Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Md. Claims Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Stealing Workers’ Comp Checks
Jun 5 2007 // Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler reports that Natalie L. Mack, a former insurance claims adjustor with CompManagement, Inc., pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to stealing approximately...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Officials Appear in Court on Felony Charges
Jun 5 2007 // The executive director of the North Dakota State Workers’ Compensation agency and an agency investigator were released after their first court appearances last week on felony charges involving questionable spending...
La. sees rate decreases in workers’ comp filings
Jun 4 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates are decreasing in Louisiana, according to Commis-sioner of Insurance Jim Donelon. Donelon attributes the positive change to a significant drop in loss costs for...
Calif. permanent disability cuts ruled invalid
Jun 4 2007 // A Workers Compensation Appeals Board judge has invalidated California’s rating schedule that cut injured workers’ permanent disability compensation. According to the California Applicant Attorneys Association,...
Mass. workers’ comp rates going down 16.9%
Jun 4 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurers and the state regulator have agreed upon a 16.9 percent average decrease in workers’ compensation rates in Massachusetts starting Sept. 1, 2007. The industry’s...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // La. sees rate decreases in workers’ comp filings Workers’ compensation insurance rates are decreasing in Louisiana, according to Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon. Donelon attributes the positive change to...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // Calif. permanent disability cuts ruled invalid A Workers Compensation Appeals Board judge has invalidated California’s rating schedule that cut injured workers’ permanent disability compensation. According to...
People
Jun 4 2007 // Emeryville, Calif.-based Commodore Insurance Services Inc. appointed Mark Cravens president. Cravens was recently with Wellington Underwriting, which was acquired by Catlin, where he led development of catastrophe modeling...
Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Billing, Payment Data Available
May 31 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the availability of public use data files (PUDFs) for workers’ compensation medical charges and payments. Data sets for both...
58 Arrest Warrants Issued in Calif. for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 31 2007 // Law enforcement officers from five Calif. counties have served 58 arrest warrants for insurance fraud and related charges, such as grand theft, receiving stolen property and perjury, following investigations of alleged...
Ill. Assurance Sponsors Workers’ Comp Seminars for Executives
May 31 2007 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Assurance Agency Ltd. recently announced that it has produced an educational seminar titled “Unlocking the Secrets of Workers’ Compensation Insurance.” The free seminar will be held...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Workers’ Comp Reform Package
May 30 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has unveiled a series of reforms to address what he says are systemic and structural deficiencies in the state’s workers’ compensation system. He also recommended...
Workers’ Comp Companies Filing Rate Decreases in La.
May 25 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that rates for workers’ compensation insurance are decreasing, thanks to a large drop in loss costs for insurers. Most workers’ comp carriers in...
AMIS Offers Coverage for Security Guards, Private Investigators and Adjusters
May 24 2007 // Alliance Marketing & Insurance Services (AMIS) announced it is writing workers’ compensation, property, inland marine and commercial auto for security guards and private investigators and insurance adjusters in...
County Indicts West Virginia Woman on Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 22 2007 // The Raleigh County, W. Va. Prosecutor’s Office indicted a Raleigh County resident on one felony count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits. Angel M. Delung, 34, of Shady Springs, allegedly filed...
Hawaii Gov. Lingle vetoes workers’ comp bill
May 21 2007 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle handed state employers a victory this month, when she vetoed House Bill 854. The bill would have required wage loss or temporary total disability payments continue to be paid even during a dispute,...
Fla. Workers’ Comp Fraud Results in 14-Year Prison Sentence
May 21 2007 // The former owner and operator of a now-defunct professional employee organization, Miralink Group Inc., left thousands of workers in Florida and several other states without workers’ compensation coverage despite...
Figures
May 21 2007 // 37 The number of new homeowners insurance companies entering Texas since 2003, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. In addition, the state has gained 28 new auto insurance providers during that time. The ICT said...
Colorado ends legislative session; industry pleased tort auto system remains
May 21 2007 // The Colorado Legislature wrapped up its regular session on May 4, with fairly positive results for the insurance industry and consumers. The auto insurance system will remain a tort system, instead of reverting back to a...
Legislators aim to crack down on fraud
May 21 2007 // For years, Al Capone outwitted federal efforts to nail him for murder and other mobster-type crimes. The feds finally took him down with a breathtakingly simple courtroom gambit: tax evasion. California Capones Modern-day...
