Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Schwarzenegger proposal suggests combining workers’ comp with group health coverage
May 7 2007 // As part of his health care reform plan unveiled in early January, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing a “24-Hour coverage” program that would combine the medical treatment component of...
Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism and the American Insurance Association jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress as it...
Oregon Reports 37 Workplace Deaths in 2006
May 4 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced its 2006 figures for workplace safety. According to its data, 37 people covered by the state workers’ compensation system died on the job. The largest...
Calif. To Hold Workers’ Comp Premium Rate Hearing Today
May 3 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner will hold a hearing today to receive testimony from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) regarding its pure premium rate recommendation....
Alleghany Buying Calif. Workers’ Comp Specialist Employers Direct
May 1 2007 // Alleghany Corp. has agreed to purchase all outstanding shares of California workers’ compensation writer Employers Direct Corp. for $195 million in cash. EDC, which was founded in 2002, is an insurance holding...
New Firm, Claimetrics, Promises New Age in Claims Management
Apr 30 2007 // A group of industry experts announced today the launching of Claimetrics, a claims management company focused on measurable results, at this week’s Risk and Insurance Management Society in New Orleans. The founders...
D&O, Workers’ Comp Lead Downhill Pricing Parade, According to RIMS
Apr 30 2007 // Directors and officers insurance continues to be a highly competitive line. In the first quarter of 2007, D&O prices decreased by 7.7 percent and by more than 12 percent in the last two quarters of 2006 combined,...
Insurance Association Pushes for S.C. Workers’ Comp Reform
Apr 27 2007 // With claim costs continuing to rise in South Carolina, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is recommending that the workers compensation loss cost level be increased by 23.7 percent. “This news...
Okla. Multiple Injury Trust Fund Assessment Rate Set at 2.14%
Apr 25 2007 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court announced that the Multiple Injury Trust Fund (MITF) assessment rate to be charged for the period of July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, is 2.14 percent of: – gross...
Study: Obese Workers Drive Up Workers Compensation Costs
Apr 25 2007 // Gaining too much weight can be as bad for an employer’s bottom line as it is for a person’s waistline. A Duke University Medical Center analysis found that obese workers filed twice the number of workers’...
Guyan Named Membership Director at Workers’ Comp Research Institute
Apr 24 2007 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute has named Suzanne M. Guyan as director of membership. Guyan will have responsibility for building and maintaining relationships with public officials and other WCRI stakeholders...
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Apr 23 2007 // Doug Eden has joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Gov. Sanford, employers disappointed in S.C. reform The South Carolina Senate has passed workers’ compensation reform legislation but many observers are not impressed and hope the House will do a better job. The...
News Currents
Apr 23 2007 // Arizona Appeals Court: Pain not equal to injury in workers’ comp claim The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that subjective pain does not fall under Arizona’s definition of an injury for which an employee is...
Minn. SFM Mutual Names Bob Lund New President, CEO
Apr 20 2007 // Bob Lund, vice president and general counsel of SFM Mutual Insurance Co. since 1998, has been chosen as SFM’s new president and chief executive officer, Board Chair Truman Jeffers recently announced. Lund succeeds...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Director, Investigator Face Criminal Charges
Apr 20 2007 // North Dakota’s workers compensation director was put on leave Wednesday after criminal charges were filed against him and the agency’s top fraud investigator involving questionable spending on gifts and...
Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Seeks Veto of Workers’ Comp Bill
Apr 20 2007 // The Hawaii Legislature has passed a bill on temporary total disability benefits for workers’ compensation that the Chamber of Commerce is saying will increase business costs, because employers would not be able to...
Vermont Employers Enjoy Declining Workers’ Compensation Prices
Apr 19 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance is costing less for most Vermont employers since new rates became effective April 1. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration approved...
Three More Charged in Probe of Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Apr 19 2007 // Three former employees of the state’s insurance fund for injured workers were charged with accepting golf outings, meals and other items from investment firms seeking to do business with the state, authorities said...
Calif. State Fund To Receive $46,000 in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Apr 19 2007 // Imperial Valley, Calif., County Superior Court Judge Poli Flores has ordered an employee of an El Centro, Calif., hay exporter to pay $45,996 in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers’...
