Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
W. Va. Begins Tagging Firms Lacking Workers’ Comp
Jul 30 2006 // West Virginia businesses that choose to operate without workers’ compensation insurance will be tagged with yellow signs. Investigators with the state Insurance Commission started posting yellow warning signs on the...
Avila to Represent MedRisk Inc. in Tampa, Fla.
Jul 28 2006 // King of Prussia-based MedRisk Inc. has announced that Michele Avila has joined the firm as director of client strategies based in Tampa, Fla. She will work closely with sales, marketing and account management to design and...
California State Fund Hosts Heat Illness Prevention Seminars
Jul 27 2006 // In light of recent heat waves throughout the state, California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that it will increase the number of its free “Heat Illness Prevention” seminars and also open...
Colorado Workers’ Compensation Premium To Remain Unchanged
Jul 26 2006 // Colorado employees are likely to see their workers’ compensation costs remain unchanged for 2007. State Insurance Commissioner David Rivera said the National Council on Compensation Insurance will not be filing for...
Businessmen Pay Restitution to N.Y. Workers Comp Fund
Jul 26 2006 // Two Suffolk County, N.Y. business people who pleaded guilty in cases involving workers’ compensation fraud have paid The New York State Insurance Fund a total of more than $7,800 in restitution. Robert Ristenpadt,...
Ireland Named Calif. Workers’ Comp Institute Associate Research Director
Jul 26 2006 // John Ireland has been named associate research director of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the Oakland-based nonprofit organization that serves as the research arm of the California workers’...
Employers’ Costs for Workers’ Comp Rose Faster than Benefit Payments, Study Reveals
Jul 26 2006 // Employers’ costs for workers’ compensation grew faster than combined cash benefits for injured workers and medical payments for their treatment, according to a new study issued today by the National Academy of...
Lax Record-keeping at Ohio’s Worker’s Comp Bureau Lowered Benefits
Jul 26 2006 // Hundreds of injured workers temporarily received less in state benefits than they deserved because of poor record-keeping at a scandal-plagued state insurance fund, according to a memo released Monday. The disclosure was...
Broker Security Breach Puts N.Y. Workers’ Comp Clients at ID Risk
Jul 26 2006 // The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of as many as 540,000 injured workers have been lost, and the state and a contracted company are trying to protect the workers from identity theft. In New York, company and...
5,450 W.Va. Employers Delinquent, Owe $11.4M in Workers’ Comp Payments
Jul 25 2006 // West Virginia has delinquent workers’ compensation payments valued at $11.4 million outstanding as of July 13, with 5,450 employers overdue on their payments to BrickStreet Mutual, according to Insurance Commissioner...
Delaware Inaction on Workers’ Comp Disappoints Insurers
Jul 25 2006 // The Delaware General Assembly concluded its 143rd legislative session late on June 30, 2006 without addressing comprehensive reform of the workers’ compensation system. But the Assembly did maintain an exemption for...
The virtual, global economy humbles insurance leaders
Jul 24 2006 // Insurance professionals have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to be worried. She says there are a lot of risks ahead and given the speed...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
W. Va. cracking down on 2,000 employers without workers’ comp
Jul 24 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on an estimated 2,000 employers in the state who do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
N.Y. blasts ‘anemic’ workers’ comp anti-fraud efforts
Jul 24 2006 // New York officials have denied a requested 7.5 percent hike in workers’ compensation premiums and criticized what they termed carriers’ ‘anemic’ efforts in combating fraud in doing so. The decision...
N.Y. lawmakers disappoint on property insurer; avoid workers’ comp reform
Jul 24 2006 // The New York State Legislature’s most recent session will be remembered by insurance lobbyists more for what did not get accomplished than for what did. The Republican-controlled Senate and the Democrat-led Assembly...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // The virtual, global economy humbles insurance leaders Insurance professionals have a lot to worry about as the fast-paced virtual economy takes hold. According to futurist Edie Weiner, they are right to be worried. She...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Reforms pushing California workers’ comp rates, losses down The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March...
Reforms pushing California workers’ comp rates, losses down
Jul 24 2006 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2006, which suggested legislative reforms are...
W.Va. Claimant Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 21 2006 // Jerry Lee McClelland Jr. has been arrested on one felony count of receiving workers’ compensation benefits for a term longer than he was entitled, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L....
