Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ARIZ. RULING MAY THREATEN WORKPLACE SAFETY:
Sep 5 2005 // The Arizona Supreme Court has invalidated what the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America believes was a valuable law designed to help provide drug and alcohol-free working environments, according to PCI...
Texas Gov. Names Betts Div. of Workers’ Comp Commissioner
Sep 2 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has named Albert Betts Jr. of Austin as commissioner of the Division of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2007. He is being appointed to...
Washington’s L&I Proposes 3.8 Percent Boost in 2006 Workers’ Comp Rates
Sep 1 2005 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries proposed increasing hourly workers’ compensation insurance rates by an average of 3.8 percent in 2006. If adopted, the higher premiums would cover anticipated...
Division of Workers’ Compensation Begins at TDI Sept. 1
Aug 30 2005 // On Sept. 1, 2005, the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission is abolished and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) begins at the Texas Department of Insurance. This transition is the result of House Bill...
Mo. Legislature to Address Comp Glitch
Aug 30 2005 // Senate Bill 1, Missouri’s new workers’ comp reform law, contains a drafting error the legislature intends to address during a special session set to take place in mid September. However, since the law goes into...
Farmers Notes 10.5% Workers’ Comp Reduction for Okla. Customers
Aug 30 2005 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a 10.5 percent reduction in workers’ compensation rates for its Oklahoma business customers reportedly due to an improving insurance marketplace. This 10.5 percent...
Certified Workers Compensation Counselor Program (CWCC)
Aug 29 2005 // “Transforming the Landscape of Workers Compensation” When: October 17-19, 2005 Where: Town Center Southfield, Michigan Instructor: Maureen Gallagher LIC, CIC, CWCP, CRM, CWCA, RPLU, CILMA Cost: $1500 For more...
Former Okla. Poultry Worker Ordered to Pay Restitution in Fraud Case
Aug 29 2005 // A Jay, Okla., woman received a three-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $3,692.50 in restitution after pleading guilty in Delaware County District Court, state Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. Gregoria...
California’s State Fund to Disclose Broker Commissions to Policyholders
Aug 28 2005 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that it will disclose broker commissions to policyholders beginning Oct. 1, 2005. Insurance quotes and terms letters will display the commission rate paid to...
PCI Says: N.C. Legislature Passed Important Workers’ Comp Reforms
Aug 26 2005 // As North Carolina lawmakers prepare for adjournment after a long session, they can claim credit for passing important reforms to the state’s workers compensation system and identity theft protection legislation this...
Four Pa. Employers Charged in Workers’ Comp Scam
Aug 26 2005 // Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry’s (L&I) Bureau of Workers’ Compensation compliance unit announced the prosecution of four employers for reportedly failing to maintain...
Trial Date Set for R.I. Nightclub Owners Over Workers’ Comp Payments
Aug 25 2005 // The owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where 100 people were killed in a 2003 fire are scheduled to go to trial Sept. 30 to determine whether they are able to pay tens of thousands of dollars to the families of workers...
Utah Supreme Court Rules on Status of WCF Ownership
Aug 25 2005 // The Utah Supreme Court has declared that Workers Compensation Fund’s assets are owned by policyholders, not the State of Utah. The ruling in favor of WCF settles long-standing challenges by the State of Utah and...
Texas Workers’ Comp Transition Team Seeks Comment on Rule Development Priorities
Aug 25 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance/Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission Transition Team announced it is soliciting comments on the development of HB 7 Rule Priority Options, including the proper sequencing of rule...
Physicians Recognized for Treating Workers’ Compensation Patients
Aug 24 2005 // Five Florida physicians received the 2005 Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation, an honor granted to physicians who demonstrate excellence in treating injured employees. Former Secretary of Health and Human...
Wausau President Tells Stakeholders to Aim for ‘Noble Goals’ of Original U.S. Workers’ Comp System
Aug 24 2005 // The U.S. workers’ compensation system needs evolutionary changes, but all industry stakeholders must never lose sight of the original “noble” goals from nearly a century ago, according to Wausau Insurance...
Ky. Temp Supplier Fined for Underreporting Workers’ Compensation to KEMI
Aug 24 2005 // A Kentucky company that supplies temporary workers for underground coal mines has pleaded guilty in Letcher Circuit Court to a felony count of insurance fraud. Boone Mountain Services Inc., of Jackhorn, Ky. was charged...
AIA Calls 98 Percent Increase in Second Injury Fund a ‘Tax’ on S.C. Employers
Aug 24 2005 // The South Carolina Second Injury Fund for workers’ compensation has approved a record-breaking 98 percent annual increase in the Fund’s 2005 assessment charged to employers, another indication that repeal of...
N.C. Legislators Sign ‘Limited Package’ of Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Aug 24 2005 // North Carolina legislators have taken final action on a limited package of workers’ compensation reforms (H. 99), assigning the more contentious and costly issues to an interim legislative study committee, according...
TDI Outlines Workers’ Comp Enforcement Changes
Aug 23 2005 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin released a bulletin summarizing changes in enforcement procedures for the state’s workers’ compensation system that become effective Sept. 1, 2005. House Bill 7 (HB 7)...
