Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. Workers’ Comp Reform Passes in Special Session
Jun 20 2005 // Oklahoma lawmakers passed workers’ compensation reform legislation, Senate Bill 1X, in a special legislative session that began May 31, the end date for the regular session. The bill was sent to Gov. Brad Henry who...
Insurers Decrease Calif. Workers’ Comp Rates as Reforms Take Effect
Jun 20 2005 // Many workers’ compensation insurers doing business in California are decreasing their rates, evidence that the major reforms enacted last year are taking effect. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...
Insurers Decrease Calif. Workers’ Comp Rates as Reforms Take Effect
Jun 20 2005 // Many workers’ compensation insurers doing business in California are decreasing their rates, evidence that the major reforms enacted last year are taking effect. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...
Workers’ Comp Code Corrections in N.H. Lead to Refunds
Jun 19 2005 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department reported that a number of businesses should begin getting workers’ compensation insurance refunds beginning next month. The workers compensation rating organization, the...
AIK COMP Members Assessed $97M
Jun 16 2005 // Frankfort, Ky.-based AIK COMP. has announced it plans to assess former members more than $97 million in an attempt to cover its debts. AIK intends to recover the money in retroactive premiums in an attempt to keep injured...
N.Y. Reschedules Workers’ Comp Rate Hearing to June 27
Jun 16 2005 // The New York State Insurance Department has rescheduled a public hearing to consider the application of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) for a workers’ compensation insurance increase of 16.1...
State Fund Withdraws Plans for Home Office Expansion
Jun 15 2005 // State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced it has decided to not move forward with the plans for the construction of a new office building adjacent to its headquarters at 1275 Market Street in San Francisco. When the...
Roofing Contractor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 15 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that a Landers roofing contractor has pled guilty to workers’ compensation premium fraud and other charges. Michael Louis Curran, 50, pled guilty on June 8,...
Insurers, Military at Odds over Workers’ Comp Program for Civilian Contractors
Jun 15 2005 // Several media outlets reported this week that the Defense Department is looking to revamp a controversial $5.5 billion workers’ compensation insurance program for its civilian contractors overseas after reportedly...
Hair Joins Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund
Jun 14 2005 // Dan Hair joined Workers Compensation Fund as senior vice president, safety and underwriting. Hair began his insurance career with the State Compensation Insurance Fund of California in 1976, and he recently ended a 25-year...
Workers’ Comp Changes Worry Wyoming Businesses
Jun 14 2005 // Owners of small businesses say they worry that their insurance rates would increase under a proposed change to Wyoming’s workers’ compensation law. But larger employers say the change would end their subsidy of...
Bridgefield Casualty Adds Workers’ Comp to N.C. Market
Jun 12 2005 // Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Summit Holding Southeast Inc., announced that it is expanding its operations to North Carolina. Bridgefield Casualty is rated “A” (Excellent) by A.M. Best...
N.D. Comp Rates to Rise 2%
Jun 10 2005 // The agency that manages North Dakota’s monopoly workers’ compensation system announced that premium rates will rise an average of 2 percent beginning July 1, 2005. The agency, Workforce Safety & Insurance,...
Texas Comp Rulebook Supplement Available Online
Jun 10 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that the Workers’ Compensation Act and Commission Rulebook Supplement 2005-03 is available online. The rulebook can be updated by printing the 2005-03 Rules...
28 Suspects Arrested in Fla. Sweep of Workers’ Compensation Cheats
Jun 10 2005 // A three-day statewide sweep has resulted in 28 arrests of suspects arrested for violations of Florida workers’ compensation laws according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. The sweep is the latest move in a campaign to...
AIA: Texas Legislative Session a Success; Next Meeting in 2007
Jun 9 2005 // The Texas Legislature adjourned sine die last week, and the American Insurance Association (AIA) is reportedly very pleased with the end results. “When legislators first convened in Austin in January, expectations...
Okla. DOL Wrestles with End of Workers’ Comp Non-Coverage Program
Jun 9 2005 // The Oklahoma Department of Labor reported it is trying to determine the extent of the impact of the Legislature’s decision to repeal two sections of Oklahoma law and abolish the Certificate of Non-Coverage (CNC)...
Nev. Legislature Wraps Up Session
Jun 9 2005 // The Nevada Legislature wrapped up its session this week, passing a number of insurance-related bills, but failed to take an opportunity to enact proposals that would have modernized Nevada’s regulation of insurance...
