Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Electronic Proof of Coverage Approved by Ark. Workers’ Comp Commission
May 19 2005 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) announced the adoption of electronic proof of coverage (POC), effective July 1, 2005, at which time the form AR-I (Insurance Coverage Card) no longer will be...
New Permanent Disability Regulations to Reduce Workers’ Comp Rates
May 19 2005 // New permanent disability regulations will reduce the cost of workers’ compensation insurance pure premium rates by anywhere from three to 12 percent, said California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in a...
Mass. Approves 3% Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction
May 19 2005 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved a 3.0 percent overall average rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates, a savings of $32.6 million in premiums paid by employers. The new rates...
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Writers Seek 16% Rate Boost for October
May 18 2005 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board has submitted a filing for an average 16.1 percent rate increase effective Oct. 1, 2005. This filing came at the same time that the board withdrew its bid for a 9.5 percent...
Calif. Contractor Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case; Will Pay State Fund $605,940
May 17 2005 // The owner of a Corona, California-based construction firm has begun serving a two-year jail sentence as part of his conviction on felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Lawrence S. Hatfield, 59, of Orange...
Garamendi Covers Workers’ Comp to Run for Lt. Governor in Talk with Insurance Journal
May 17 2005 // With the list of insurance industry issues never small in California, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi recently took time out from his schedule to chat with Online Editor Dave Thomas. Is the workers’...
TWCC Rulebook Supplement 2005-02 Available Online
May 17 2005 // The Workers’ Compensation Act and Commission Rulebook Supplement 2005-02 of workers’ compensation rules is available online from the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The rulebook can be updated by...
Calif. Woman Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
May 17 2005 // Sandra Canas, a resident of Daly City, California, pleaded guilty on May 11 to a felony charge of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Canas was arrested on Nov. 10, 2004, by investigators from the California...
NAIC Reports California Workers’ Comp Finally Moved into the Black in 2003
May 17 2005 // Last month, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released its “Report on Profitability by Line by State” for calendar year 2003 (see CWCI Bulletin 05-07). The NAIC report provides...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Conference Report Raises Concerns
May 17 2005 // A workers’ compensation conference report approved during a special session of the Alaska Senate includes several new issues that raise a red flag for insurers and employers, says the American Insurance Association...
Colorado Legislature Protects Guaranty Fund Solvency, Viability
May 16 2005 // Colorado’s Legislature effectively killed three bills that would have adversely impacted the ability of the state’s Insurance Guaranty Fund to pay claims to insureds of insolvent workers’ compensation...
N.D. Comp Agency Outlines Impact of New Legislation
May 15 2005 // North Dakota employers, workers and medical providers will all be affected by workers’ compensation legislation enacted by the legislature, according to a statement released by state’s monopoly insurer,...
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Rates to Remain Unchanged with Filing Withdrawal
May 13 2005 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board has withdrawn its proposed rate increase of 9.5 percent which means that workers’ compensation rates will remain at their current levels through Oct. 1, 2005. NYCIRB...
Alaska Workers’ Compensation Bill Goes into Overtime
May 12 2005 // An Alaska committee of House and Senate members was unable to hammer out a compromise plan to revise workers’ compensation laws, leaving work on the bill to be completed during a special session scheduled to take...
R.I. Senate to Vote on Workers’ Comp Court Nominees
May 11 2005 // The Rhode Island Senate is scheduled to vote today on the confirmation of Robert E. Hardman of Narragansett to the Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court as an associate justice. Hardman is an attorney in the...
The Hartford, Aetna Partner Up on Workers’ Comp Plan
May 11 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Aetna announced a strategic workers’ compensation relationship to help manage the rising costs of workplace injuries and illnesses. The Hartford has contracted with...
Ohio House Bill Makes It Harder for Injured Employees to Sue
May 10 2005 // As of April 6, 2005, injured employees will find it harder to have “their day in court.” Through the recent passage of Ohio House Bill 498, changes will occur to the current state of employee liabilities in the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Purchases Idaho Workers’ Comp Administrator
May 10 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of WorkCare Northwest Inc. headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Established in 1998, WorkCare Northwest Inc. is a program administrator specializing in workers...
‘Stop Work Order’ Public Database Lists Fla. Violators
May 10 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has announced the launch of a database that will continually update employers who have been issued stop work orders. The orders are issued by investigators with the...
PCI Says Insurers Survive Colorado Legislative Session
May 10 2005 // In what best could be called “Survivor: The Colorado Legislative Session,” there were many twists, turns and surprises along the road to adjournment recently, however the insurance industry successfully worked...
