Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
May 17 2010 // Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio “The workers compensation insurance industry had a trying year in 2009. And a series of unknown factors – from the pace of economic recovery to the long-term impact of the new...
Arizona Privatizing Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 17 2010 // The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill to privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer as an Arizona mutual insurance company, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. The State Compensation Fund (SCF) was created in 1925...
May 17 2010 // 26.4% The U.S. Department of Agriculture said crop insurance companies posted profits of 26.4 percent last year, and the federal government wants to reduce its spending on crop insurance. Participating farmers pay premiums...
OSHA, Mexican Consulate to Promote Worker Safety in Illinois, Wisconsin
May 13 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an alliance with the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago as part of an effort to provide Mexican nationals in Illinois and...
Arizona Privatizes Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 13 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1045, which repeals and amends state statute, directing the State Compensation Fund — known as SCF Arizona — to privatize and become a mutual insurance...
MEMIC’s Leonard to Chair of Workers’ Comp Organization
May 12 2010 // John T. Leonard, president and CEO of Maine-based workers’ comp insurer the MEMIC Group, has been elected chairman of the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI). NCCI is the a key ratemaking...
Massachusetts Cuts Worker’s Comp Rates
May 12 2010 // Massachusetts has approved a 2.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance costs, a figure that should reduce premiums by an estimated $22.5 million this year. Originally the Workers’ Compensation...
Florida Workers Compensation Rates to Drop Again
May 12 2010 // Workers compensation insurers writing in Florida have filed for an average 4.2 percent rate decrease. This marks the eighth decrease in workers compensation rates since 2003. The cumulative overall statewide average...
Study: Calif. Workers’ Comp Claimants Getting Care They Want
May 12 2010 // Division of Workers’ Compensation releases latest study on access to medical care in California’s workers’ compensation system Injured workers are getting the care they need, according to a recent study...
Island Insurance President Elected to NCCI Board of Directors
May 12 2010 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI), the largest provider of workers compensation and employee injury data and statistics in the nation, has elected John Schapperle, president and chief operating...
Iowa Workers’ Comp Division Adds 2 Deputy Commissioners
May 11 2010 // The Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation has named Jennifer Gerrish-Lampe and Erica Elliott as new Deputy Workers’ Compensation Commissioners. Gerrish-Lampe will be joining the division from her current...
Work Comp Prescription Drug Costs in Texas 30% Higher than Median
May 11 2010 // The payment per claim for prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Texas was nearly one-third higher than in most study states, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Network Physician Use Increases in California Workers’ Comp Claims
May 11 2010 // Tthe percentage of medical services to injured workers delivered by network physicians jumped sharply immediately after Medical Provider Networks (MPNs) were introduced into the workers’ compensation system in 2005,...
Report: Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Jumps; Results Suffer in 2009
May 11 2010 // As workers’ compensation premiums continued to decline in 2009, the combined ratio jumped nine points in 2009. According to recent report on the state of the workers’ comp market, the combined ratio rose to...
Workers’ Comp Drug Costs in Wisconsin 30% Lower Than Median
May 10 2010 // The cost per claim of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Wisconsin was significantly lower than in most study states, according to a new report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Calif. Insurance Guarantee Association Could Issue Bonds to 2013
May 10 2010 // The California Senate has passed a bill to extend extend from Jan. 1, 2011, to Jan. 1, 2013, the sunset date on the authority of the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) to issue revenue bonds to pay...
West Virginia Firefighters Angered by Workers’ Comp Increase
May 7 2010 // West Virginia volunteer fire departments are protesting an increase in workers’ compensation premiums charged by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Tom Miller with the Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department says his...
Louisiana Lawmakers Shelve Bill on Saints’ Workers’ Comp Issue
May 5 2010 // The Louisiana Legislature won’t be meddling any further this session in a workers’ compensation dispute between NFL players and the New Orleans Saints. The Saints had been pushing a bill to lessen its...
Safety National Names Csik Chief Financial Officer
May 4 2010 // Alternative market insurance provider, Safety National in St. Louis, Mo., has promoted Senior Vice President John Csik to the position of chief financial officer and treasurer. Csik takes over these positions from Duane...
Indiana Supreme Court Sides With Insureds in Farm Liability Dispute
May 4 2010 // The Indiana Supreme Court has found that an insurance company was wrong in denying coverage for injuries to an employee of an independent contractor under a farm personal liability policy. Indiana farmers Rick and Katrina...
