Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines

Nev. Comp Provider Returns Premiums, Pays Dividends to Employers

Oct 11 2005 // Builders Insurance Co., one of Nevada’s two largest workers’ comp insurers, and the state’s largest contractor-only workers’ comp provider, has paid out a set of safety-related dividends and...

Marine Business State Act Workers’ Comp Program Introduced

Oct 11 2005 // A State Act Workers’ Compensation program designed for marinas, boat dealers, boat repairers, boat yards and boat builders that only require State Act coverage has been introduced by LIG Marine Managers of St....

Hotchkiss Notes Launch of Texas Home Builders Workers’ Comp Group

Oct 11 2005 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA) announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: the Texas Home Builders Workers Compensation Group (THB-WC Group). The group includes home builders for whom specific...

Conn. Workers’ Comp Filing Seeks Small Boost

Oct 6 2005 // The organization representing Connecticut’s workers’ compensation insurers has filed for revised loss costs for the voluntary and involuntary markets for January, 2006. The National Council on Compensation...

Aetna Expanding Workers’ Comp Network; Now Covers 17 States

Oct 5 2005 // Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna is expanding its Aetna Workers’ Comp Access network into six additional markets, adding to the more than 190,000 physicians and health care professionals and 900 hospitals currently...

Fla. CFO Calls for Added $500M in Savings for State’s Small Businesses

Oct 5 2005 // Tom Gallagher, Florida’s chief financial officer, this week called for greater savings for Florida’s small businesses based on an independent review of proposed workers’ compensation rates for the...

Cooper Re-Appointed to Texas Mutual Board of Directors

Oct 4 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Texas Gov. Rick Perry re-appointed Richard Cooper to serve on the Texas Mutual board of directors. Cooper will serve another six-year term, which will end in July...

JUDGE UPHOLDS JOINT, SEVERAL LIABILITY

Oct 3 2005 // Franklin Circuit Court Judge William L. Graham has ruled in Frankfort, Ky., that members of the failed workers’ compensation self-insured group AIK Comp are liable for the deficit in its fund. The ruling affirms the...

‘CONCERNS’ REMAIN IN WORK COMP SYSTEM

Oct 3 2005 // The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute reported that Ar-kansas’ workers’ compensation system has experienced a period of stability after extensive reforms were passed in 1993, but maintained that...

TDI STAFF ASSISTING STORM VICTIMS

Oct 3 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that beginning Sept. 26, staff members were deployed to its Houston Insurance Assistance Center to assist Hurricane Rita victims with their insurance questions and claims,...

IIABA of W.Va. Conference and Expo in Shepherdstown

Oct 3 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...

News Briefs

Oct 3 2005 // ALABAMA Ala. Commissioner Asks Carriers for 60 Day Grace Period Alabama Insu-rance Commissioner Walter Bell has asked all carriers to provide a 60-day grace period for customers who have claims related to Hurricane Katrina...

FLORIDA

Oct 3 2005 // The Prosecutor’s Office has charged five St. Petersburg residents with filing false claims and defrauding two car insurance companies after a May 2004 two-car wreck in Pinellas Park, Fla. Zlatan Ramic, Alija...

People

Oct 3 2005 // RISC Inc. in Dallas, announced the appointment of Pat Mulady, to the position of vice president in the Brokerage Department. Mulady’s focus will primarily be tough casualty risks. Mulady joins RISC with over 12 years...

News Briefs

Oct 3 2005 // ARKANSAS The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute reported that Ar-kansas’ workers’ compensation system has experienced a period of stability after extensive reforms were passed in 1993, but...

News Briefs

Oct 3 2005 // CALIFORNIA ACIC OPPOSES PROPOSED CDI REGULATIONS: The Association of California Insurance Companies recently testified on proposed Department of Insurance regulations. According to Jeff Fuller, executive vice president and...

Wash. Contractor Cited for Fraudand Safety Violations

Oct 3 2005 // To combat fraud and protect workers from serious injury and death, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries has cited a Tacoma roofing contractor for workers’ compensation fraud and multiple safety...

Oct 3 2005 // Seattle-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has announced that Leslie Mallonee has been named senior vice president and chief information officer. Mallonee’s history in information technology includes his...

Spitzer Issues St. Paul Travelers Subpoena on Workers’ Comp Premiums

Sep 28 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer turned his attention to St. Paul Travelers Cos. recently, as the company noted Wednesday that it was served with a subpoena from Spitzer’s office. The subpoena was reportedly...

SUNZ Insurance Implements Phase 1 of Delphi Technology OASIS System

Sep 28 2005 // SUNZ Insurance Company of St. Petersburg, Fla. has selected Delphi Technology Inc.’s OASIS ASP system to manage its workers’ compensation line and help it provide insurance products and services to professional...