Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Workers’ Compensation Market in Good Shape, Says State
Jan 8 2009 // Availability and affordability in Florida’s voluntary workers’ compensation market overall is good, although small firms, new firms and construction firms might face affordability issues due to unique...
Workers’ Comp Reform on Agenda for Oklahoma Senate GOP
Jan 8 2009 // Reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system is among the policy issues on the agenda for Republicans in the Oklahoma State Senate during the 2009 legislative session. In concurrent news conferences in...
New Jersey Workers’ Comp Rates Drop, Benefits Rise
Jan 5 2009 // New Jersey’s workers’ compensation insurance premiums will drop by roughly 1 percent in 2009, saving the state’s employers an estimated $33 million. “There are a number of factors that affect...
South Carolina Governor Presses for Workers’ Compensation Data
Jan 5 2009 // A federal judge has ordered lawyers seeking to prevent the release of information to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on workers compensation awards and attorney fees to explain their stance. The State of Columbia reports...
Bell to Chair Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jan 5 2009 // Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe will appoint Watson Bell of Searcy to chair the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission, replacing Olan “Butch” Reeves of Bryant. Reeves will remain chairman of the WCC...
West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Writer BrickStreet Drops Policies
Jan 4 2009 // West Virginia’s BrickStreet Insurance is looking to trim costs in 2009 by dropping nearly 1,000 workers’ compensation policies its chief calls the worst of the worst. Greg Burton says the policies have brought...
Workers’ Comp Assigned Risk Rate to Rise in Minnesota
Dec 31 2008 // Minnesota’s Commerce Commissioner has issued a rate order approving a 2.6 percent increase in the overall level of the assigned risk rates for workers’ compensation insurance. The increase is effective April 1,...
Mississippi Police Station Closed Due to Lapsed Workers’ Compensation Policy
Dec 31 2008 // The Port Gibson, Mississippi Police Department was open Monday, three days after a payment lapse on an insurance policy forced its closure. Mayor Fred Reeves said the workers’ compensation insurance policy for Port...
Connecticut Creates Online Service to Verify Workers’ Comp Coverage
Dec 30 2008 // The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission has created a new online service that will allow visitors to check if a business operating in the state has workers’ compensation coverage. The service is called...
Texas’ Workers’ Comp Discount Rate Set at 3.95%
Dec 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that the workers’ compensation interest/discount rate for Jan. 1, 2009, through March 31, 2009, will be 3.95 percent. The...
Oklahoma Appeals Court: Firefighter Owed Work Comp Benefits
Dec 29 2008 // A veteran Edmond firefighter is due workers’ compensation benefits after being diagnosed with colon cancer, the Oklahoma Court of Appeals has ruled. The court upheld the ruling of the Workers’ Compensation...
Oregon Doctors Win Workers Compensation Billing Dispute
Dec 22 2008 // Oregon doctors have won a major dispute with insurance companies over worker compensation billing. The state Workers Compensation Division has issued a permanent rule forbidding insurers from unilaterally taking discounts...
Chronology in North Dakota Workers Comp Director Felony Case
Dec 22 2008 // A timeline of events in the felony case against former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt: April 2004 Charles “Sandy” Blunt, a former Ohio workers compensation administrator, is hired as the...
Former North Dakota Workers Compensation Director Convicted
Dec 22 2008 // North Dakota’s former workers compensation director has been convicted on the more serious of two felony charges that he misspent public funds. It carries a possible 10-year prison term. Sandy Blunt’s attorney,...
Ohio Senate Votes to Keep Workers’ Compensation Rating System
Dec 19 2008 // The Ohio Senate has signed off on preserving a workers’ compensation rate system that many businesses say is unfair and detrimental to the economy. The Senate voted 31-1 on Dec. 15 to preserve the current group...
Trial of North Dakota’s Former Workers’ Comp Director Wrapping Up
Dec 19 2008 // Attorneys are preparing their final arguments in the felony trial of former North Dakota workers’ compensation director Sandy Blunt. Prosecutors finished presenting their case with testimony from the top attorney at...
Risk Reducers Expands into California; Names Chupp as Producer
Dec 18 2008 // Risk Reducers, a division of Swett & Crawford which specializes in placement of workers’ compensation coverage, has expaned into the California market with plans to expand nationally, the company said. Brian...
Summit Releases Online Workers Compensation Tool for Southeast
Dec 18 2008 // Summit, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance services in the southeastern states, has released web-based WriteNow Risk Eligibility Tool, a complementary feature to the company’s WriteNow Online Quoting...
Testimony in Former N. D. Workers’ Comp Chief’s Trial Focuses on Grant
Dec 17 2008 // A lawyer for North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency says former director Sandy Blunt offered a $150,000 grant to a firefighters group before a grant program was in place. Anne Green testified at the trial...
Florida Hears 18.6% Workers Comp Rate Hike Bid Today
Dec 16 2008 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a hearing today to consider a proposed 18.6 percent workers compensation rate increase. The proposal made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on...
