Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Ohio Workers’ Comp Executive Charged with Ethics Violation
Sep 6 2007 // Ohio investigators have charged the former chief investment officer for the state insurance fund for injured workers with failing to report gifts from a company doing business with the fund. The complaint filed with the...
N.D. State Law Allows Workers’ Comp Agency to Publish Delinquent List
Sep 6 2007 // The North Dakota state workers’ compensation agency, with delinquent premium accounts totaling about $1.3 million, now has the authority to publish a list of those accounts. A new state law allows the Workforce...
Companies Lining up to Offer Workers’ Comp in W.Va.
Sep 5 2007 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested. State Insurance Commissioner Jane...
Calif. Cites Garment Employers for Avoiding Workers’ Comp Insurance
Sep 5 2007 // Investigators with California’s Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) recently targeted businesses in the garment industry that were operating illegally. The businesses visited were in Los Angeles and...
Texas Dispute Resolution Officers Moved to OIEC on Sept. 1
Sep 5 2007 // As directed by the 80th Texas Legislature, changes in the administration of dispute resolution services for injured employees in the state’s workers’ compensation system were effective Sept. 1,...
W. Va.’s BrickStreet Praised by Former Nevada Head of Workers’ Comp
Sep 4 2007 // The head of Nevada’s former monopolistic state workers’ compensation fund said BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. has borne a “unique burden” in helping transition West Virginia’s system to a...
N.Y. Supt. Dinallo Calls for End to Bureau-Filed Rates for Workers’ Comp
Sep 4 2007 // Workers’ compensation rates in New York State should be determined by more competition among insurance carriers, instead of through the current rating board that now proposes these rates, New York State Insurance...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Insurers oppose proposed Calif. workers’ comp deductible Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will dramatically boost workers’ compensation temporary...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Calif. court rules workers’ comp costs can be tallied in incentive plans The California Supreme Court has ruled that incentive compensation plans, calculated on profits, can subtract out costs for workers’...
Insurers oppose proposed Calif. workers’ comp deductible
Sep 3 2007 // Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will dramatically boost workers’ compensation temporary disability payments to injured workers. The American Insurance...
Calif. court rules workers’ comp costs can be tallied in incentive plans
Sep 3 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that incentive compensation plans, calculated on profits, can subtract out costs for workers’ compensation costs from profits, even if it discourages employees from reporting...
Nation’s workers’ comp benefits, costs down
Sep 3 2007 // U.S. workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers disabled by workplace injuries or diseases declined in 2005, according to a study by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)....
New rules for residential contractors in Ark.
Sep 3 2007 // All must show proof of workers’ comp insurance Residential contractors in Arkansas who own their own businesses may opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for themselves, but must purchase it for their...
New rules for residential contractors in Ark.
Sep 3 2007 // Residential contractors in Arkansas who own their own businesses may opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for themselves, but must purchase it for their business, according to a bulletin recently issued by state...
Agency Specialty Forms Alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty
Aug 31 2007 // Agency Specialty Product Network (ASPN) has announced it has formed an alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), based in Chesterfield, Mo., to offer large deductible workers’ compensation programs (single...
Judge Orders Trial for N.D. Workers’ Comp Director, Agency Investigator
Aug 31 2007 // Prosecutors have enough evidence to put North Dakota’s workers’ compensation director and the agency’s top investigator on trial for conspiracy, a judge has ruled. Sandy Blunt, the chief executive officer...
S.C. Firefighters’ Families to Receive Workers Compensation, Donations
Aug 30 2007 // The families of nine firefighters killed in a furniture store fire are set to receive $700,000 each in donations and workers’ compensation payments. Relatives could also receive a federal death benefit that could put...
Washington L&I Makes Appointments to Advisory Committees
Aug 29 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) announced appointments to medical and chiropractic advisory committees that will assist the department in providing high-quality, safe and cost-effective...
NCCI Proposes Reduction for Workers Compensation Rates in Florida
Aug 29 2007 // Driven by significant declines in claim frequency and improvement in loss development (i.e., claims are developing to a lower ultimate value) the National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing that Florida...
Mich. Accident Fund Acquires CWI Holding Inc.
Aug 28 2007 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of CWI Holdings Inc. to purchase CWI and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including San Francisco,...
