Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Workers’ Comp Division to Hold Hearing on Disability Management
Sep 12 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing on Oct. 5, 2006, in Conference Room 100 (Commissioner’s Conference Room) of TDI’s Central Office located in...
Businesses Help Bring Down Hawaii Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Sep 12 2006 // The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed a request for a decrease of 12.3 percent in the workers’...
Specialized Care Network Found to Reduce Workers’ Comp Costs
Sep 12 2006 // In workers’ compensation cases, management of injured workers by a specialized network of health care providers—without third-party utilization review—can reduce missed work days and lower health care costs,...
Ohio Investment Scandal Critic Now in the Middle
Sep 12 2006 // The Democrat who has been the hardest charger in criticizing Republicans over the $300 million investment loss at the state’s workers’ compensation program for injured workers finds he is being criticized as...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Costs Rise Despite Drop in Claims
Sep 11 2006 // Payments from Ohio’s investment fund for injured workers to companies that manage cases have jumped more than 40 percent since the arrangement began, though the state is seeing about half as many claims, according to...
CRM Holdings to Acquire Embarcadero Insurance
Sep 11 2006 // CRM Holdings Ltd., a provider of fee-based management services and reinsurance to self-insured workers’ compensation groups, announced that it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire privately-held...
Pa. Roofing Firm Fined $100K in Worker’s Electrocution Death
Sep 10 2006 // A Pennsylvania roofing company faces federal workplace safety fines of $102,000 following the death of an employee who was electrocuted when his scaffold came into contact with a power line. Zeke & Son Roofing and...
OSHA Levies $86K in Fines in Miss. Casino Construction Deaths
Sep 8 2006 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued proposed fines of $85,575 against three companies in the March deaths of two construction workers during the demolition of hurricane-damaged Grand Casino in...
Ohio Oswald Companies Partners with Wellness Coaches USA
Sep 8 2006 // Oswald Companies announced this week that it will offer employers an on-site wellness coaching service through an exclusive partnership with Wellness Coaches USA. This service provides face-to-face, personalized support to...
Employers Insurance Group Cuts Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs
Sep 8 2006 // Nevada-based Employers Insurance Group (Employers) has reduced its workers’ compensation insurance costs, providing California physicians and surgeons improved special group pricing. Insurance and services are...
W. Va.’s BrickStreet Adopting Acordia’s Preferred Provider Network
Sep 7 2006 // West Virginia’s workers compensation carrier, BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., is forming a preferred provider organization for the treatment of injured workers employed by BrickStreet’s 38,000...
Wyoming Proposes Cuts in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Sep 7 2006 // Workers’ compensation premiums would drop across Wyoming under a proposal from state regulators. The Wyoming Department of Employment proposes new rates that call for workers’ compensation premiums to decrease...
San Diego Contractor To Pay Calif. State Fund $119,000
Sep 6 2006 // The owner of a San Diego area roofing company has been ordered to pay $119,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of the sentencing in a workers’ compensation insurance...
California Legislature Takes Action on Workers’ Comp, Punitive Damages
Sep 6 2006 // The Legislature ended its 2005-2006 session last week, passing bills affecting workers’ compensation, State Compensation Insurance Fund and punitive damages, among other issues. The governor has until midnight Sept....
N.D. Workers’ Comp Director Denies Involvement in Ohio Scandal
Sep 5 2006 // North Dakota’s workers compensation director said he was unaware a man he formerly supervised in Ohio was taking payoffs to steer state investment contracts to people he favored. “I find it a disgrace anybody...
Kentucky Workers Comp Loss Costs Down 9.3%
Sep 5 2006 // The latest industry loss cost filing approved for Kentucky workers compensation shows an average reduction of 9.3 percent for the 564 industrial classes. These classes include manufacturing, office and clerical,...
Election-Year Politics Dominate California, Association Says
Sep 5 2006 // Ending a moderately quiet year for insurers and without any major battles, legislators adjourned the 2005-06 session last week, said the American Insurance Association (AIA). Chipping away at the workers’...
Pharmacy issues critical in controlling workers’ comp costs
Sep 4 2006 // Both labor and employers agree that workers’ compensation reforms generally have improved California’s business climate. However, some controversial issues still remain that likely will be addressed in 2007,...
WORKER’S COMP FRAUD $300 BILLION NATIONAL PROBLEM
Sep 4 2006 // The Illinois State Insurance Department receives reports of six alleged cases of workers’ compensation insurance fraud each week, according to Director Michael McRaith. Some reports accuse employers of fraudulently...
Transportation activities accounted for most on-job fatalities in 2005
Sep 4 2006 // Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma all experienced higher rates of workplace fatalities in 2005, as compared to 2004. However, the total number of workplace deaths dropped by 15 in Louisiana last year. Transportation-related...
