Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CAS Attendees Hear of Positive Trends in California Workers’ Comp
Aug 8 2005 // Insurers, and especially self-insurers, are seeing positive trends as a result of the workers’ compensation reforms in California, experts on the subject told attendees at the recent Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)...
Surprising Share of Workers’ Comp Cases Involve ‘Adverse Surprise’ Costs
Aug 8 2005 // Workers’ compensation cases with significant unanticipated medical care and costs are most common in California and Texas, and can represent as much as 30 percent to 40 percent of medical costs in most states,...
Keeping a Leg Up on Injuries with Post Injury Management
Aug 8 2005 // In today’s environment, work place injuries remain a topic of concern for employers and insurance professionals alike. Many risk managers have worked with employers to develop effective injury and illness prevention...
CAS Attendees Hear of Positive Trends in California Workers’ Comp
Aug 8 2005 // Insurers, and especially self-insurers, are seeing positive trends as a result of the workers’ compensation reforms in California, experts on the subject told attendees at the recent Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)...
Surprising Share of Workers’ Comp Cases Involve ‘Adverse Surprise’ Costs
Aug 8 2005 // Workers’ compensation cases with significant unanticipated medical care and costs are most common in California and Texas, and can represent as much as 30 percent to 40 percent of medical costs in most states,...
WCRI to Present Study Results for La.
Aug 4 2005 // On Sept. 22, 2005, in Baton Rouge, La., the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will present the preliminary findings for Louisiana from the 6th Edition of the annual WCRI CompScope multi-state benchmarks study...
ICT to Host Workers’ Comp Conference
Aug 4 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas will host its 2005 Workers’ Compensation Conference in Austin on Sept. 7. State Representative Burt Solomons of Carrollton, author of House Bill 7, the sweeping workers’...
Okla. Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 4 2005 // A Duncan, Okla., man will pay more than $15,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in Oklahoma County District Court, according to State Attorney General Drew Edmondson. Curtis Ray...
Ohio WC Bureau Planning Hospital Rate Cuts
Aug 3 2005 // In spite of warnings from health care groups, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation plans to cut the rates it pays hospitals treating sick and injured workers. The bureau insures about two-thirds of all employees...
N.J. Man Finds Workers’ Comp Fraud Doesn’t Pay
Aug 3 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Gloucester County man has pleaded guilty to theft and falsifying records for fraudulently collecting more than $11,000 in workers’...
Okla. Employers May See Lower Workers’ Comp Costs
Aug 1 2005 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland expects workers’ compensation insurance costs for policyholders with licensed insurance companies to decrease because of benefit changes produced by a special session bill...
Fla. Officials Put Wraps on Workers’ Comp Sweeps; 100 SWOs Written to State Employers
Jul 29 2005 // Investigators from Florida’s Department of Financial Services Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the results of a recent two-day sweep of construction sites in the state. Officials said 848 site visits...
Okla. Man to Serve 9 Years for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 29 2005 // A Tulsa County, Okla., man was given a 15-year sentence after pleading guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud in Tulsa County District Court, according to State Attorney General Drew Edmondson. Edmondson...
Ross Joins Pinnacol Assurance as President and CEO
Jul 28 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, announced that its board of directors has named Kenneth J. Ross as Pinnacol’s new president and CEO. Ross will succeed Gary Pon, who...
N.Y. Workers Comp Trusts Return $3M
Jul 28 2005 // Compensation Risk Managers, LLC, a national manager of self-funded workers’ compensation insurance programs, announced that three of its trusts in New York state produced dividends of nearly $3.2 million in 2004. The...
Ohio Sen. Dunn to Pursue Public Records Lawsuit Against Gov. Taft
Jul 28 2005 // Ohio State Sen. Marc Dann will not drop his public records lawsuit against Gov. Bob Taft, even though the governor has released hundreds of documents he wanted, the Associated Press reported. The Youngstown area Democrat...
S.C. Gov. Sanford Appoints Task Force to Study Workers’ Comp
Jul 28 2005 // A 33 percent rate increase proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance has motivated Gov. Mark Sanford to form a task force to study the state’s workers’ compensation system. The task force will...
Acordia Calif. to Cease Workers’ Comp Programs, Operations
Jul 26 2005 // Acordia of California Insurance Services Inc.’s Wholesale P&C Division has announced it has decided to cease their workers’ compensation programs and wholesale operations. Effective Sept. 1, 2005, Acordia...
Vt. Volunteer Firefighters Left Out of Workers Comp Revision
Jul 25 2005 // Volunteer firefighters in Vermont say they were inappropriately left out of a new law that gave their full-time, professional colleagues benefits that they believe they also deserve. Passed on the final day of the session,...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Looking for New Investment Consultant
Jul 25 2005 // The Ohio state insurance fund for injured workers announced it is looking for a new outside consultant to review its investments, according to the Associated Press. The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation said it...
