Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Spitzer Subpoenas The Hartford Over Annuities, Workers’ Comp
Sep 18 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has received another subpoena from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer about variable annuity sales. The subpoena, which the Hartford disclosed to the U.S. Securities and...
AIA Says Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction Recommendation Demonstrates Reforms are Working
Sep 16 2005 // The following statement is in response to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Board’s decision to recommend that Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (D) decrease workers’...
West Virginia Circuit Court Convicts Employer for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 15 2005 // Richard J. Custer Jr. has been convicted in Marshall County Circuit Court on felony a felony charge of making a false statement to the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission for providing false information...
AIA Pleased with Results of 2005 Calif. Legislative Session
Sep 14 2005 // The California legislature adjourned sine die on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, and the American Insurance Association is pleased with the overall results. “When the session began in January, insurers faced numerous...
TDI to Provide Insurance Assistance at All Texas Disaster Recovery Centers
Sep 14 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that it deployed staff to all Texas disaster recovery centers (DRCs) to assist Hurricane Katrina evacuees with their insurance questions and claims, including workers’...
AIA Urges Calif. Gov. to Veto Legislation Unraveling 2004 Comp Reforms
Sep 14 2005 // The American Insurance Association is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) to veto SB 1023, authored by Senator Joe Dunn (D). This measure rolls the clock back by reinstating redundant penalties that were eliminated in...
SIIS to Host Workers’ Comp Forum
Sep 13 2005 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced it will host a Public Policy Forum featuring Albert Betts, Jr., commissioner of the Division of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance. This...
Texas Workers’ Comp Conference Presentations, Handouts Posted to DWC Web Site
Sep 13 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted videotaped presentations and handouts from the 15th Annual Texas Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference on the DWC Web...
The Noble Group, Thoits Insurance Team Up
Sep 13 2005 // Bill Fairbrother and Ali Fairbrother-Gatt, both of The Noble Group, joined Thoits Insurance on Sept. 1 as vice presidents serving business clients’ workers’ compensation and property casualty insurance...
LWCC Says Hotlines Are Open for Injured Workers, Policyholders, Agents and Providers
Sep 12 2005 // Expressing its concern and support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) said its stands ready to provide assistance to its policy and their injured workers, as well...
Tenn. Duo Scammed $6M in Workers’ Comp Funds; Sentenced to 26 Months Jail Time
Sep 12 2005 // Oliver Bruce Hurley of Speedwell, Tenn., and Charles William Johnson, of Tazewell, Tenn., have been sentenced to 26 months in prison four months after pleading to mail fraud related a scheme to hide employees from...
Workers’ Compensation Web Reporting Portal Opened by PMSI-Tmesys
Sep 9 2005 // PMSI-Tmesys, a workers’ compensation services provider in Tampa, Fla. has introduced a web portal reporting service that provides instant, self-service reporting capabilities to its clients. Using the PMSI-Tmesys Web...
Wash. Man Sentenced for Defrauding L&I in Workers’ Comp Scam
Sep 9 2005 // Tracy Lee Owens of Sedro Woolley, Wash., has been sentenced to state prison for illegally collecting workers’ compensation wage-replacement benefits while working at another job. Owens, 42, was caught by Department...
Insurex Announces Additional 15% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
Sep 8 2005 // Insurex, a San Diego-based insurance brokerage, announces an additional 15.0 percent rate reduction on California workers’ compensation insurance effective Oct. 1, 2005 for affiliate agencies. The rate reductions are...
California Workers’ Comp Bill Tabled
Sep 7 2005 // A bill aimed at closing a loophole in California’s workers’ compensation laws that allows doctors to profit from big markups on prescription drugs they sell to their patients appears has died in the current...
Workers’ Compensation Gives Nevada Business Incentives
Sep 6 2005 // A study by the state of Oregon finds that Nevada’s workers’ compensation system is a selling point for attracting businesses to locate in Nevada. Premium-related rates have increased in Nevada only once in the...
Mo. Employers Mutual Lowers Workers’ Comp Base
Sep 6 2005 // Missouri Employers Mutual said recently the average workers’ compensation insurance base rate will decrease by 5 percent for new and renewal business, starting Jan. 1, 2006. The workers’ comp insurer cited the...
Big Changes in Texas Workers’ Comp System
Sep 5 2005 // As a result of House Bill 7, passed by the 79th Texas Legislature, the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission was abolished on Sept. 1, 2005, and the Division of Workers’ Com-pensation (DWC) began at the Texas...
Zenith National Affirmed
Sep 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “BB+” counterparty credit rating and “B+”‘ preferred stock rating on Zenith National Insurance Corp. S&P also affirmed its...
Ohio Workers’ Compensation Scandal Pulls in Governor
Sep 5 2005 // An ongoing investigation into investment mismanagement claims within the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bureau has led to the charge of Republican Gov. Bob Taft with violating state ethics laws by failing to report gifts...
