Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Senate Approves Workers’ Compensation Judge Plan
May 21 2009 // Republicans have pushed another issue to a statewide vote to counter a gubernatorial veto – this time a plan to require Senate confirmation of Workers’ Compensation Court judges. The Oklahoma Senate gave final...
Oklahoma House Passes Workers’ Comp Judge Resolution
May 20 2009 // A resolution that would ask voters to require Senate confirmation of Oklahoma Worker’s Compensation Court judges has passed the Oklahoma House less than a month after Gov. Brad Henry vetoed similar legislation. The...
Arizona Governor Names Patrick to Arizona Workers’ Comp Insurer Board
May 20 2009 // Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has named Judith A. Patrick chair of the Board of Directors of SCF Arizona, the state’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance. Patrick becomes the first woman appointed...
Ohio Joins in Objecting to Chrysler Sale for Workers’ Comp Reasons
May 19 2009 // The state of Ohio has joined Michigan in its objection to the pending sale of Chrysler LLC because of workers’ compensation issues. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said his office filed a limited objection to...
Utah Workers’ Compensation Fund Distributes $10 Million Dividend
May 18 2009 // Utah’s Workers’ Compensation Fund has declared a $10 million dividend that will be distributed to a majority of policyholders in June. Policyholders can expect to receive 4.5 percent of their earned premium...
Michigan Objects to Chrysler-Fiat Deal Over Workers’ Compensation
May 18 2009 // Michigan is objecting to the sale of Chrysler LLC assets to Italian automaker Fiat, claiming the new company won’t meet obligations to a state workers’ compensation fund. State Attorney General Mike Cox has...
Florida Restores Cap on Workers’ Compensation Attorneys’ Fees
May 18 2009 // Florida has passed legislation to restore a cap on attorneys’ fees in workers’ compensation cases, a measure backed by the state’s insurance regulator. The bill (HB 903) effectively overturns a Florida...
Workers’ Compensation Insurers Break Even in 2008
May 18 2009 // Recession Reduces Claims but Poor Investment Climate Frustrates Insurers The workers’ compensation insurance industry experienced a year of mostly solid results in 2008, according to Dennis Mealy, NCCI Holdings Inc....
The Biggest Loser?
May 18 2009 // Workers’ Compensation System Could Be Big Loser If Obesity Epidemic Not Brought Under Control It’s time to face facts, the U.S. is a nation of fatties. About a quarter of the nation is obese, according to the...
Declarations
May 18 2009 // ‘We are lucky.’ —Warren Buffett, as he addressed thousands of shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in his hometown of Omaha, Neb., on May 2. He said insurance, along with utilities,...
The Biggest Loser?
May 18 2009 // Obesity Weighs Heavy on Workers’ Compensation Claims It’s time to face facts about our nation’s fat. About a quarter of our nation can be characterized as obese, according to the Centers for Disease...
Workers’ Compensation Group Trusts: E&O Friend or Foe?
May 18 2009 // Agents Advised to Know How Trusts Differ From Typical Insurance Companies To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site, it is: [A] group of...
Education Strategy Propels Workers’ Comp Agency’s Growth in Down Economy
May 18 2009 // While the economy is in freefall, a Sioux Falls, S.D., workers’ compensation agency, Insurance Specialty Group, is racking up double-digit growth. According to owner Renae Eidenshink, the reason for this remarkable...
Pandemics in the Workplace
May 18 2009 // How a Flu Pandemic Impacts Workers’ Comp Influenza is nothing new. Seasonal flu epidemics — disease outbreaks with more cases than normal— occur annually killing between 250,000 to 500,000 people...
A Practical Guide to Workers’ Compensation
May 18 2009 // Prepare Clients for Premium Audits by Knowing the ABCs of Audits Insurance agents and brokers are charged with many duties on behalf of their clients. One often neglected duty is working with insureds to prepare them for...
Liberty Northwest, Montana Chamber Offer Workers’ Comp Program
May 15 2009 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, and the Montana State Chamber of Commerce are offering Montana employers a new workers’ compensation group program with an emphasis on workplace...
Texas House OKs Injured Worker Bill
May 15 2009 // Despite the protests of insurance and business interests, the Texas House has passed legislation that would make it easier for certain injured workers to sue property owners for negligence. House Bill 1657 by Reps. Eiland,...
Murray Joins California Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau
May 13 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Poizner announced that he has appointed Michael Joseph Murray of Danville, Calif., to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee. Since 2001, Murray has...
North Carolina Considers Cap on Workers’ Compensation for Retirees
May 12 2009 // The North Carolina House Insurance Committee has advanced a measure that would limit workers’ compensation payments to injured workers a few years after they become eligible for Social Security. The bill (HB 1022)...
Maine Man Gets 8 Months for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 11 2009 // A 49-year-old Maine man who was accused of working under the table for Saco-area hotels while collecting workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to eight months in jail for theft by deception. Kenneth...
