Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Carpenter Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas
Mar 13 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Donald Miller of Yoakum on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Miller received one year of probation and was ordered to pay $2,132...
North Dakota’s Workers’ Comp Audit Manager Fired
Mar 13 2008 // An Associated Press story is reporting that the internal audit manager at North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has been fired. Kay Grinsteinner had questioned whether the agency’s board of...
Massachusetts Workers Comp Claims Costs Grew Rapidly, Study Finds
Mar 13 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Massachusetts were typical among 14 study states, but grew rapidly in four out of five study years, including a nearly 10 percent increase in 2005 claims evaluated in...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Insurer Pays $2.8 Million to Policyholders
Mar 13 2008 // The Board of Governors of the Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange (ATIE), a policyholder owned workers’ compensation insurance company, is paying a $2.8 million dividend to its members based on their performance in...
Zurich Services Corp. Partners with OSHA Fast Fix for Workplace Safety
Mar 13 2008 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich Services Corp.’s risk engineering division recently announced that it is collaborating with OSHA Fast Fix to help Zurich customers improve workplace safety, address the causes of...
Former N.D. Work Comp Exec, House Leader Want CEO Job
Mar 12 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director and a one-time state House majority leader are among those interested in serving as a temporary chief executive at Workforce Safety and Insurance, agency directors...
Arizona House Considers Workers’ Comp Bills
Mar 12 2008 // Arizona lawmakers are considering two workers’ compensation bills that would change how workers’ compensation benefits are calculated and awarded, and allow more communication with the doctors of injured...
California Workers’ Comp Division Evaluates Case Management System
Mar 11 2008 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently hosted a public meeting at its Oakland headquarters to discuss how implementation of the division’s new case management program will affect...
People
Mar 10 2008 // Midlands Management Corp. of Oklahoma City named Richard Jonathan Bird as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Bird will assist in leading all aspects of Midlands, including strategic marketing, business...
Nanotechnology: A Big Risk in a Small Package?
Mar 10 2008 // Nanotechnology presents great opportunity, but the impact on insurance is still unknown Insurance professionals gathered in the oak-paneled Old Library of Lloyd’s of London this past December to learn more about a...
12 Companies OK’d to Self Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
Mar 7 2008 // Twelve companies with approximately 32,500 employees in Texas recently were approved to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
Kentucky Woman to Repay $69,414 in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 7 2008 // A Marion, Ky., woman must repay $69,414 after receiving and cashing disability benefit checks for almost four years after the insured’s death, according to Kentucky Office of Insurance. According to Lyon Circuit...
Not So Funny: N.Y. Slaps Comic Franken with $25K Workers’ Comp Fine
Mar 6 2008 // The Senate campaign of comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken is dealing with a bump served up by an unpaid fine. The state of New York fined Franken’s personal corporation $25,000 for not carrying workers’...
Nevada Workers’ Comp Insurer Appoints VP
Mar 6 2008 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers has appointed Morton Large vice president of underwriting operations for Strategic Markets. Through its subsidiaries, Employers provides workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses...
Travelers Adds Workers’ Compensation to Aviation Unit
Mar 5 2008 // Travelers’ Aviation unit has introduced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for corporate flight departments. Travelers’ new aviation workers’ compensation program will provide coverage...
Suspended N.D. Workers’ Comp Executive Running for State Senate
Mar 5 2008 // A suspended executive at North Dakota’s workers compensation agency is running for the state Senate. Democratic activists in central North Dakota’s District 14 endorsed James Long to oppose incumbent Republican...
Vt. Workers’ Comp Rates To Drop
Mar 5 2008 // Most Vermont employers for the second straight year will see lower workers’ compensation premiums when new state-approved loss cost rates become effective April 1. Rates for loss costs in the voluntary market will...
Texas Work Comp Division Accepting Comment on Network Rules
Mar 5 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) is accepting public comment on proposed rules regarding notification to health care providers of contractual agreements with informal...
Texas Home Builders Work Comp Purchasing Group Opens Doors
Mar 4 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Home Builders (THB) workers’ compensation purchasing group is now an open program. Any licensed Texas agent can help their clients take advantage of the...
Dinallo: N.Y. Needs Better Workers Comp Data Collection
Mar 4 2008 // New York State should centralize its workers’ compensation data in an information bank that could be used to analyze, benchmark and improve the system, Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo says. The information bank...
