Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Appeals Court Supports Store Manager in Employee Safety Case
Feb 26 2009 // An Arkansas Appeals Court has upheld the ruling of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission that the night manager of a grocery story is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained...
Wyoming Workers’ Comp. Bill Gets Committee Approval
Feb 25 2009 // A Wyoming Senate committee approved a bill that would expand benefits for people injured on the job, including cost-of-living adjustments for workers on permanent disability. House Bill 54 would raise benefits for families...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Chief Faces Sentencing
Feb 25 2009 // A lawyer for former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt says his client should not get jail time for his felony conviction. A jury convicted Blunt last December of misspending more than $10,000 in public...
Ohio Approves New Workers’ Compensation Deductible Program
Feb 23 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has created a new deductible program, the first-ever for BWC, it says will give employers better control of their workers’ compensation insurance spending and provide an...
Vermont Weighs Expansion of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Feb 22 2009 // Vermont lawmakers will consider a bill that would extend workers’ compensation to cover mental and emotional problems suffered on the job. But the proposal is getting a cool reception from the insurance...
Michigan Blue Cross Wins Workers’ Compensation Battle
Feb 22 2009 // Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said he is not giving up in his battle and will appeal a judge’s ruling in support of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s ownership of workers’ compensation insurance...
Wyoming Introduces Workers’ Comp Legislation
Feb 22 2009 // Legislation has been introduced in the Wyoming House that could hold oil and gas operators liable for their own negligence resulting in injuries and fatalities on their job sites in the state. House Bill 273, introduced by...
Colorado Casualty Introduces Workers’ Comp in Nevada
Feb 22 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has added workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line in Nevada. “Bringing workers’...
Ohio Therapist to Repay Workers’ Compensation Board $2.1M
Feb 20 2009 // An Ohio man convicted of performing physical therapy on injured workers without a license has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison. U.S. District Court Judge Herman Weber sentenced Michael Stinson in federal court...
Immigrants’ Advocate Protests South Carolina Workers’ Comp Limits
Feb 20 2009 // South Carolina legislators are pushing a bill to cut workers’ compensation benefits for illegal immigrants in an effort to strengthen what’s already one of the nation’s toughest laws aimed at keeping...
Okla. Bill Requiring Senate to OK Work Comp Judges Moves Ahead
Feb 20 2009 // A resolution calling for a vote of the people to determine if gubernatorial Workers’ Compensation Court appointments in Oklahoma should require Senate confirmation passed a House Committee, the state House of...
New York State Insurance Fund: Anti-Fraud Efforts Saved $20.7M
Feb 19 2009 // New York State insurance Fund (NYSIF) Executive Director David P. Wehner said the NYSIF’s 2008 fraud prevention program accounted for more than $20 million in total savings — a record amount exceeding all prior...
Ohio to Crack Down on Employee Misclassification
Feb 19 2009 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has announced that state agencies are collaborating to combat the misclassification of workers. Employee misclassification is part of an “underground economy” in which an...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Insurer to Pay $7.5M Dividend
Feb 18 2009 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it will pay a $7.5 million dividend to qualifying policyholders in February. The pay out will bring LWCC’s cumulative total dividend paid to...
Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Risk Rates to Decrease
Feb 13 2009 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper has approved revised workers’ compensation voluntary loss costs and assigned risk rates filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The revised loss...
North Dakota Sticks With State Monopoly of Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Feb 13 2009 // North Dakota’s workers compensation insurance monopoly still has strong support in the state House. Representatives voted 86-7 this week to defeat a bill that would have allowed North Dakota employers to buy...
New York Bus Company Owner Charged with Shirking Workers’ Comp
Feb 12 2009 // An investigation by the New York State Insurance Department and Workers’ Compensation Board has led to charges against the owner of Yonkers bus service who failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance for...
Florida Approves 6.4% Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rate Hike
Feb 11 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has approved a 6.4 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance rates. The increase applies to new and renewal business and will become effective April 1. The...
Vermont Weighs Expansion of Workers’ Comp
Feb 11 2009 // Vermont lawmakers will consider a bill that would extend workers’ compensation to cover mental and emotional problems suffered on the job. But the proposal is getting a cool reception from the insurance...
WIAA Insurance Services Adds Everest National as Workers’ Comp Carrier
Feb 10 2009 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based WIAA Insurance Services, the agency arm of the Western Insurance Agents Association (WIAA), has expanded its carrier portfolio with the addition of Everest National Insurance Co. for...
