Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Sep 4 2006 // No ‘pixie dust’ for reform, Texas work comp chief says With that statement Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts introduced his message to a crowd of insurance professionals attending...
Pharmacy issues critical in controlling workers’ comp costs
Sep 4 2006 // News Currents 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...
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Sep 4 2006 // Bill introduced to allow DOI to oversee California State Fund California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have jointly submitted legislation, inserted into Assembly Bill 2125, to...
N.Y. speeds up benefits to 9/11 rescue workers
Sep 4 2006 // New York State has adopted a trio of laws designed to speed workers’ compensation benefits for workers and their families with claims related to 9/11 rescue efforts. The first new law enables many workers who became...
Bill introduced to allow DOI to oversee California State Fund
Sep 4 2006 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have jointly submitted legislation, inserted into Assembly Bill 2125, to establish oversight responsibility and regulatory authority for the...
Washington Proposes 2 Percent Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Sep 1 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries have proposed lowering workers’ compensation rates next year by an average of 2 percent, the first general rate reduction in six years. It is expected to save...
Fla. Workers Comp Insurers File for 13.3% Rate Reduction
Aug 29 2006 // Workers compensation insurers have filed to reduce rates in Florida an average 13.3 percent statewide next year. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said the cut, if approved, would produce a savings of over $400...
California Lawmakers Enter Final Days of 2005-06 Session
Aug 28 2006 // California lawmakers on Monday will begin the final days of the 2005-2006 legislative session, which ends midnight Aug. 31. The following, by Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies, is a...
Intracorp Workers’ Comp HCN Certified by Texas Department of Insurance
Aug 24 2006 // Philadelphia, Pa.-based Intracorp announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has certified it as a workers’ compensation health care network (WCHCN). So far, the department has approved nine networks, including...
San Diego Contractor to Pay State Fund $456,000
Aug 24 2006 // San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh has ordered the owner of a San Diego construction company to pay $456,061 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers’ compensation...
San Francisco Corporate Officer Arrested for 49 Felony Counts
Aug 24 2006 // Martha P. O’Neill, 40, of San Francisco, has been arraigned on 49 felony counts of alleged workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud and employment tax fraud, according to the California Department of...
Two Plead Guilty in La. Following Workers’ Comp Investigation
Aug 23 2006 // A Lake Charles, La., man pleaded guilty to felony insurance fraud Aug. 21 following a surveillance investigation by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) and a series of court rulings favorable to the...
Annual Texas Workers’ Comp Conference Set for December 4-5
Aug 23 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold its annual Workers’ Compensation Conference on December 4-5, 2006 in Austin. The conference will be held at the Doubletree...
TDI to Provide Assistance at El Paso Disaster Recovery Center
Aug 22 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced it has deployed staff to the Texas disaster recovery center in El Paso to assist residents with their insurance questions and claims, including workers’ compensation...
Texas Workers’ Compensation Network Expansions Approved
Aug 22 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company and Concentra announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has approved the expansion of Texas Mutual’s Texas Star Network and Concentra’s Health Care Network (HCN). Texas...
Every W. Va. employer targeted for workers’ comp audit
Aug 21 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance provider has a lofty goal: to audit every one of West Virginia’s 38,000 employers this year. That would require an unprecedented 200 audits a day, and may...
Major League Baseball scores with workers’ comp cost reduction program
Aug 21 2006 // Workers’ compensation claims could foul up any company, and Major League Baseball is no exception. After recognizing that injured players were one of the biggest exposures for its baseball teams, MLB decided to...
Rough riding for workers’ comp on the racetrack
Aug 21 2006 // The problem of providing workers’ compensation insurance for jockeys and backstretch workers, such as grooms and exercise riders, in the horse racing industry is a complicated one. Only four states —...
Motor sports coverage: garage risks on speed
Aug 21 2006 // The high-value of even the lowest-priced racing cars and the likelihood of calamity drive up overall insurance costs and make liability coverage for motor sports particularly difficult to find, according to motor sports...
Rough riding for workers’ comp on the racetrack
Aug 21 2006 // The problem of providing workers’ compensation insurance for jockeys and backstretch workers, such as grooms and exercise riders, in the horse racing industry is a complicated one. Only four states —...
