Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Compensation Group Trusts: E&O Friend or Foe?
Apr 6 2009 // Agents Advised to Know How Workers’ Comp 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,...
Calif. Rating Bureau Recommends 24.4% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Apr 6 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has recommended to the California Department of Insurance (DOI) to implement a 24.4 percent increase in pure premium rates that would take...
It Figures
Apr 6 2009 // $28.2 Billion Amount insurers contributed to California’s gross state product in 2006, according to a report by the Insurance Information Institute. The report also noted insurers accounted for nearly 300,000 jobs in...
What’s So Special About Special Event Insurance?
Apr 6 2009 // The pitfalls of not placing special-event coverage, when it’s truly needed and available, can result in catastrophic losses to your insured, and possibly even damage the credibility of your agency and errors and...
SFM Launches Employment Practices Liability Coverage in Midwest
Apr 3 2009 // Bloomington, Minn., workers’ compensation specialty carrier SFM Companies has begun insuring employers in the Midwest against the risk of employment practices liabilities, protecting them from high legal defense...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules for Firefighter in Work Comp Dispute
Apr 3 2009 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld the claim of a 19-year veteran of the Edmond Fire Department who has cancer that he is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits. The firefighter, 45-year-old Tim...
Florida Cap on Workers’ Compensation Lawyers’ Fees Goes to Senate
Apr 2 2009 // A bill that would trump a Florida Supreme Court ruling and restore a cap on attorneys’ fees in workers’ compensation cases passed the Florida House after some mild debate. Following a second round of discourse...
ISO’s Cadorine Receives Legends Award
Mar 30 2009 // ISO executive, Arthur R. Cadorine, received the American Society of Workers Comp Professionals’ (AMCOMP) Legends Award for his contributions to the workers’ compensation insurance industry. Cadorine has served...
Florida House Moves Workers Comp Attorneys’ Fee Limit Bill
Mar 30 2009 // A bill that would restore a cap on attorney’s fees in Florida workers’ compensation cases is ready for a final vote in the House. After an amendment was defeated, the measure (HB 903) sponsored by Rep. Anitere...
Calif. Administrator Calls for Reversal of Workers’ Comp En Banc Decisions
Mar 27 2009 // In a letter sent to the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, John C. Duncan, administrator of the Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund and the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, requested Chairman...
Insurer Group Takes Issue with Wrongful Death and Other Iowa Bills
Mar 27 2009 // The Iowa General Assembly is considering several insurance-related bills that could pose threats to consumers, including one that would expand wrongful death claims to allow recovery of highly speculative damages, which...
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...
