Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Report: Workers’ Comp Rates Reduced 5 Times in 5 Years
Jan 8 2008 // On New Year’s Eve, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation released its annual report on the state of the market for workers’ compensation insurance to the Florida Legislature. The report analyzes the...
W. Va. Lawmakers Resume Move Toward Oversight of Workers’ Comp
Jan 8 2008 // West Virginia’s insurance commissioner still objects, but lawmakers continue to pursue some role overseeing the privatization of the workers’ compensation system. A joint Judiciary Committee panel voted Sunday...
Arrowhead’s Merger is Complete For its Workers’ Compensation Program
Jan 3 2008 // San Diego, CA – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc. is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2008, the company will have completed the integration of Cypress Point-Arrowhead General Insurance Agency,...
N.H. Fixes Workers’ Compensation Law for Contractors
Jan 3 2008 // As promised, New Hampshire lawmakers made changes to a controversial workers’ compensation measure affecting small contractors one of their first orders of business for 2008. Meeting in Concord on Jan. 2, the House...
Swett & Crawford Group Acquires Ark. Workers’ Comp Brokerage
Jan 3 2008 // Wholesale insurance intermediary Swett & Crawford Group Inc., reported the acquisition of Little Rock, Ark.-based Risk Reducers LLC, a wholesale insurance broker specializing in workers’ compensation. Based in...
U.S. Risk Names Dolan as Senior Broker in Boston
Jan 3 2008 // Managing general agent U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. has named Brendan Dolan a senior broker in the workers compensation department at Boston Insurance Brokerage, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Risk. In this position, Dolan...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Southeast
Dec 31 2007 // High heat, changing winds put reputations on the line. 1. Florida’s gamble “It’s all about rates,” maintained Sam Miller, of the industry’s Florida Insurance Council. Florida lawmakers in...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Midwest
Dec 31 2007 // From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have a significantly negative impact on the medical malpractice insurance market in the state of Illinois, 2007...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in South Central
Dec 31 2007 // Weather, directly or indirectly, was a driving force in the insurance markets for the South Central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas in 2007. With the exception of Arkansas, throughout the year the South...
Washington’s Workers’ Comp Rate Holiday Ends Tonight
Dec 31 2007 // Washington’s six-month rate holiday, during which employers and workers saved $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums, will end with the arrival of the New Year tonight, according to the state Department...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in East
Dec 31 2007 // New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets for coastal properties continued to challenge insurers, agents, policymakers and property owners, despite an...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Makes HR Promotion
Dec 31 2007 // Susan Lynch has been promoted to manager of California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in Human Resources. EAP helps State Fund employees address personal issues and maintain...
Mass. Attorney General: Cut Workers’ Comp Rates Again
Dec 27 2007 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley wants workers’ compensation insurance rates to come down again in 2008. Coakley says small businesses can’t afford to pay too much for the insurance. The rates are...
California Workers’ Comp Insurer Promotes Two
Dec 27 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed Chris Reyes regional assistant real estate manager for Central Valley operations, and Yvette Montano-Anda claims manager for Los Angeles Claims...
Ohio Companies Sue Bureau of Workers’ Comp over Rating System
Dec 27 2007 // Three companies have filed a class-action suit against the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation over a system that they say costs employers million of dollars in excessive premiums. The companies argue that the...
Court: Workers’ Comp Benefits Don’t Apply at Educational Conference
Dec 23 2007 // The family of an employee is not entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits if the death occurs while the employer is attending an educational conference, the Court of Appeal in California has ruled. In City of...
Declarations
Dec 23 2007 // Workers’ Comp Insurer Needs Change “Given SCIF’s size, its fiscal health is integral to ensuring a healthy and competitive workers’ compensation marketplace.” —California Insurance...
Scathing Audit: Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurer Needs Significant Reforms
Dec 23 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund “has weak corporate governance, inadequate internal controls in various areas and a general inability to plan for the long-term,” according to an operational...
N.Y. Worker’s Comp Reform Hits New Snafu Over Trust Fund
Dec 23 2007 // A state-run pool system to pay workers with permanent partial disabilities could erode the savings promised by New York’s landmark workers compensation reform, insurers warn, although some insiders say that those...
From Med Mal Caps to RICO Violations, No Headline Shortage in 2007
Dec 23 2007 // Severe summer storms that ransacked the Midwest, a court ruling that could negatively impact the medical malpractice insurance market in Illinois and RICO allegations in Minnesota were just a few of the news stories that...
