Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People
Oct 5 2009 // David Daniel was named chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”). He will lead the organization as chairman for the 2009-2010 term. Daniel is president of Daniel &...
Colorado Considers Laws for Pinnacol
Oct 5 2009 // Colorado lawmakers have filed bills to require better oversight for the state’s workers’ compensation insurer, saying they can’t ignore problems uncovered during weeks of hearings this summer. The...
Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Comp Hits Second Generation
Oct 5 2009 // Once Available Only to Clients of PEOs, There Are Now Pay-As-You-Go Options for Agents to Offer Their Clients National payroll companies have made sure this workers’ compensation payment program [pay-as-you-go] is...
California Firm Seeks Dismissal of $70 Million in Workers’ Comp Charges
Oct 5 2009 // As part an agreement to resolve criminal charges, Premier Medical Management Systems Inc. of Los Angeles is asking a California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board judge to dismiss an estimated $70 million of medical...
Florida Hearing on 6.8% Workers Compensation Rate Drop Set for Oct. 6
Oct 2 2009 // There will be a public hearing in Tallahassee on Oct. 6 for the insurance industry’s proposed 6.8 percent workers’ compensation rate decrease for Florida employers. The National Council on Compensation...
Investigated California Medical Firm Forgoes $70M Workers Comp Claims
Oct 1 2009 // A Southern California medical management company accused of fraudulent workers’ compensation-related billing has dismissed $70 million worth of filed claims, the largest workers’ compensation mass dismissal of...
California Workers’ Comp CEO Frank Praised at Departure
Oct 1 2009 // The news that Janet D. Frank was leaving her position as CEO of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund occurred during a meeting of the board of directors of the California Workers’ Compensation...
Texas Publishes 3rd Annual Workers’ Comp Network Report Card
Oct 1 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group has published an annual report card on the performance of Workers’ Compensation Health Care Networks as required by...
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Insurer BrickStreet Free of Debt to State
Sep 30 2009 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance has remitted its final payment to West Virginia for funds it owes the state for aiding its transition from a state-run organization to a private carrier in 2006. Since the end of June when the...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Guaranty Fund Elects Directors
Sep 29 2009 // The Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association announces its newly elected / re-elected board of directors. Terms begin Oct. 1, 2009 and run through Sept. 30, 2013. Heading the FWCIGA board is Tom...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate for 4th Quarter
Sep 29 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the rate for any interest or discount provided for in state workers’ comp statutes at 3.88 percent for the period effective Oct. 1,...
New Mexico Farm Workers Sue for Coverage
Sep 28 2009 // New Mexico dairy worker Joe Griego says the worst part of being attacked by a bull at work has been finding out his injuries aren’t covered by state workers’ compensation benefits. So Griego and others are...
Ferachi Named Medical Director for Louisiana Office of Workers’ Comp
Sep 28 2009 // Dr. Larry Ferachi, a Baton Rouge board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who has served as team physician for the LSU football and basketball teams since 1995, has been named medical director for the Louisiana Workforce...
Kentucky Employers Mutual Lowers Workers’ Compensation Rates 6%
Sep 25 2009 // Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurance provider says it is lowering its rates for businesses around the state for the fourth consecutive year. The rate reduction by Kentucky Employers’ Mutual...
Workers’ Comp Wholesaler Unisource Expands Nationwide
Sep 25 2009 // Unisource Program Administrators (UPA), a workers’ compensation wholesaler, has expanded services to all 50 states. In addition, the company named Barbara Drollinger, a 20-year workers’ compensation expert,...
October 7th Lunch Discussion: The State of California Workers’ Compensation…. not for the Faint of Heart
Sep 24 2009 // SAN DIEGO – The Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego along with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation of San Diego will be hosting a lunch discussion on October 7, 2009 with guest speaker Linda Smith,...
Washington Workers’ Compensation Rates Could Rise 7.6 Percent
Sep 23 2009 // The state of Washington yesterday announced higher workers’ compensation insurance premiums for 2010 than earlier forecasted. In June, the state’s Department of Labor and Industries advised the Workers’...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates
Sep 22 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance has announced the weekly benefit rates for workers’ compensation insurance for Oct. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010. In accordance with the Texas Labor Code (TLC) §408.047, the...
Florida’s Newly-Formed Ascendant to Rescue First Commercial Policies
Sep 21 2009 // The new company will use independent agents and brokers for sales. Florida officials announced that a new Miami-based insurance company will pick up the insurance for about 15,000 of the policyholders now with First...
Hawaii Workers’ Compensation Coststo Drop Again for Fifth Year in a Row
Sep 21 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurers in Hawaii have filed to reduce by 4.1 percent the loss cost factor that goes into the rates charged to employers. This marks the fifth year in a row that workers’ compensation...
