Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mike Geeslin, Texas, Texas Insurance Commissioner
Feb 11 2007 // It could be said the first year of Mike Geeslin’s term as Texas Insurance Commissioner was one of “trial by fire.” Gov. Rick Perry appointed Geeslin to the post in June 2005, just months before Hurricanes...
8 Calif. to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp reform
Feb 11 2007 // Commissioner wants to fine-tune system to protect consumers 8 Agents, brokers set sight on political involvement Meeting with legislators helps them relate to insurance issues 9 West has highest number of...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight...
Texas – Mike Geeslin
Feb 11 2007 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin presides over one of the largest insurance markets in the nation. He began his term as commissioner in 2005, just months before Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, sending hundreds...
Tenn. Rakes in Penalties from Workers’ Comp Complaints
Feb 9 2007 // Tennessee’s Workers Compensation Penalty Program has collected close to $300,000 in penalties from insurance carriers and employers since it was created in 2004, officials said. In its first year, the program...
Fla. Charges 2 Insurance Brokers, 1 Other in Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // Three Floridians including two insurance brokers have been charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly providing hundreds of workers with falsified workers’ compensation insurance certificates to more than 300...
National Safety Group Supports 2008 OSHA Budget
Feb 9 2007 // Des Plaines, Ill.-based The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) said it supports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) budget request for fiscal year 2008 of $490.3 million and intends to...
Ark. Court of Appeals Sides with Truck Driver in Workers’ Comp Case
Feb 9 2007 // A delivery truck driver injured on his route is entitled to disability benefits, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled on Feb. 6, 2007, overturning a state workers’ compensation commission decision. An opinion written...
Bakersfield Businesswoman Charged with Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // A Bakersfield, Calif., businesswoman and two accomplices have been arrested in California on a list of charges stemming from a variety of alleged fraud. Shawn Dodd, 40, is charged with four felony counts of insurance...
Texas Harvester Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 8 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Patricia Chavez of Sabinal, Texas pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The Travis County 390th Judicial District Court sentenced Chavez to three...
Del. Focuses on Workplace Safety for Hispanic Construction Contractors
Feb 5 2007 // As Delaware’s rural landscape gives way to housing developments, immigrant workers who once took jobs in the agriculture and poultry industries are turning to home construction and landscaping. While reaping the...
MedAlert Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 5 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that MedAlert Inc. pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The Travis County 331st District Court ordered MedAlert to pay $2,842 in restitution to Texas...
Mass. Settles with Employers Re Over Inflated Workers’ Comp Charges
Feb 2 2007 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has setttled a case brought by the state against Employers Reinsurance Group (ERC), a former subsidiary of General Electric, for unlawfully hiking the price of the Boston Water...
Calif. Permanently Disabled Return-to-Work Rates Up 5%
Feb 1 2007 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has released return-to-work rate information on permanently disabled workers that shows a more than five percent average increase in return-to-work rates for...
Calif. Commissioner to Examine Broker Disclosure, Workers’ Comp Issues
Feb 1 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major disaster — but that...
Ark. Gov. Names New Judge for Workers’ Comp Commission
Jan 30 2007 // Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Chandra Hicks as the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s newest Administrative Law Judge, the AWCC reported. The AWCC administrates the state’s workers’...
Providence Property & Casualty Appoints New Officers
Jan 29 2007 // Providence Property & Casualty Insurance Company, which provides workers’ compensation insurance to Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), has appointed Stephen (Steve) A. Gober as vice president,...
Proactive agents help contractors and subcontractors reduce comp costs
Jan 29 2007 // Transitional duty assignments, return-to-work goals, regular communication, information gathering are all part of a solid program When helping contractors and subcontractors reduce their workers’ compensation costs,...
Report: Nevada workers’ comp system needs to examine serious claims
Jan 29 2007 // The Nevada workers’ compensation system “has undergone dramatic change since 1993″ becoming more competitive and allowing private insurers to enter the market,” but it has room for improvement...
Contractors’ Workers’ Compensation
Jan 28 2007 // When helping contractors and subcontractors reduce their workers’ compensation costs, focus on four key elements: accurately determine the cause of the high costs, improve communications with employees, bring...
