Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Spouses of Deceased Workers to Receive Retroactive Benefits
Feb 13 2006 // According to the Workplace Health, Safety & Compensation Commission of New Foundland and Labrador (Canada), 58 women whose husbands were fatally injured before the Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ equality rights...
AIG Settlement Includes $343 Million to States for Workers’ Comp Errors
Feb 10 2006 // As part of its record $1.6 billion overall settlement with state and federal officials for fraud and improper accounting, American International Group will pay states $343.5 million for underpayment of workers compensation...
N.C. Woman Wants Workers’ Comp Based on Attack By Boss, Wife
Feb 10 2006 // A Greensboro, N.C., woman attacked at work and kidnapped by her boss and his wife is fighting with an insurance company over her workers’ compensation claim, the News & Record and the Associated Press...
Court Case Could Cost Montana Workers’ Comp System $200M
Feb 10 2006 // A looming workers’ compensation court case could cost Montana taxpayers $100 million and force a roughly $160 million rate hike for business buying insurance from the Montana State Fund, the agency’s top...
Colo. Bill Denying Workers’ Comp to Illegal Immigrants Dies in Committee
Feb 10 2006 // A Colorado proposal to deny workers’ compensation benefits to illegal immigrants injured on their jobs has died in a Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee. Republican Sen. Greg Brophy’s bill 98 would...
Ariz. Wants to Deny Workers’ Comp Benefits to Those Who Test Positive for Drugs, Alcohol
Feb 10 2006 // Arizona lawmakers have preliminary approved a bill and constitutional amendment that would deny workers’ compensation benefits to employees injured or killed on the job who test positive for alcohol or illegal...
Commission Says Calif. Gov. Cut Permanently Disabled Comp in Half
Feb 10 2006 // VotersInjuredatWork.org and the California Applicants Attorneys Association reacted to a report adopted by the State of California’s Commission on Health & Safety & Workers’ Compensation finding that...
Travelers Introduces Indian Tribal Workers’ Compensation Product
Feb 9 2006 // St. Paul Travelers has introduced a Tribal Workers’ Compensation product for Indian tribes and their enterprises. This product is specifically designed for federally-recognized Indian tribes that have a tribal...
IBA West Opposes Workers’ Comp Ballot Initiatives
Feb 9 2006 // Earlier this week, leaders of California’s business community announced they would fight any efforts to reverse the workers’ compensation reforms enacted in 2004 (Senate Bill 899). The group announced the...
CHOICE Launches Workers’ Comp Physician Practice Analysis
Feb 9 2006 // CHOICE Medical Management Services, LLC has launched the first ever comprehensive workers’ compensation physician practice analysis. “This is the first provider analysis in the industry using data from the...
NCCI Official Predicts Higher Costs for S.C. Workers’ Compensation
Feb 8 2006 // South Carolina’s workers’ compensation costs promise to be much larger than the 12.7 percent suggested by Martin Simmons, the Consumer Advocate’s actuarial witness and according to Peter M. Burton, NCCI...
Lemac & Associates Expands Workers’ Comp Department, Promotes Gomez
Feb 8 2006 // Los Angeles-based Lemac & Associates has promoted Mario Gomez and charged him with expanding the company’s workers’ compensation department. The company has five “A” rated markets that will...
Outlook Good For U.S. Workers’ Comp; State Reforms, Strong Results Factors
Feb 8 2006 // The outlook for the U.S. workers’ compensation sector in 2006 is good, with the ratings impact for insurers expected to be neutral on the whole, according to a report released by Standard & Poor’s Ratings...
Return-to-Work Pilot Program Created for Small Employers in Texas
Feb 8 2006 // To encourage small employers to find ways to return their employees to the job sooner after a workplace injury, Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts has signed and submitted to the Texas Register...
WCB Funds New Prevention Projects, Notes Priorities for 2006
Feb 6 2006 // The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB), Canada recently reported the latest funding recipients of its Community Initiatives and Research Program (CIRP). These 11 groups will conduct community or industry-based...
DELAWARE SEEKS NEW WORKERS’ COMP CLASSES
Feb 6 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes for workers’ compensation. According to Denn, some business owners have said they have been...
Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter
Feb 6 2006 // Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law required businesses to carry workers’ compensation insurance to cover their employees, yet no commercial insurer would write such...
Oklahoma’s legislative session shifts into gear
Feb 6 2006 // The bill-filing deadline for the Oklahoma Legislature passed Jan.19, 2006, and the session opens Feb. 6. At the close of the filing process, the state Senate had 1,034 bills and 28 joint resolutions filed, the House filed...
Delaware seeks new workers’ comp classes
Feb 5 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes for workers’ compensation. According to Denn, some business owners have said they have been...
Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter
Feb 5 2006 // Beacon Mutual remains a non-profit. Beacon remains Rhode Island based. Beacon remains focused exclusively on workers’ compensation. Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law...
