Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Medical Cost per Worker High in Wisconsin; Utilization Low
Oct 29 2010 // Higher medical costs per claim in Wisconsin are offset by much lower utilization of medical services in the state’s workers compensation system. As a result, medical payments per workers’ comp claim in...
Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Costs Per Claim Stabilizing
Oct 29 2010 // After four years of decreases, medical costs per workers’ compensation claim in Texas stabilized in 2007, reflecting the impact of reforms enacted in 2001 and much of those passed in 2005, according to a study by the...
Alabama City Denies Workers’ Compensation for Injured Off-Duty Cop
Oct 29 2010 // Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange said the city is not able to grant workers’ compensation benefits to the family of injured police Cpl. David Brown. The family filed a lawsuit against the city seeking the benefits for...
Massachusetts Prison Guard Accused of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 29 2010 // A former Massachusetts prison guard has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran long-distance races while collecting worker’s compensation for an on-the-job injury he said made it impossible to do strenuous...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Rates Given a Nudge
Oct 27 2010 // North Carolina employers’ costs for workers’ compensation will inch up next spring under an agreement reached between the state and insurers. The settlement ordered a 0.6 percent increase for voluntary market...
Business, Labor Battle Over Wash. Workers’ Comp Initiative
Oct 27 2010 // A seemingly dry topic that actually generates some of the most heated political battles in Washington state is on the ballot for voters this year: workers’ compensation insurance. Washington is one of four states...
Sherman Resigns from Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission
Oct 26 2010 // The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission reported that Commissioner Barbara Sherman has resigned effective Oct.25, 2010. Sherman has served on the Commission for 20 years. Commissioner Gore will cover oral...
High Unemployment Rate a Drag on Workers’ Compensation Insurers
Oct 25 2010 // The weak outlook for U.S. employment could hurt insurers that cover work-related injuries. Persistently high unemployment translates to fewer workers to cover, which cuts into revenue. And workers compensation providers...
Illinois Workers’ Comp 2011 Medical Fees to Increase 1.08%
Oct 25 2010 // Medical fees provided for in the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act will increase 1.08 percent in 2011, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission reports. Fee schedule rates increase or decrease by the...
Agents Put $300,000 Behind Wash. Workers’ Comp System Privatization
Oct 25 2010 // A recent poll shows that Washingtonians are divided over whether to open the state workers’ compensation system up to the private market. Elway Poll results indicate 31 percent of voters are in favor of passing voter...
North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Medical Costs Among Highest
Oct 22 2010 // North Carolina’s medical costs per workers’ compensation claim were among the highest in a study of 15 states, according to a new report. The study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research...
Workers Injured in Pennsylvania Coke Blast Sue U.S. Steel
Oct 22 2010 // Three men burned in a July explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works have sued claiming the steelmaker’s managers directed them to repair a “live” gas line even after an alarm went off warning...
Montana Has Highest Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Oct 22 2010 // Montana has the highest workers’ compensation premium rates in the nation, at $3.33 per $100 of payroll, followed next by Alaska, which has a rate of $3.10 per $100 of payroll, according to a new study. In the 2010...
Businesses Support/Fight Wash. Workers’ Comp Initiative
Oct 22 2010 // Supporters of Washington’s workers’ compensation initiative 1082 have raised more than $3.3 million to try to open the state’s workers’ compensation system to the private market and eliminate the...
Texas Workers’ Comp Sept. Enforcements Bring Nearly $268K in Fines
Oct 22 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation in September issued nearly $268,000 in fines in disciplinary actions. The orders issued by Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Rate Reform Highlighted in National Study
Oct 22 2010 // A nationally-recognized study on the cost of workers’ compensation shows Ohio rates have improved dramatically over the past three years, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation reported. The Oregon Study is...
California Commissioner Hopeful: Assemblyman Mike Villines
Oct 21 2010 // The election for California Insurance Commissioner is a weighty one. The person selected will be in charge of regulating the approximately 1,500 insurance companies doing business in the state. Assemblyman and Republican...
California Commissioner Hopeful: Assemblyman Dave Jones
Oct 21 2010 // On November 2, Californians will select a new insurance commissioner, charged with regulating the fourth-largest insurance market in the world at about $160 billion. Assemblyman and Democrat Dave Jones recently shared why...
UNICO Group Named WorkComp ‘Agency of the Year’
Oct 21 2010 // The Institute of WorkComp Professionals has named the UNICO Group of Lincoln, Neb., its “Agency of the Year.” “The UNICO Group has done a superb job showing employers that they can save money by working...
Utah Workers’ Compensation Carrier to Expand in the Western U.S.
Oct 21 2010 // Utah Business Insurance Company (UBIC) has retained Andrew Olwert as part of its leadership team in order to expand its footprint in the West. Mr. Olwert will initially help UBIC position itself both operationally and...
