Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Supreme Court: Workers’ comp premiums not priority in bankruptcy
Jul 3 2006 // News Currents A workers’ compensation insurer does not have a claim against a bankrupt business for unpaid premiums under bankruptcy law, according to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision that insurers are...
Golden State adopts new regulations to reduce worker injuries and death from high heat
Jul 3 2006 // California workers may soon be able to file for workers’ compensation if they become injured due to high heat. The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted a permanent heat stress...
Pa. must end confusion over contractors in workers’ comp
Jul 3 2006 // An increasing number of Pennsylvania businesses are paying thousands more for workers’ compensation than necessary because of our state law’s vague treatment of subcontractors. While businesses must buy...
Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Workers Comp Fraud Charges
Jun 30 2006 // A Sutton, Mass. man pleaded guilty to worker’s compensation fraud and larceny over $250 in Worcester Superior Court, according to Attorney General Tom Reilly. Hal Tyree, 51, of Sutton pleaded guilty to one charge...
California State Fund Receives $64,000 in Restitution for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 30 2006 // Caifornia’s State Compensation Insurance Fund recently received $64,000 in restitution from the owner of a San Luis Obispo county moving company. Mark John Frey, 38, of Oceano, Calif., pleaded no contest on May 15 to...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Case Could be Reopened
Jun 29 2006 // A judge in Columbia, S.C. deciding whether to approve a nearly 33 percent increase in a workers’ compensation rates may be asked to reopen a case after opponents of the increase learned the Insurance Department...
States Lack Controls Over Workers’ Comp Drug Costs
Jun 29 2006 // Public policymakers are considering cost containment measures to bring the costs of prescription drugs used to treat injured workers more into line with similar costs in group health or government insurance programs,...
Pending Bills Undermine Calif. Workers Comp Reforms, Insurers Say
Jun 28 2006 // Three measures awaiting approval by a key state Senate committee would undermine recent reforms that have improved California’s workers compensation system, according to Sam Sorich, president of the Association of...
Durham, N.C. Resident Sentenced to 12-and-a-Half Years; Must repay $8.3M
Jun 28 2006 // Steve Edwards of Durham, N.C. has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison in an insurance fraud case that left North Carolinians with unpaid workers’ compensation and health insurance claims estimated in...
Texas Workers’ Comp Q3 Discount Rate and Interest Rate Announced
Jun 27 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the Act shall be at the rate of 8.68 percent. This rate is computed by using the...
Baltimore Company Admits Defrauding W.Va. Workers’ Comp Agency
Jun 26 2006 // A defunct Baltimore company has pleaded guilty in Charleston, W. Va. to a federal fraud charge for billing the state of Workers’ Compensation Division for services that were never provided. RTW Rehabilitation...
La. Workers’ Comp Corporation to Pay $19.6 Million Dividend
Jun 23 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it is paying a $19.6 million dividend to qualifying policyholders. LWCC’s board of directors declared the dividend, which is believed to be the...
N.Y. Restaurant Workers’ Comp Safety Group Pays 40% Dividend
Jun 22 2006 // United Restaurants of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group #556 has paid a 40 percent dividend to approximately 775 members for policies through Sept. 30, 2005, according to the group’s manager, The...
Texas Posts Workers’ Comp Notice of Employee Rights, Responsibilities
Jun 22 2006 // Pursuant to House Bill 7 (79th Legislature), the public counsel for the Office of Injured Employee Counsel developed and submitted a notice of injured employee rights and responsibilities to the Texas Department of...
More N.Y. Self-Insured Workers’ Comp Groups Shutting Down
Jun 21 2006 // Two more self-insured workers’ compensation groups in New York will close over the next several months, bringing the year’s tally to five, as officials continue to enforce stricter financial standards. The...
California Family Business-Owners Arrested on Fraud
Jun 21 2006 // Californians Clyde and Jackie Sewell, both 52, owners of North Pointe Enterprises Inc., and their daughter, Toni Studer, 30, were arrested at their place of business. The Sewells, who are residents of Elverta, Calif., were...
Eastern Insurance, Educators Mutual Complete Stock Deals; Begin Trading
Jun 20 2006 // Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has completed its common stock offering, the conversion of Educators Mutual Life Insurance Company, also of Lancaster, to a stock insurance company and the...
Okla. Gov. Names Harkey as Workers’ Comp Judge
Jun 20 2006 // Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry appointed Michael J. Harkey as a Workers’ Compensation Court judge for a term ending July 1, 2008. He succeeds Richard G. Mason, who resigned in January. The governor praised...
Supreme Court: Workers Comp Premiums Not Priority in Bankruptcy
Jun 20 2006 // A workers compensation insurer does not have a claim against a bankrupt business for unpaid premiums under bankruptcy law, according to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision that insurers are warning could disrupt the...
California commissioner recommends 16.4 percent workers’ comp rate cut
Jun 19 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has recommended a 16.4 percent decrease in the workers’ compensation pure premium rate. The decrease would be applicable to new and renewal policies as of the first...
