Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Work Comp Commission Shuts Down Business Located in Its Building
Jan 10 2011 // On Jan. 4, 2011, the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission (IWCC) shut down a restaurant located in the same building as IWCC offices for noncompliance with the state’s workers’ compensation laws. The IWCC...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Approves 12 Companies to Self-Insure
Jan 10 2011 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewals of the Certificates of Authority for 12 companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a...
Kansas to Receive $500K in AIG Workers’ Comp Settlement
Jan 6 2011 // A signed legal settlement with American International Group will net the State of Kansas general fund $500,000, according to Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance. “The AIG settlement for Kansas was part of a...
Frank Gates/Avizent Acquires Ohio Workers’ Comp, Managed Care Firm
Jan 5 2011 // Columbus, Ohio-based Frank Gates Service Co. / Avizent, a national claims and risk management service provider, announced it has acquired Vantage Health Plan Inc. (VHP), the parent of a certified Managed Care Organization...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Market Remains Competitive: Report
Jan 5 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
CompPartners Names Hutchings Account Manager
Jan 5 2011 // Sue C. Hutchings has joined CompPartners, a workers’ compensation, disability, and group health managed care organization, as account manager. She brings 25 years of experience to the position, having most recently...
Insurers To Pay New York $120M for Premium Overcharges
Jan 4 2011 // New York officials say four insurance groups have agreed to pay a total of about $120 million in excess workers’ compensation surcharges to the state. The attorney general’s office says the companies collected...
Top Workers’ Compensation News in 2010
Jan 4 2011 // Soft market conditions with unabated price competition and a slow economy with reduced payrolls continued to affect commercial liens including the the workers’ compensation industry in 2010, as they did in...
Illinois Official Calls for Probe of Workers’ Comp Claims at Prison
Jan 4 2011 // The head of Illinois’ workers’ compensation commission is calling for an investigation of nearly $10 million paid out in claims to more than half the staff of a southwestern Illinois prison over the past three...
Obesity Increases the Risk of Disabling Workplace Injuries
Dec 31 2010 // Recent research confirms anecdotal data that work-related injuries are far more costly if an injured worker is obese. In fact, a claim with an obese diagnosis can be 30 times to 60 times more expensive than a comparable...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates To Increase 3.7%
Dec 31 2010 // Idaho workers’ compensation insurance rates will be increasing an average of 3.7 percent in 2011, according to the state Department of Insurance. The average rate increase is based on National Council on Compensation...
Calif. Regulator Urges Gov.-Elect Brown to Preserve Workers’ Comp Reforms
Dec 31 2010 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced he has sent a letter to Gov.-Elect Jerry Brown to urge him to preserve the workers’ compensation insurance reforms that have reduced the Workers’...
Test Your 2010 Insurance News IQ: 25 Questions
Dec 31 2010 // Are you an insurance news hound? Test your insurance news IQ and find out. The following questions and answers (at bottom of the page– don’t cheat!) were developed based on news stories published by...
Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Adds 3 to Management Team
Dec 30 2010 // Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., a Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, has added the following individuals to its management team: Dave Lorino has been named vice president of Claims for Stonetrust....
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...
