Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Eight Indicted by San Diego County Grand Jury for Fraud
May 18 2006 // Eight Massachusetts residents have been indicted for insurance premium fraud charges by a San Diego County grand jury. The eight owners and employees of Massachusetts-based National Independent Contractors Association...
Report Says Comp Costs per Claim in La. Higher Than in Median State
May 17 2006 // Louisiana’s average total cost per claim placed it among the group of states with higher average costs per claim when compared to the median study state, according to a new report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based...
R.I.’s Beacon Mutual Seeks to Withdraw 27.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut Bid
May 16 2006 // Policyholders of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. hoping for quick approval of a proposed 27.7 percent rate cut will have to wait. The insurer has moved to withdraw its loss cost filing that seeks for a 27.7 percent decrease...
Father and Son Arrested in California for Workers Comp Fraud
May 16 2006 // Glendale, Calif., car wash owners Shagen Galstanyan, 51, and his son, Vahe Tergalstanyan, 23, have been arrested for workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Both suspects were booked into the Riverside County Jail...
Texas Workers’ Comp Educational Session Offered in Lubbock on May 30
May 16 2006 // The Lubbock Field Office of the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is hosting a brown bag educational session for health care providers, employers, human resource managers, claims...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Posts Newsletter Online
May 15 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has posted the Spring issue of the DWC Workers’ CompUpdate newsletter on the agency Web site at...
Upstate N.Y. Stone Mason Under-Reported Workers’ Comp, Says Fund
May 14 2006 // An upstate New York employer’s alleged attempt to pay lower premium than required for his workers’ compensation policy with The New York State Insurance Fund began to unravel after he filed a claim for an...
W.Va. Spouses Ask High Court for Assurance of Lifetime Benefits
May 13 2006 // West Virginia lawyers for spouses of people who died from work-related injuries and illnesses, including four victims of January’s Sago mine disaster, have asked the state Supreme Court in Charleston, W.Va. to ensure...
2005 Workers’ Comp Stats Positive, But Expert Advises Caution
May 12 2006 // Singer Bob Dylan’s song, “The Times, They Are a Changin’,” was cited as a cautionary reminder by Steve Klingel, NCCI Holdings Inc.’s president and CEO, as he gave a positive report on 2005...
United Wisconsin Insurance Receives Upgraded Rating by A.M. Best
May 12 2006 // A.M. Best recently announced that it has upgraded United Wisconsin Insurance Company (dba) United Heartland’s rating to a secure A (excellent) rating. This upgrade comes as part of a pooled rating with Accident Fund...
La. Kids’ Chance Golf Tournament Raises $27K for Children of Injured Workers
May 11 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) reported that LWCC Chairman Aubrey Temple and president/CEO Kristin Wall presented a check in the amount of $27,000 to the Louisiana Bar Foundation to support its...
Alaska Legislature Ends Session; Rejects Self-Insurance Bill
May 11 2006 // Alaska legislators concluded the 2006 regular session this week and in the final hours rejected a bill opposed by insurers that would have encouraged more employers to self-insure for workers’...
Cypress Care Names Three VPs
May 11 2006 // Michael Stuart has been named vice president of strategic initiatives and implementation, Mark Pergolini has been haired as vice president of medical services, and John Cash has been hired as vice president of marketing...
ICW Group Hires Sinatra to Expand Company in Pleasanton, Calif.
May 10 2006 // ICW Group, San Diego, has hired Michael Sinatra to become the branch manager for its Pleasanton, Calif., workers’ compensation underwriting office. The expansion in Pleasanton will complement ICW Groups’ other...
Washington Department of Labor and Industries Lowers Fine, Penalties Against Self-Insured Contractor
May 10 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...
Texas Workers’ Comp Rulebook Supplement 2006-02 Available Online
May 10 2006 // Rulebook Supplement 2006-02 containing rules adopted by the Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation is available online from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Division of Workers’ Compensation. The...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Publishes Plan to Implement Reforms
May 9 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has published a Strategic Management Plan to define how the DWC will be organized and carry out reforms of the workers’...
OSHA cites 14,000 employers for high worker injury rates
May 8 2006 // Approximately 14,000 employers have been notified that injury and illness rates at their worksites are higher than average and that assistance is available to help them fix safety and health hazards, the Occupational...
Governor claims Calif. workers’ comp changes ‘huge success’
May 8 2006 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the sweeping workers’ compensation changes he pushed through the Legislature two years ago a “huge success,” but critics called them a disaster for injured...
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May 8 2006 // Carol Sipe has been named vice president and general manager of operations; Francis “Fran” Graham has been named Southeast director of sales; and Chris Neyrey has been named Southwest director of sales and...
