Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Mutual Expands Lone Star Auto Dealers Group Coverage Program
Jul 21 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company has expanded its Lone Star Auto Dealers (LSA) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The group is now open to franchised motorcycle, RV and boat dealerships as well as franchised auto...
Ohio Workers Comp Bureau Agrees to $52 Million Settlement
Jul 21 2006 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation agreed this week to drop its appeal and pay $52 million awarded to injured state employees in a class-action lawsuit. The bureau had argued that state laws prevented workers...
Division of Workers’ Compensation Cautions Community About Coercing Medical Evaluators
Jul 21 2006 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a statement advising that it is “neither ethical nor proper to attempt to coerce medical providers.” According to William Zachry, vice president...
Florida Job Site Sweep Results in Three Workers’ Comp Arrests
Jul 20 2006 // Job site inspections in St. Lucie County, Fla. have resulted in the arrests of three individuals and the issuance of 15 Cease and Desist orders for unauthorized workers and two citations of $2,500 for unlicensed...
N.H. Number One Workers’ Comp Program Upgrades to Real Time
Jul 20 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s NumberOne Comp Program, which offers a variety of monoline workers’ compensation market options to association members, has been upgraded to provide...
CorVel Certified as Texas Workers’ Compensation HCN
Jul 20 2006 // CorVel Corporation announced that its health care network (HCN) has been certified by the Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation. In preparation for its certification, CorVel...
State Legislators Eye Market Conduct, Building Codes, Federal Charter
Jul 20 2006 // State legislators who deal with insurance issues in their legislatures back home are expected to discuss amendments to their market conduct model law as well as state building codes during their summer meeting that runs...
Berkshire Hathaway Subsidiary Acquires Two Calif. WC Companies
Jul 19 2006 // Columbia Insurance Company, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway Group of Insurance Companies, has agreed to acquire American All-Risk Insurance Services (AARIS) and American Commercial Claim Administrators (ACCA), both...
Texas Fines Carrier for Late Payment of Workers’ Comp Benefits
Jul 19 2006 // Texas’ State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) recently ordered University Health System to pay a fine of $2,500 to the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) for late...
Former CompSource Oklahoma Claims Director Indicted for Fraud
Jul 19 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson reported that the former claims director for CompSource Oklahoma is accused of one count of workers’ compensation fraud in a Multicounty Grand Jury indictment unsealed...
N.Y. Nixes Workers’ Comp Hike; Blasts ‘Anemic’ Anti-Fraud Efforts
Jul 18 2006 // New York officials have denied a requested 7.5 percent hike in workers compensation premiums and criticized carriers’ attitude towards combating fraud in doing so. The decision means rates will not be going up in...
Occupational Health Program Returns Washingtonians To Work Quicker
Jul 17 2006 // Injured workers in three Eastern Washington counties were 33 percent less likely to miss work and collect wage-replacement benefits if they were treated by doctors participating in a Department of Labor and Industries...
Texas Workers’ Comp Rulebook Supplement Available Online
Jul 12 2006 // Rulebook Supplement 2006-03 containing a rule adopted by the Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation is available online from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation, the...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Oversight Board Must Be Strengthened, Report Says
Jul 11 2006 // Reforms implemented by Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and lawmakers didn’t go far enough to strengthen the board that oversees Ohio’s troubled state insurance fund for injured workers, an independent consultant studying...
W.Va. Insurance Commission Acting Against Uninsured Employers
Jul 6 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is cracking down on the estimated 2,000 employers in the state that do not have workers’ compensation insurance, which is required by law. When an employee of an uninsured...
LWCC Launches New Web Site
Jul 6 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it has launched a new corporate Web site, www.lwcc.com. The site features dedicated sections for employers, insurance agents and injured workers to obtain...
Mich. Workers’ Compensation Agency, State Bar to Sponsor Seminar
Jul 6 2006 // For attorneys and others interested in learning about the state’s workers’ compensation law, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (DLEG) and the State Bar of Michigan have teamed up to sponsor a...
Mo. Department Revises Workers’ Comp Loss Costs for 2003-2005
Jul 6 2006 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has directed the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) to revise loss costs for years 2003-2005. According to the statement issued by the Department, historical payrolls...
California Workers’ Compensation Loss Ratios Down Significantly
Jul 6 2006 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2006. According to the report, workers’ comp reforms...
The Logistics Trust of Texas Now Open for Business
Jul 5 2006 // The Logistics Trust of Texas, a workers’ compensation self-insurance group administered by First Cardinal of Texas Ltd, has received approval from the Texas Department of Insurance to begin offering coverage, First...
