Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Moody Insurance Delivers $262,598 Cash Dividend for Workers’ Comp Program
Jun 2 2005 // Twenty-two Colorado companies are making a special trip to the bank today to deposit their share of the inaugural cash $262,598 dividend from the innovative Moody Select workers’ compensation program offered by...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Reforms a Mystery; Education Program Planned
Jun 2 2005 // West Virginia workers’ compensation reforms, including the privatization of the Workers’ Compensation Commission are a mystery to residents according to the results of a poll released today by RMS Strategies....
Florida Choice Awards Judges Selected; Nominations Due June 24
Jun 2 2005 // Nine judges have been selected for the third annual Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation. The program, produced by CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC, recognizes outstanding physicians who treat...
AIA Comments on Calif. Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease; Bill to Regulate Rates
Jun 2 2005 // A day after the California Senate gave the go-ahead for a bill to regulate workers’ compensation rates, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (D) has recommended that insurers base premiums on a decreased pure...
Garamendi Calls for 18% Decrease in Work Comp Pure Premium Rate
Jun 1 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi called for an 18 percent decrease in workers’ compensation pure premium rates and issued the following statement on June 1: “The historic workers’...
ACIC President Responds to Calif. Commissioner’s Comp Rate Cut
Jun 1 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies’ President Sam Sorich made the following statement in response to California Insurance Commissioner’s recommended workers’ compensation rate reduction of...
Okla. Goes to Special Session; Senate Leader Hopeful for Meaningful Workers’ Comp Reform
Jun 1 2005 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan announced he is confident a special session on workers’ compensation reform will result in legislation to save millions for Oklahoma businesses while preserving the...
State Fund Instructs So. Cal Employers on Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 31 2005 // As part of its ongoing statewide educational program on workers’ compensation fraud, State Compensation Insurance Fund held a seminar on May 20, for San Bernardino County employers. State Fund was joined by the San...
Texas Workers’ Comp Bill Goes to Governor
May 31 2005 // The Texas Senate approved a plan to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system and the bill awaits the signature of Gov. Rick Perry. The plan provides for an increase in income benefits to injured...
Zenith Files 12% Reduction in Its Calif. Workers’ Comp Rates
May 31 2005 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company, has filed with the California Department of Insurance its workers’ compensation rates for use in California on or...
Ill. Comp Reforms Headed to Gov. Blagojevich’s Desk
May 31 2005 // The first major overhaul of Illinois’ workers’ compensation system in nearly two decades was headed to the governor’s desk Friday night. The reforms, a compromise between business and labor groups, would...
Ohio Comp Fund Director Resigns Amid Scandal Over Missing Rare Coins
May 31 2005 // Ohio’s workers’ compensation director, once hailed as government’s “Mr. Fixit,” has resigned because of a growing scandal about the disappearance of about $10 million worth of rare coins the...
Okla. Lt. Gov. Calls for Special Session on Comp
May 27 2005 // Time has run out for workers’ compensation reform in the state’s legislature, according to Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin, who says a special session will be need to work on the issue. Fallin and Senate...
Committee Works Out Comp Compromise in Texas
May 26 2005 // A conference committee made up of members of the Texas House of Representatives and the state Senate worked out a compromise on workers’ compensation system reform that had stalled in the legislative process. The...
With No Major Surprises, Iowa Legislature Ends on Positive Note
May 25 2005 // Pleased with no last minute surprises to insurers, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has commended the Iowa Legislature and Gov. Thomas Vilsack for taking positive and progressive steps on this...
AIG Staring at Possible Formal Action
May 25 2005 // The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the State’s Insurance Department are near completion on producing a civil complaint against American International...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Bill Passes House By 25-13 Vote
May 24 2005 // The House on Sunday accepted a compromise bill to change the state’s workers’ compensation laws. House members passed the new bill 25-13, with most saying it wasn’t the perfect fix to lowering...
Former California State Fund President Webb Passes Away
May 23 2005 // Former State Fund President Jack Webb, one of the most influential and colorful figures in the 91-year history of California’s workers’ compensation insurance system, died May 2, 2005. Webb had been undergoing...
National Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Best Since 1997
May 23 2005 // The nationwide workers’ compensation calendar year combined ratio for 2004 dropped four points to 105 percent, the best performance for the first time since 1997, according to NCCI Holdings Inc.’s preliminary...
Fla. OKs Funds to Fight PIP Fraud
May 23 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher thanked legislators for approving his request for funding to add more law enforcement investigators to fight PIP fraud and workers’ compensation fraud, and a...
