Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Brickstreet Mutual could soon face competition in W.Va.
Sep 24 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...
N.Y. moves to end bureau-filed rates for workers’ comp
Sep 24 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, Insurance Superintendent...
Eight major mistakes employers make when workers’ comp rates go down
Sep 24 2007 // Employers must view coverage more as a comprehensive risk management tool than necessity Throughout much of the country, declining workers’ compensation rates are music to employers’ ears. After all, that seems...
Exporters’ insurance: A world of opportunity
Sep 24 2007 // Companies moving into international markets could be exposed to risks not insured under domestic policies In the past 10 years, it has become much easier for U.S. companies to venture into the global marketplace. Advances...
Brickstreet Mutual could soon face competition in W.Va.
Sep 24 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...
Hawaii insurers file 16.8 percent workers’ comp cost decrease
Sep 24 2007 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a request to decrease workers’ compensation loss costs in Hawaii by 16.8 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, according to the state Department of Commerce and...
Eight major mistakes employers make when workers’ comp rates go down
Sep 24 2007 // Declining rates act as blinders for many employers. With lower prices it’s easy to shift focus away from injury management and cost containment to other more pressing business matters. Throughout much of the country,...
OSHA Fines 4 Construction Companies for Texas Worksite Death
Sep 24 2007 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined four construction companies $119,550 following an investigation into fatality at a Dallas, Texas, worksite. OSHA announced it...
Texas: 32 workers’ comp carriers high performing
Sep 24 2007 // In its initial assessment of workers’ compensation carriers and providers, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation found that 32 of the insurance carriers reviewed were high...
Mich. Businesses to Pay Less in Workers’ Comp Premiums in 2008
Sep 21 2007 // Michigan businesses will see their pure premium rates for workers’ compensation insurance drop in 2008 by more than 4 percent. Private insurance carriers use the pure premium rate to compare their rate structure for...
2 Cabell County, W. Va., Women Indicted on Separate Fraud Charges
Sep 21 2007 // Two West Virginia women were indicted earlier this month on one felony count each of worker’s compensation insurance fraud. If convicted, Erin Chinn and Robin Bird of Cabell County, W. Va., face one to 10 years in...
Framing Contractor Ordered to Pay Calif. SCIF $291,444
Sep 21 2007 // San Diego County Superior Count Judge David Danielsen has ordered framing contractor Christopher Nicol to pay $291,440 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Nicol, 38, owner of BC Framing,...
S.C. Rejects 23.7% Increase in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Sep 20 2007 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance disapproved a request made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance to increase loss costs statewide by 23.7 percent. NCCI State Relations Executive, Amy Quinn, said...
Idaho Reduces Workers’ Comp Rates An Average of 3.7%
Sep 20 2007 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal announced that the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates will be reduced by an average of 3.7 percent for 2008. “This decrease points out the...
Business Cheers as S.C. Adopts Objective Standards for Workers’ Comp
Sep 20 2007 // Gov. Mark Sanford today was joined by business groups from across South Carolina when he signed an executive order mandating that the Workers’ Compensation Commission apply objective standards when making...
Guaranteed Cost Workers Compensation Program for Security Guard & Investigation Agencies
Sep 20 2007 // Now Available from The Mechanic Group September 20, 2007 – Guaranteed Cost Workers Compensation Program for Security Guard and Investigative Agencies is now available from The Mechanic Group. The Mechanic Group will...
Texas Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rate Set at $712
Sep 19 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for Fiscal Year 2008 is set at $712 and is effective for dates of injury...
Kentucky’s Workers’ Compensation Rates Drop
Sep 19 2007 // A filing most Kentucky insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows another decrease in loss costs for 2007, according to Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The state Office of Insurance...
Oregon To Decrease Workers’ Comp Rates 2.3%
Sep 19 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has announced it is decreasing the workers’ compensation pur premium rate in 2008 by 2.3 percent. Meanwhile, the workers’ comp premium assessment,...
Texas: E-Billing for Workers’ Comp System Begins Jan. 1
Sep 18 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation issued a reminder that workers’ compensation system health care providers and insurance carriers are required to be able to exchange medical...
