Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Va. Mine Survivor McCloy, Families of Deceased, Eligible for Benefits, Officials Say
Jan 6 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor brought out alive from the 260-foot-deep International Coal Group Mine, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will receive workers’...
Iowa Governor Names New Commissioner of Workers’ Comp
Jan 6 2006 // The appointment of Chris Godfrey as the new commissioner of Workers’ Compensation of the Iowa state Workers’ Compensation Division was announced today by Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally...
Workers’ Compensation Reform Tops PCI’s 2006 Legislative Agenda in S.C.
Jan 4 2006 // Comprehensive reform of the South Carolina workers’ compensation system, including the repeal of the Second Injury Fund are the top legislative priorities of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Seattle Firm Chosen to Evaluate Hanford Injured-Worker Claims
Jan 4 2006 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has selected Seattle audit and consulting firm Miller & Miller to review the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) administration of workers’ compensation...
Crawford & Co. Unveils Service Delivery Model to Manage Comp Claims
Jan 4 2006 // Crawford & Company reported the formation of Crawford Integrated Services, a new business unit that was developed specifically to solve the most pressing issues facing the workers’ compensation industry:...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp Expected to Reach Decision on Report
Jan 4 2006 // The Ohio state insurance fund for injured workers is expected to make a decision soon regarding the release of a report on the value of its private fund investments that investors have argued should be kept private. Some...
Virginia OKs Workers’ Comp Rate Changes, Up and Down
Jan 3 2006 // Virginia officials have approved changes that will increase overall workers’ compensation premium levels in the voluntary market for the industrial and federal (F) classes while decreasing premiums levels for coal...
Two N.Y. Workers’ Comp Trusts to Close as Board Toughens Standards
Jan 2 2006 // Two of New York’s 70 workers compensation self-insurance trusts are being shut down for their inability to meet financial standards set by state officials. The two trusts are the Provider Agency Trust for Human...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Penalties at All Time High
Jan 2 2006 // The Missouri Attorney General’s office recently released a statement saying that a record number of Missouri businesses were ordered to obtain workers’ compensation insurance in 2005. According to the Attorney...
Pa. Insurers Propose 8.5% Decrease for Workers’ Comp
Jan 2 2006 // Pennsylvania workers’ compensation insurers are recommending a decrease in what they charge to cover loss costs. The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau has filed for an overall 8.58 percent decrease in...
CONN. BOOSTS ITS WORKERS’ COMP RATES
Jan 2 2006 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell has approved a slight boost in workers’ comp insurance rates effective Jan. 1. She accepted the recommendations from the industry’s National Council on...
MAINE ALLOWS SMALL WORKERS’ COMP HIKE
Jan 2 2006 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance has modified the request of the industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance for an average 1.8 percent increase in workers’ compensation rates for policy year 2006 to 1.2...
Workers’ Comp
Jan 2 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services launched several new specialty products, broadening its workers’ compensation capabilities and offering standard market coverage for risks often neglected due to size...
Okeechobee Contractor Alleged to Have Filed Fake Workers’ Comp Claims
Jan 2 2006 // Okeechobee building contractor Merle Dee Johnson bonded out of the Okeechobee County Jail on $30,000 bond, after Florida investigators charged him with workers’ compensation fraud and grand theft. Johnston was...
Florida ‘draws a line in the sand,’ tightens workers’ comp enforcement
Jan 2 2006 // In October, 2003, when the Florida Legislature approved an updated workers’ compensation program, legislators “drew a line in the sand,” and decided to go after employers not paying their fair share into...
Four claim types common at Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 2 2006 // Premium fraud, working without workers’ compensation coverage, fraudulent certification and claimant fraud are common types of fraud encountered by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Vincent Mazzara,...
Workers’ comp benefits can stop at retirement age, Mont. judge rules
Jan 2 2006 // A Montana judge recently ruled that insurers don’t have to pay lifetime benefits to injured workers who are permanently disabled on the job, according to the Billings Gazette. State Fund insures more than 20,000...
AUTO DEALERS COMPENSATION OF CALIF. RETURNS $9.6 MILLION
Jan 2 2006 // The trustee board of the Auto Dealers Compensation of California Inc. has announced an equity distribution of approximately $9.6 million to its auto dealership members. AD-COMP is a private workers’ compensation...
Calif. court decision expected to lower workers’ comp rates
Jan 2 2006 // In Star Roofing Company Inc. v. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB), the California Insurance Commissioner recently issued a ruling that could affect the way workers’ compensation premiums...
Workers’ Comp
Jan 1 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services launched several new specialty products, broadening its workers’ compensation capabilities and offering standard market coverage for risks often neglected due to size...
