Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Supreme Court Limits Employers’ Liability in Workers’ Comp
May 9 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that workers’ compensation reforms adopted in 2004 do not supersede employer apportionment of compensation for permanent disability injuries. In reviewing cases from five...
Audits Target W. Va. Workers Comp Writer BrickSreet’s Transition Spending
May 9 2007 // West Virginia egislators fielded two audits this week questioning $3.5 million spent by the state workers’ compensation program before it became the BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. last year. But BrickStreet...
Case Law Watch
May 7 2007 // Anti-assignment Clause Holloway v. Republic Indemnity Co. of America (Oregon, Nov. 16, 2006) Ruling: At issue on this appeal was whether an anti-assignment clause that provided that “[y]our rights or duties under...
News Currents
May 7 2007 // Study: Obese workers drive up workers’ compensation costs 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...
Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
It Figures
May 7 2007 // 250 The number of federal emergency management officials in Rhode Island helping to stage a mock response to the fictional “Hurricane Yvette” from a “storm center” at the Cranston Street Armory in...
Congress should consider “guiding principles” for TRIEA
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
Study: Obese workers drive up workers’ compensation costs
May 7 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’...
Figures
May 7 2007 // 250 The number of federal emergency management officials in Rhode Island helping to stage a mock response to the fictional “Hurricane Yvette” from a “storm center” at the Cranston Street Armory in...
Congress should consider ‘guiding principles’ for TRIEA
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
Figures
May 7 2007 // $100 million The dollar figure placed on an alleged nationwide workers’ compensation scam for which five men have been indicted. The investigation began in 2002 after the Florida Division of Workers’...
People
May 7 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh Inc. has appointed Rob McGinnis as the leader of its U.S. Consumer Business, which includes the U.S. operations of the firm’s Affinity, Program, and Private Client Services...
Congress should consider ‘guiding principles’ for TRIEA
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
Chamber of Commerce seeks veto of HI workers’ comp bill
May 7 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...
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...
