Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators
Nov 20 2006 // The insurance commissioner posts in Alaska and Idaho are likely to change, following November’s mid-term elections. In Idaho, U.S. Rep Butch Otter, R, defeated opponent, newspaper publisher Jerry Brady, in the race...
Washington employers to save $315 million in workers’ compensation
Nov 20 2006 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the state’s employers and workers could save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums next year as the result of a six-month partial suspension...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 20 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 19 2006 // With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, we’ll likely see action on a number of insurance issues. Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 19 2006 // With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, we’ll likely see action on a number of insurance issues. Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of...
By Adam Friedlander
Nov 19 2006 // Some brokers have taken steps to protect themselves, asking clients to sign agreements to hold them harmless if they elect to obtain coverage from a trust. Their concern relates to the insolvency exclusion of self insured...
People
Nov 19 2006 // Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in...
With new governors could come new commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.
Nov 19 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 19 2006 // With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, we’ll likely see action on a number of insurance issues. Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 19 2006 // With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, we’ll likely see action on a number of insurance issues. Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of...
Washington employers to save $315 million in workers’ compensation
Nov 19 2006 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the state’s employers and workers could save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums next year as the result of a six-month partial suspension...
Power shift in the political landscape
Nov 19 2006 // Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control...
News Currents
Nov 19 2006 // Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators The insurance commissioner posts in Alaska and Idaho are likely to change, following November’s mid-term elections. In Idaho, U.S. Rep Butch Otter, R, defeated...
OSHA Offers More Advice on Bird Flu
Nov 15 2006 // The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is recommending that workers practice good hygiene, including wearing gloves and washing hands, and, in some cases, donning respiratory protection,...
Pa. Creates Fund for Injured Workers of Employers Without Workers’ Comp
Nov 15 2006 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has signed legislation creating a fund to pay injured workers whose employers lack workers compensation coverage. The same bill — HB 2738 — increases the minimum amount an injured worker...
Online Workers’ Comp Kit Helps Employers Track and Cut Costs
Nov 10 2006 // Workers’ Comp Kit is the first online cost-containment program that gives employers tools they can use to cut workers’ compensation costs as much as 20 percent to 50 percent, according to Amaxx Risk Solutions,...
Best Rates Finland’s Tapiola ‘A’
Nov 10 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” to Finland’s Tapiola General Mutual Insurance Company (also known as Keskinainen...
Industry Expects New Commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.
Nov 9 2006 // Newly-elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although the identity of any successors is unknown at this time, according to insurance...
Fla. orders 15.7% workers’ comp cut
Nov 6 2006 // A significant drop in workers’ compensation claims frequency and a reduction in the cost of claims have triggered a larger-than-recommended decrease in rates, at the bidding of Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin...
Golden State Division of Workers’ Compensation proposes penalties against laggard insurers
Nov 6 2006 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a revised proposal of regulations that would penalize insurers and self-insurers that show a pattern of denying or delaying workers’ compensation...
