Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Governor Vetoes Workers’ Comp Legislation
Oct 2 2008 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed three bills he said would have interfered with the state’s workers’ compensation system. SB 1115 Permanent Disability Apportionment would have prohibited...
Washington Group Allowed to Use Workers’ Comp Rebates for Politics
Oct 1 2008 // The Building Industry Association of Washington can continue to spend money on the governor’s race while a court case against the group moves forward, a judge ruled. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Christine...
Protective Insurance, Paladin Catastrophe Enter Agreement
Oct 1 2008 // Indianapolis-based Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. announced on October 1 that its subsidiary, Protective Insurance Co., has entered into an agreement with Paladin Catastrophe Management to produce casualty clash and...
New Workers’ Comp Medical Director Wants Patient Choice in Ohio
Sep 30 2008 // Injured workers would have a wider choice of doctors and greater access to new medical technology. Businesses would face less government red tape. To people who have experienced a job injury claim handled by the Ohio...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Benefit Rates
Sep 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for Fiscal Year 2009 is set at $750 and is effective for dates of injury...
California Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau Reports Q2 Results
Sep 26 2008 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has released its summary of the second quarter insurer results, which ended June 30, 2008. The report lists the following...
California Approves Legislation To Transform Workers’ Comp Insurer
Sep 26 2008 // Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation to help transform the Golden State’s workers’ compensation insurer, the State Compensation Insurance Fund. Assembly Bill 1874 and Senate Bill 1145 are an...
Pollock to Head New Workers’ Compensation Unit for Keating Group
Sep 26 2008 // The Keating Group (tKg), a new England excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has named Todd S. Pollock as president of tKg Comp, its newly formed workers’ compensation division. Pollock began his career in 1995 with...
New Texas Work Comp Commissioner: We’ve Come a Long Way
Sep 26 2008 // The Texas workers’ compensation system is not yet working perfectly, but “it has come a long way,” says the state’s new Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon. In a speech before...
Study Shows Increase in Treatments per Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 26 2008 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance, headquartered in Florida, posted a new research study regarding a continuing increase in treatments per workers compensation claims. NCCI says in recent years, workers’...
Massachusetts Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Evasion Scheme
Sep 25 2008 // A Dartmouth woman has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for paying more than $40 million in cash wages through the temporary employment agencies she ran with her husband in order to evade millions of dollars...
Texas Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate Set for Q4 2008
Sep 25 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set at 5.22 percent the interest and discount rates provided for in the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. The new rate is effective Oct....
Wyoming Lawmakers Say Workers’ Comp Benefits Need Increase
Sep 22 2008 // Some Wyoming lawmakers say it’s time to increase many of the benefits given to injured workers under the state’s workers’ compensation program. The Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee...
Wyoming Lawmakers Discuss Changing Workers’ Comp System
Sep 22 2008 // Wyoming lawmakers are discussing several possible changes to the state’s workers’ compensation program amid complaints about the system. One proposal is to hire an ombudsman to help workers get any assistance...
New York Workers’ Comp Rates Going
Sep 22 2008 // Premiums for workers’ compensation insurance in New York will drop 5 percent in 2009, marking the second straight annual decline since landmark reform legislation was passed in 2007. The drop in rates follows a 20.5...
It Figures
Sep 22 2008 // 5.4% The workers’ compensation loss cost reduction approved for Maryland workers’ compensation carriers effective Jan. 1, 2009, thanks to a continued decline in frequency of claims. The decrease represents...
105 Workers Comp Carriers Enter West Virginia
Sep 22 2008 // Since West Virginia opened its workers’ compensation insurance market on July 1 of this year, 105 insurance carriers have entered the field and begun to write policies, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L....
California Workers’ Comp Division Strengthens Judges’ Ethics Rules
Sep 22 2008 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted revised ethics regulations governing workers’ compensation judges. According to the DWC, the rules and regulations “are designed to enforce...
Restaurants’ Workers’ Comp Insurance Decisions Based Heavily on Price
Sep 19 2008 // A recent national survey of restaurant decision-makers finds that they place too much emphasis on the price of their workers’ compensation insurance, potentially forgoing the long-term financial benefits of accident...
Washington Proposes 3% Increase in Workers’ Comp Rates
Sep 19 2008 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has proposed a 3 percent increase in 2009 workers’ compensation rates. Average premiums would go up by just under 2 cents per hour worked. “We...
