Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Truck Driver’s Fraud Conviction Nets Jail Time
Nov 1 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Arthur Menard of Spring, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and a Travis County district court sentenced him to 14 months in jail. The...
Study Identifies High Costs of Doing Business in Mass.
Oct 30 2006 // A new study by a Boston-based think tank shows that Massachusetts firms in nine selected industries including financial services have costs that are on average 20 percent to 30 percent higher than similar companies in...
Ohio Man Convicted and Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 27 2006 // A Brecksville, Ohio man was convicted and sentenced to one felony count of workers’ comp fraud. A building surveillance security camera captured Jerome J. Dobies delivering phone books to an Ohio Bureau of...
LWCC Stresses Fire Prevention Safety in the Workplace
Oct 26 2006 // In recognition of National Fire Prevention Month (October), Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) is reminding employers to educate their employees about fire safety in the workplace. The Occupational...
Chatsworth, Calif. CEO and Wife Arrested for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 24 2006 // Three suspects in connection with a workers’ compensation premium fraud investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Fraud Division have been arrested. A felony complaint was issued by the...
TDI Offers Assistance to Beaumont Residents Hit by Recent Flooding
Oct 24 2006 // Consumers affected by the recent heavy rainfall in and around the Beaumont area can contact the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) for answers to flood-related insurance questions. Typically, homeowners insurance policies...
Comp Administrator First Cardinal Adds Staff at N.Y. Headquarters
Oct 24 2006 // Workers compensation administrator First Cardinal LLC has hired several new employees at its Latham, N.Y. headquarters. Stacy Anuszewski, of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has joined the claims department as claims...
News Currents
Oct 23 2006 // Insurance issues take back seat in Mass. governor’s race Insurance issues have taken a back seat to crime and taxes but there is evidence that the candidates locked in the race to succeed Massachusetts Gov. Mitt...
Declarations
Oct 23 2006 // Crisis in S.C. “The costs associated with the workers’ compensation system are increasing at a faster rate than in other states. That, coupled with the large assessment for the Second Injury Fund, creates an...
Workers’ comp reforms reduced physician fees
Oct 23 2006 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has released its 2006 Legislative Cost Monitoring Report. According to the report, physician fees have been reduced by about 4 percent since...
News Currents
Oct 23 2006 // Utah workers’ comp fund plans no changes The Utah Workers Compensation Fund, an insurance pool that pays Utah residents who are injured on the job, has dropped plans to restrict benefits. Earlier, UWCF officials...
Bustamante and Poizner in the final campaign stretch
Oct 23 2006 // From holding the line on new reforms to reducing uninsured motorists, a fair share of work lurks ahead for California’s soon-to-be-chosen insurance commissioner. Front-runners fighting for the honor of regulating...
No Change in Maine Workers’ Comp Premiums for 2007
Oct 20 2006 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance confirmed that typical workers compensation premiums will not be going up for 2007. The department reported that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) will not be filing a...
Texas Mutual Announces Apartment Association Purchasing Group
Oct 19 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Apartment Association (TAA). The group provides qualifying members with a competitive option for workers’ comp...
Fla. Orders 15.7% Workers’ Comp Cut
Oct 18 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...
New Mexico Workers Compensation Insurance Rates are Cut
Oct 18 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The state Insurance Department has approved overall rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and 1.3 percent for the...
West Virginia Launches Online Workers’ Comp Validation System
Oct 17 2006 // Instantaneous validation of employer workers’ compensation coverage is now available online in West Virginia. The Coverage Validation System (CVS) provides government agencies, contractors and other businesses that...
Junkin Named to Seat on Miss. Workers’ Comp Commission
Oct 17 2006 // Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has named Johnny Junkin, of Natchez, to the Workers’ Compensation Commission (MWCC) for an unexpired term ending January 1, 2007 and for a six-year term beginning January 1, 2007...
Truck Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud in Texas
Oct 16 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Jerry S. Amaya of Cedar Creek, Texas, on workers’ comp fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Amaya to one year of probation and...
California State Fund to Host Safety Training Seminars
Oct 16 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a comprehensive safety seminar in Redding, Calif., on Oct. 18, and a restaurant supervisor safety-training program in Monterey Park, Calif., on Oct. 18. The...
