Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp Hits Rocky Patch in W. Va. on Road to Full Privatization
Dec 5 2007 // The latest power struggle between W. Va. Gov. Joe Manchin’s administration and lawmakers spilled out into the open last week, and those who attended the final meeting of the monthly interim session got a front-row...
Maine’s Bath Iron Works Faces Fine
Dec 3 2007 // Federal regulators have proposed that Bath Iron Works be fined $441,500 for violating safety standards at its shipyard in Bath, Maine. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said an inspection that began June 4...
Workers’ Compensation Prescription Drug Study: Costs Stabilizing
Dec 3 2007 // There are some signs that the workers’ compensation prescription drug share of total medical costs is leveling off – at least temporarily, according to a National Council on Compensation Insurance study updated...
OSHA Rules Employers Must Pay for Workers’ Safety Equipment
Dec 2 2007 // Employers will have to pay the full cost for almost all personal safety equipment used by their workers, the Labor Department said recently, a move advocates say will prevent thousands of on-the-job injuries. The...
Declarations
Dec 2 2007 // Getting Underway “Even though competition is just getting under way and Massachusetts drivers will realize significant savings now, many more benefits will evolve over time, as new companies enter the market, new...
Watson Wyatt: Property/Casualty Insurance Market to Remain Soft in 2008
Dec 2 2007 // The market for property and casualty insurance will stay soft in 2008, as premiums are expected to either decline or remain flat, according to actuarial and risk management experts at global consulting firm, Watson Wyatt...
From Insurance Consumer to Commissioner
Dec 2 2007 // While the position of California Insurance Commissioner is elected and there are already rumblings that he’d make a good gubernatorial candidate in 2010, current California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says...
Calif. State Fund Holds Line on 2008 Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 2 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced the filing of its Jan. 1, 2008, rating plan, making no change in the average collectible rate level. SCIF held the line on rates despite the Workers’...
Mo. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Workers’ Comp Law
Nov 30 2007 // Did lawmakers fix Missouri’s broken system of compensating people for workplace injuries? Or did they pass a draconian change that reverted workers’ rights to the 19th century? Those are the contradictory views...
Calif. Commissioner Approves No Change in Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rates
Nov 29 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has issued a decision approving no overall change to the state’s advisory pure premium workers’ compensation rates for 2008. On Sept. 20, 2007, the Workers...
Zurich Adds 100 Small Business Workers’ Comp Classifications
Nov 28 2007 // Zurich North America announced it has added 100 monoline workers’ comp business classifications to its coverage offerings. Most of the new classes are for light manufacturing, wholesale and service company risks. The...
Okla. Workers’ Comp Court to Hold Public Hearing
Nov 28 2007 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court Administrator announced the Court will hold a public hearing on Dec. 10, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. in the Carousel Room at Metro Technology Center, 1900 Springlake Drive, Oklahoma...
Calif. State Fund Holds Line On 2008 Rates
Nov 27 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced the filing of its Jan. 1, 2008, rating plan, making no change in the average collectible rate level. SCIF held the line on rates despite the Workers’...
Texas Agent Sentenced for Perjury in Workers’ Comp Case
Nov 27 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that an independent licensed insurance agent pled no contest to a charge of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case. A Travis County district court sentenced...
Modesto Restaurant Owners Fined over Workers’ Comp Flap
Nov 26 2007 // The owners of the popular Mallard’s restaurants in Stockton and Modesto, Calif., will pay the state a $100,000 fine for not carrying worker’s compensation insurance. The state labor commissioner’s office...
Workers’ Comp Claim Denied for Tenn. Telecommuter Assault Victim
Nov 26 2007 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a telecommuter who was attacked while preparing lunch in her kitchen wasn’t entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her injuries. In the case of Kristina Wait...
OSHA Rules Employers Must Pay Cost of Workers’ Safety Equipment
Nov 19 2007 // Employers will have to pay the full cost for almost all personal safety equipment used by their workers, the Labor Department said recently, a move advocates say will prevent thousands of on-the-job injuries. The...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Support Chief Put on Leave, Banned from Building
Nov 19 2007 // A North Dakota workers’ compensation executive who has been placed on paid leave says he expects to lose his job for cooperating with authorities during a probe of the agency. James Long, 38, chief of support...
Okla. Racetracks Warned of Possible Workers’ Comp Problems
Nov 19 2007 // Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields told the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission recently the state’s four racetracks face a potential problem of horse trainers who do not carry workers’ compensation...
People
Nov 18 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) elected new officers during its annual meeting in Boston recently. Robert Joyce, chairman and chief executive officer of Westfield Group, was elected as the...
