Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.D. Workers’ Comp Committee Studying Benefits of Privatization
Jul 14 2008 // Complaints about North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) agency may not translate into support for making WSI a private business and allowing competition from other insurers, state lawmakers say. The...
California High Court Clarifies Policies on Workers’ Comp Utilization Reviews
Jul 14 2008 // Employers must conduct utilization reviews when deciding whether to approve or deny an injured employee’s request for workers’ compensation medical treatment, the Supreme Court of California has ruled. In State...
Not All N.Y. Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Trusts are in Trouble
Jul 11 2008 // New York officials have closed 14 workers’ compensation self-insured trusts in the past few years and questioned the financial stability of 22 others. However, that still leaves 29 group trusts operating in the state...
Wausau Survey: Employers Stay Level Headed Despite Recession Worries
Jul 11 2008 // Although a U.S. economic recession would not be good news overall for employers, most don’t believe a recession would drive up workers’ compensation claims, according to a new survey of financial executives by...
N.Y. Court Holds Up Assessments for Failed Workers’ Comp Trusts
Jul 10 2008 // The New York Workers’ Compensation Board must do a better job of showing why a significant assessment was been levied against employer groups in the state that self-insure against workers’ compensation claims,...
Washington Raises Workers’ Comp Benefits, Pays Dividend to Employers
Jul 9 2008 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits will receive a 5.018 percent cost-of-living increase, according to the state Department of Labor and Industries...
Oklahoma Governor Appoints 4 to Workers’ Compensation Court
Jul 9 2008 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has appointed four people to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Court. The three new members of the court are Robert Lake Grove of Oklahoma City, William R. Foster of Norman and Eric W....
CompPartners Names Guyan Director of Product Development
Jul 8 2008 // Suzanne M. Guyan has joined CompPartners, a workers’ compensation, disability, and group health managed care organization based in Irvine, Calif., as director of product development. Guyan has a diverse and...
N.Y. Engineers Rescue of Workers’ Comp Trusts
Jul 7 2008 // But Those Involved with 14 Failed Trusts Remain on the Financial Hook New York State lawmakers have authorized $52 million from an emergency state fund to assure uninterrupted payment of benefits of injured workers whose...
West Va.’s Open Workers’ Comp Market Attracts 24 New Carriers
Jul 7 2008 // All of West Virginia employers, other than governmental entities, on July 1 gained the advantage of being able to shop their workers’ compensation coverage among carriers in a competitive market. Insurance...
N.D. Surpreme Court Revives Workers’ Comp Charges Against Former Director
Jul 2 2008 // North Dakota’s Supreme Court revived two felony charges on June 30 against a former state workers’ compensation director, saying prosecutors may put him on trial for allegedly misspending more than $18,000 in...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Extends Credit to Wildfire Victims
Jul 2 2008 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that it will extend credit to policyholders who have suffered a financial loss or business disruption caused by the hundreds of wildfires burning throughout...
N.Y. Court Denies Undocumented Alien Added Workers’ Comp
Jul 1 2008 // New York’s top court has ruled that an undocumented alien injured while working as a printer properly received basic workers’ compensation, but he wasn’t eligible for additional payments because of his...
Texas Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate Set at 6.18%
Jun 30 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act shall be at the rate of 6.18...
West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Market Opens to Competition
Jun 30 2008 // All of West Virginia employers, other than governmental entities, can for the first time, shop their workers’ compensation coverage among carriers in a competitive market. Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline said...
Palm Beach Capital Acquires Florida-based Workers’ Comp Provider
Jun 30 2008 // Palm Beach Capital of West Palm Beach, Florida, acquired SUNZ Group LLC, a workers’ compensation solutions provider. SUNZ, based in St. Petersburg, Florida and founded in 2005, provides workers’ compensation...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Assesses More Than $81K in Penalties
Jun 27 2008 // Administrative penalties for April and May 2008 assessed by the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) totaled $81,667. The disciplinary actions taken by Commissioner of...
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Insurer Working to Pay off State Loan Early
Jun 27 2008 // The sole provider of workers’ compensation insurance in West Virginia plans to make an early $60 million payment on a $200 million startup loan from the state. Greg Burton, BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co.’s...
New Jersey Workers’ Comp Reforms Target Payments, Employer Scofflaws
Jun 25 2008 // New Jersey lawmakers have approved a number of major changes to the Garden State’s workers’ compensation insurance system. The reforms comprise a package of six bills passed earlier this week by the Assembly...
Strengths and Weaknesses, Part 1: What Agents Think of Regional, National P/C Insurers
Jun 25 2008 // Regional carriers rate better in underwriting experience, relationships and stability as well as in customer service and agency relations than their national competitors in the view of independent agents. Regional insurers...
