Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Geo. F. Brown Offers New Workers’ Comp Coverage in Ill., Ind., Mo.
Feb 11 2008 // Chicago-based Geo. F. Brown & Sons, Inc. (GFB) announced today that it has entered into a direct contract with an A.M. Best “A” rated carrier for writing workers’ compensation insurance. Available on...
Linley Named Anchorage Claims Manager for Liberty Northwest
Feb 11 2008 // Portland-based Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has appointed Nancie Linley as branch manager of claims for its Anchorage office. In her new capacity, Linley will supervise two teams of...
Conn. ‘Botched’ $80M Workers’ Comp Privatization, Charges AG
Feb 10 2008 // Connecticut officials “badly botched” a 2001 deal to privatize hundreds of workers compensation claims by state employees, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has alleged following a multi-year investigation...
500 Tennessee Restaurants to Pay $4.8M Tab for Bankrupt Workers’ Comp Fund
Feb 10 2008 // It’s now official — a judge has ordered a group of Tennessee restaurant owners to pay $4.8 million into a workers’ compensation fund that was mismanaged. About 500 Tennessee Restaurant Association members...
Hawaii Governor Pushes Insurance Reforms in State Address
Feb 10 2008 // In her State of the State address to state legislators in late January, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle outlined 180 proposals she is urging lawmakers to support, including a number of measures that would affect the insurance...
From Insurance to Candy
Feb 10 2008 // For former insurance pro, life really is a box of chocolates Although it’s been many years since See’s Candies President Brad Kinstler was at the helm of an insurance company, and even longer since he was...
Counselor Sentenced for Perjury in Texas Work Comp Fraud Case
Feb 8 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a licensed professional counselor has pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case in a Travis County, Texas, district court. John...
Midwest Legislative Sessions Focus on Auto, Credit, Tort Reform
Feb 8 2008 // The Washington, D.C.-based the American Insurance Association (AIA) says state legislative sessions opening across the Midwest will see a focuc on proposals dealing with workers’ compensation, liability reform, auto...
Dispute between S.C. Gov., Workers’ Comp Panel in Court this Month
Feb 8 2008 // A struggle between South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s office and a commission that determines how much money injured workers receive is in federal court this month. A restraining order blocking the state...
Insurance Bills Die in Calif. Legislature
Feb 8 2008 // The Association of California Insurance Companies, an affiliate of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, reports that the following 2007 insurance-related bills missed the Jan. 31 deadline to pass out of...
N. D. Commissioner Proposes Changes in Oversight of Workers’ Comp Agency
Feb 6 2008 // North Dakota’s Insurance Department should have authority to do regular reviews of the state’s workers’ compensation agency, says Commissioner Adam Hamm, who intends to seek legislators’ support for...
5 West Virginians Indicted in Multiple Insurance Fraud Charges
Feb 4 2008 // A Kanawha County, W. Va., grand jury indicted five individuals in multiple cases involving insurance fraud last week, according to the state’s Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline,. Tina Marie Browning, 40, of...
Spring 2008 Texas Workers’ Comp Seminars to Focus on Change
Feb 4 2008 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) will host seminars in Austin and Dallas in April to focus on developing issues impacting the Texas workers’ compensation system. The 2008 Workers’ Compensation Spring...
Meadowbrook Acquires Remaining Earnings from U.S. Speciality Underwriters
Feb 4 2008 // Southfield, Mich-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. announced today its termination of the Management Agreement associated with its acquisition of the business of U.S. Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (USS). As previously...
N.Y. Agents and Insurers Laud Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Rating Bill
Feb 1 2008 // New York State agents and insurers praised the passage late last month of a key workers compensation reform that will extend the rate-making authority of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board, and move the...
N. D. Governor Names Two Directors for Workers’ Comp Board
Feb 1 2008 // Gov. John Hoeven has picked a grocer and construction company president for the board of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency. Michael Gallagher and John Dyste (DYS’-tee) will join the 11-member...
Conn. AG’s Report Faults Rowland-Era $80M Workers’ Comp Deal
Feb 1 2008 // Connecticut Attorney Richard Blumenthal has released a report saying the Nutmeg State “badly botched” an $80 million deal to privatize payments of more than 600 state workers’ compensation claims —...
Fla. CFO Concerned as Gov. Proposes Workers’ Comp Fund Sweep
Jan 31 2008 // In response to Gov. Charlie Crist’s budget recommendations for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink expressed concerns over proposals to reduce the Workers’ Compensation...
Ohio Bill Widens Health Coverage, Offers Workers’ Comp Discounts
Jan 31 2008 // More Ohioans would have access to health insurance through tax credits and other incentives and the state would offer programs to promote healthiness under a wide-ranging bill introduced in the Ohio House earlier this...
OSHA Fines Dallas Company for Summer 2007 Blast
Jan 29 2008 // Federal regulators fined a Dallas company $6,300 in connection with a spectacular acetylene gas explosion last summer that sent metal canisters flying into the air. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
