers’ Compensation Program
Dec 20 2010 // A builders’ association is teaming with Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurer to offer a new workers’ compensation program to its members in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Kentucky...
Collapsed Arkansas Silo Not Checked for Safety in 19 Years
Dec 20 2010 // Federal safety regulators had not conducted an inspection in nearly 20 years at a southwest Arkansas grain silo that collapsed and killed a Tyson Foods Inc. worker last week, according to documents from the Occupational...
American Claims Management Announces New Business Relationship with Zurich
Dec 20 2010 // CLARIFICATION OF RELEASE SENT ON 12/20/2010 San Diego, CA 12/21/10 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM) announces a new business relationship with Zurich North America Commercial’s Programs business...
Montana Workers’ Comp Bill Changes Course
Dec 17 2010 // Members of a Montana state panel were told that their bill for workers’ compensation reform was “dead on arrival” in the House and would therefore introduce the package in the Senate in the hopes approval...
Illinois Agents Call for Quick Action on Workers’ Compensation Reform
Dec 17 2010 // Independent insurance agents in Illinois are urging state lawmakers to pass workers’ compensation reforms in early January, before a new General Assembly will be sworn in. “The facts are alarming,” stated...
Missouri Recommends 11% Drop in Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Dec 16 2010 // After reviewing statewide data for insurance claims paid by employers for injured workers in 2010, the Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 11.1 percent decrease in workers’ compensation rates for 2011....
CompWest Announces Workers’ Comp Program for Golf, Country Clubs
Dec 16 2010 // CompWest Insurance Co. has joined with Club Learning Institute (CLI) to provide an exclusive workers’ compensation program for golf and country club business. The program is available to private and semi-private...
