Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIG Settles with Michigan for More than $5.2 Million
Mar 3 2006 // Attorney General Mike Cox reported Friday that American International Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (“AIG”) have paid more than $5.2 million to the State of Michigan, representing the underpayment, with...
TDI Clarifies Rules on Voluntary, Informal Work Comp Networks
Mar 2 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that it has received a number of inquiries from interested parties and legislative offices related to the continued existence of informal or voluntary workers’ compensation...
Pair Convicted in Calif. for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
Mar 1 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the convictions of two suspects, Wade Peebles, 55, and Gigi Peebles, 41, for workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud, payroll tax fraud and conspiracy,...
W.Va. Bills Employers $1.89M for Workers’ Comp Premiums
Feb 28 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission has released statistics indicating that more than $1.89 million in workers’ compensation payments are now outstanding from employers in the state. Notices asking 1,794 employers...
A.M. Best Gives FFVA Mutual an ‘A’
Feb 28 2006 // FFVA Mutual Insurance Company of Maitland, Fla. has been awarded an A rating (Excellent) from A.M. Best Company. It also received a “stable” outlook rating, indicating it is experiencing stable financial/market...
W.Va. Big ‘I’ Hears About Workers’ Comp Status, Disaster Tips
Feb 28 2006 // The status of the Insurance Commission was recently discussed by Commissioner Jane Cline and J. David Daniel, a member of the Big ‘I’ executive committee gave tips about how independent insurance agents can...
Vt. Workers’ Comp Rates Moderate
Feb 28 2006 // Vermont workers’ compensation rates are moderating for the third year in a row, Commissioner John P. Crowley of the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration announced. Crowley...
Chicago Furniture Builder Nailed for Workplace Safety Violations
Feb 27 2006 // The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $218,200 in fines against steel frame furniture manufacturer Dehler Manufacturing Co. Inc. following an inspection at the...
Industry Hid Risks to Workers of Chromium, Watchdog Group Charges
Feb 26 2006 // Worried about stricter regulations, the chromium industry withheld key data from the government involving the health risks of workers exposed to the carcinogenic metal, according to a study released Feb. 23. The paper by...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Reform Advances Through House Subcommittee
Feb 24 2006 // The first step in achieving much needed workers’ compensation reform in South Carolina was taken this week as the House Business and Commerce subcommittee approved legislation (HB 4427) that addresses many of the...
Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner Approves 11 Firms to Self-Insure
Feb 23 2006 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure covering a one-year period for 11 private employers. Texas law allows certain...
Texas Return-To-Work Rules Now Available Online
Feb 23 2006 // Rulebook Supplement 2006-01 containing Return-to-Work rules adopted by the Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation on Feb. 2, 2006, is available online from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of...
AIIA Supports Bill to Lengthen Licensing
Feb 23 2006 // Alabama HB227 which would lengthen the licensing period for insurance producers, service representatives and adjusters from the present one year, to two or more years and would increase the 12-hour continuing education...
Ohio Owed $13.5 M in Scandal Connected to Injured Workers’ Fund
Feb 23 2006 // The state is owed $13.5 million that allegedly was spent illegally as part of Ohio’s ill-fated investment in rare coins that shook up the state’s Republican leadership, the state auditor said in a report...
Calif. Commissioner Issues New Workers’ Compensation Regulations
Feb 22 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced new workers’ compensation regulations that will require all insurers to submit certification forms that verify that claims adjusters and medical bill...
Meadowbrook/TPA Returns $2.5M to Mass. Workers’ Comp Self-Insureds
Feb 22 2006 // Meadowbrook/TPA Associates, a third-party administrator of self-insured workers’ compensation programs, announced it is distributing $2,475,000 in dividends to 475 Massachusetts businesses that are members of the...
First Cardinal Forms The CompPAC Trust of Texas
Feb 22 2006 // First Cardinal of Texas Ltd. announced the merger of two of its largest workers’ compensation trusts into a single entity, CompPAC Trust of Texas, effective Jan.1, 2006. The CompPAC Trust of Texas combines the...
Workers’ comp court case could cost Montana fund over $200 million
Feb 20 2006 // A looming workers’ compensation court case could cost Montanans $100 million and force a roughly $160 million rate hike for business buying insurance from the Montana State Fund, the agency’s top official...
CALIFORNIA CREATES WEB SITE
Feb 20 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has launched a new Web site to fight workers’ compensation fraud . The site, accessible on the California Department of Insurance (CDI) web site (www.insurance.ca.gov), will...
Reduced rates and renewed competition in Calif.
Feb 20 2006 // California workers’ compensation insurance rates are taking a turn for the better. Thanks to reform legislation, employers should have more access to reasonable rates. In fact, rates are roughly equivalent to 1995...
