Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Workers’ Compensation Division Names Temporary Deputy Administrative Director
Mar 26 2009 // While California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Chief Deputy Administrative Director Carrie Nevans takes temporary personal leave, the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Director John Duncan...
Texas Work Comp Penalties for February Reach More Than $152K
Mar 26 2009 // Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) in February 2009 include administrative penalties totaling $152,500. Disciplinary orders are subject...
Oregon Proposes Changes to Workers’ Compensation Medical Rules
Mar 25 2009 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services, Workers’ Compensation Division, has proposed changes to the state’s medical fee schedules, which overall would increase payments to medical service...
Insurance Agents Alliance Adds Commercial Workers’ Comp Market
Mar 24 2009 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers has added a new commercial carrier relationship with ACE Complete. The ACE Complete program provides workers’ compensation coverage with hundreds...
Economy Affects Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division Revenue
Mar 24 2009 // Like most businesses and organizations in Oregon, the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced it is being impacted by the economic recession. Because DCBS programs are funded by fees and assessments...
Highway Patrol Chief to Head North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency
Mar 23 2009 // Former North Dakota Highway Patrol superintendent Bryan Klipfel has been named the state’s new workers compensation director by Gov. John Hoeven. It’s the governor’s first hire since North Dakota voters...
States Gear Up for Stimulus Package
Mar 23 2009 // Impact on Insurance Industry May be Minimal, Experts Say The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the...
Fastest Growing Industries to Focus On
Mar 23 2009 // Top 7 High-Growth Industries’ Risks and Unique Exposures Planning for the “upside” must begin now. The soft insurance market will end, and the rebound from the financial bottom will happen. But...
Nevada Worker Compensation System Flaws Detailed
Mar 23 2009 // Nevada Lawmakers were told that the state’s worker compensation system makes it tough on injured Nevadans to get the medical care and follow-up rehabilitation and training they need to return to their jobs. The...
Oregon Has 39th Highest Workers’ Comp Premium Rates, Report Says
Mar 18 2009 // Oregon’s 2008 Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate Ranking Study has been released, the Departmnet of Consumer and Business Services announced. The results suggest that Oregon employers in the voluntary market...
Calif. Rating Bureau Recommends 24.4% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Mar 18 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) says it plans to submit a filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending a 24.4 percent increase in pure premium rates that...
Washington Bill Would Return Workers’ Comp Premiums Back To Employers
Mar 13 2009 // The Washington Senate has approved a bill that would return some workers’ compensation insurance premiums back to employers who improve their safety records. Senate Bill 6035, which passed by a 25-24 vote, indicates...
Okla. Dems Oppose Bill Calling for Senate Approval of Work Comp Judges
Mar 13 2009 // State Senate confirmation of judges in Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system would be required under legislation approved by the state House of Representatives that was quickly condemned by a spokesman for...
Injured Wyoming Workers, Families Get Workers’ Comp Boost
Mar 12 2009 // A bill increasing benefits for Wyoming workers injured on the job has been signed into law by Gov. Dave Freudenthal. House Bill 54 addresses workers’ compensation rules that have for years generated complaints from...
House OKs Changes to Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Soft Tissue Rules
Mar 11 2009 // The Oklahoma House has passed legislation that critics say limits workers’ compensation benefits for workers who suffer soft tissue injuries. House members voted 62-33 for the measure and sent it to the Senate for a...
Policyholders of Failed HIH Insurance Company Receive Millions in Payments
Mar 11 2009 // Hawai’i Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt has released the final payments from the estate of the failed insurer HIH America Insurance Company of Hawai’i Inc. HIH Hawai’i has now paid 100 percent of its...
Western Pinnacle Insurance Services, Inc Announces Addition of New AM Best A Rated Workers Compensation Carrier
Mar 9 2009 // “Western Pinnacle Insurance Services, Inc (“WPIS”), a diversified MGA/Wholesaler announced today the addition of a new AM Best A rated carrier for its workers compensation capabilities. Virgil Anderson,...
Highway Patrol Chief to Head North Dakota Workers Comp
Mar 9 2009 // Former North Dakota Highway Patrol superintendent Bryan Klipfel has been named the state’s new workers compensation director. Gov. John Hoeven announced Friday that he’s chosen Klipfel for the job. Klipfel...
Missouri Unions Suffer Setback in Challenge to Workers’ Comp Law
Mar 9 2009 // The Missouri Supreme Court recently rejected labor union challenges to a 2005 law that limited the ability of some injured workers to get benefits under the workers’ compensation system. Business groups praised the...
Tough Luck for North Dakota Workers’ Comp Whistleblowers
Mar 9 2009 // Former employees of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance agency have struggled to pursue claims that they were illegally fired for spotlighting questionable activities at the agency. A judge has thrown out...
