Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawmaker Suggests Review of Denied Workers Comp Claims
Dec 14 2007 // North Dakota’s workers compensation agency should undertake a new review of some denied benefit claims from injured workers, a lawmaker says. Rep. George Keiser, R-Bismarck, said the review is needed because of...
W. Va.’s Brickstreet Hosts New Zealand Workers’ Comp Leadership
Dec 14 2007 // The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of New Zealand’s monopolistic Accident Compensation Corp. are visiting West Virginia’s BrickStreet Mutual Insurance to learn the state’s...
OSHA Investigating Trench Collapse In Pittsburgh
Dec 14 2007 // The federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration is investigating a trench collapse that briefly trapped a worker in Pittsburgh. Authorities say 50-year-old Robert Reynolds, of Pittsburgh, was able to dig...
Kentucky Woman Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 12 2007 // Kentucky Insurance officials charged a Shelbyville woman with insurance fraud as a result of collecting more than $3,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Tanya Garitty, 38, told her employer she was unable to work...
La. Workers’ Comp Insurer Promotes Jorgensen
Dec 12 2007 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted Geoff Jorgensen to business unit manager for the company’s small accounts production team. In this position, Jorgensen will be responsible for...
Texas Lawmakers, Workers Criticize Court’s Liability Ruling
Dec 12 2007 // Four state lawmakers and the Texas AFL-CIO have asked the Texas Supreme Court to reverse its decision in a case they say incorrectly expands liability protections for employers under state workers’ compensation...
N.Y. Laundry Business Faces Hefty OSHA Fines
Dec 12 2007 // Federal officials say an industrial laundry faces more than $160,000 in fines for failing to correct previously cited hazards and for additional workplace safety violations. The Occupational Safety and Health...
Long Island Roofer Pays $40K for Cheating Workers Comp
Dec 12 2007 // A 53-year-old Hampton Bays roofer repaid the New York State Insurance Fund $40,000 after he pleaded guilty to trying to cheat on his workers compensation premium. Investigators said Thomas McNamara, who identified his...
N.H. Man Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Theft
Dec 11 2007 // A 52-year-old New Hampshire man has pleaded guilty to theft in a workers’ compensation case. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says Philip Rice of Derry was sentenced to serve six months in jail with the sentence...
N.Y. Board Seeks Major Change in Workers Comp for Self-Insured
Dec 11 2007 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has issued a new report that calls on lawmakers to make “sweeping changes” in the way self-insured claims are secured in the Empire State. The report...
Study: California Workers’ Comp Insurer Needs Significant Reforms
Dec 11 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...
AmTrust Agrees to Acquire Unitrin’s Business Insurance Unit
Dec 10 2007 // Unitrin, Inc. reports it has worked out an agreement to sell its Unitrin Business Insurance unit to AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. in a cash transaction. Terms were not disclosed. Unitrin had previously announced in...
California State Fund Receives $153,000 in Fraud Case
Dec 10 2007 // A San Diego businessman was ordered to pay $153,779 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of his conviction on workers’ compensation fraud. Marco Rangel pleaded guilty to one...
Attorney General: Governor Can’t Remove Members of N.D. Workers’ Comp Board
Dec 10 2007 // Gov. John Hoeven doesn’t have the authority to oust the directors of North Dakota’s workers compensation agency, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says. In a legal opinion issued Thursday, after the board voted...
Audit Says N.D. Workers’ Comp Agency’s Reserves Exceed Legal Limit
Dec 7 2007 // North Dakota’s workers compensation agency has $174.4 million more in reserves than state law allows, two years after the Legislature set a limit on its surplus, a new audit report says. The audit, done by the Brady...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Director Fired
Dec 7 2007 // The board overseeing North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has voted to fire Sandy Blunt as the agency’s chief executive. The Workforce Safety and Insurance Agency board’s vote was 8-2 to...
California Court Rules on Age Discrimination in Workers’ Comp Claim
Dec 7 2007 // The California Court of Appeals in Sacramento has, in an unanimous decision, ruled that a disabled employee’s age cannot be used to reduce workers’ compensation benefits. In January 2003, while working as a...
N.H. Promises to Fix Workers’ Compensation Law for Contractors
Dec 7 2007 // New Hampshire state lawmakers from both parties said this week they hope to quickly fix a workers’ compensation law when they return to the Statehouse in the new year. Earlier this year the Legislature closed a...
Arrowhead Wholesale Promotes Two
Dec 6 2007 // Arrowhead Wholesale Insurance Services, based in San Diego, Calif., announced two internal promotions. Michael Guilbault will take over responsibilities as account executive for the company’s High Value Homeowners...
Extension Allowed for N.D. Workers’ Comp Study
Dec 6 2007 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency hopes to hire a consultant to study its operations by mid-January. The chairman of the Workforce Safety and Insurance board and Gov. John Hoeven’s staff lawyer...
