Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NCCI State of the Line Report: Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Best Since 1997
May 5 2005 // The workers’ compensation calendar year combined ratio dropped four points to 105 percent, the best performance for the first time since 1997, according to NCCI Holdings Inc.’s State of the Line preliminary...
AIA Backs N.Y. Workers’ Comp Guaranty Fund Bill
May 5 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Wednesday praised legislation (S.5248A/A.7708), which passed the Assembly on Monday and the Senate late Tuesday, to protect the solvency of the workers’ compensation...
Okla. Senate Continues to Spar Over Workers’ Comp Reform
May 3 2005 // The Oklahoma Senate Communications Office reported that Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Morgan cited his constitutional authority and presided over the Oklahoma State Senate on May 2 while standing beside his desk on the...
Okla. State Sen. Laster Lashes Out at Republican Workers’ Comp Bill
May 2 2005 // Oklahomans should know more about House Bill 2046, the workers’ compensation reform measure being pushed by Lt. Governor Mary Fallin, than Republicans are telling them, according to Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Chairman...
Former Calif. SCIF President Webb Passes Away; Worked at SCIF For More than 36 Years
May 2 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 2nd. Webb had been...
Mich. Gov. Makes Appointments to Workers’ Comp Appellate Commission
May 2 2005 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced the following recent appointments to the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission: Gregory Przybylo of Okemos, attorney in private practice. Przybylo is appointed for a...
Okla. House Passes Comp Reform Measures
Apr 29 2005 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives reported April 28 that it has passed bipartisan workers’ compensation reform that will grow Oklahoma’s economy, creating jobs and wages and providing more benefits for...
Inventum Unveils New Techniques for Identifying Unreported Workers’ Comp and General Liability Exposures
Apr 29 2005 // Ft. Lauderdale – Inventum’s innovative Predictive Exposure Modeling®, pat. pending service has been enhanced to offer improved results to a wider array of workers’ compensation and general liability...
Spitzer, Mills on the Prowl; New York Insurance Dept. to Audit AIG
Apr 26 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills on Tuesday announced that the Insurance Department would appoint a consultant to audit years of alleged improper booking of workers’...
State Fund Assists Investigation of San Diego Chiropractor Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 26 2005 // A San Diego chiropractor — who was charged with billing State Compensation Insurance Fund for treatment that was not rendered to injured workers and over billed for services — was ordered to surrender her...
Zenith Announces First Quarter Results
Apr 26 2005 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $39.3 million, or $1.65 per share, for the first quarter of 2005 compared to net income of $25.1 million, or $1.09 per share, for the...
Farmers Announces Another California Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction
Apr 26 2005 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a 10 percent rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates for its California business customers. Since 2004, Farmers has slashed its workers’ compensation...
NAMIC Urges Anti-tort Reform, Comp Vetoes in Colorado
Apr 25 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has asked Colorado’s governor to veto two bills that would erode ongoing tort reform and undermine the state’s worker’s compensation...
Calif. Commissioner Comments on Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rate Hearing
Apr 25 2005 // The following statement is from California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi in regards to today’s workers’ compensation pure premium rate hearing: “The information I received today is very...
National Alliance Unveils New Designation Program for School Risk Managers
Apr 22 2005 // An all-new education and designation program specifically for education risk management specialists has been developed by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research in partnership with Texas Schools Risk...
Okla. Governor Praises House Committee Approval of Comp Reform Legislation
Apr 22 2005 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry’s office reported that his efforts to reform Oklahoma’s workers compensation system cleared another legislative hurdle, passing the House Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill 846, which is...
AIA: SB 899 Makes a Difference to Work Comp System
Apr 20 2005 // April 19 marks the anniversary of the signing of SB 899, the third of three significant workers’ compensation reform measures enacted during the past few years by California’s elected officials. Together, these...
CA DWC Releases First Annual Report of Progress on Workers’ Comp Reforms
Apr 18 2005 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has released its first annual report of progress on implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 889, the law authorizing workers’ compensation reform passed...
For Retail Risk Managers, Workplace Violence and Staff Turnover Proving Top Challenges
Apr 18 2005 // Workplace violence and staff turnover are cited by risk managers in the retail industry as among their biggest challenges to effectively managing their workers’ compensation exposures. According to a recent study...
Mass. Weighs Small Rate Hike While Medical Costs Take Toll
Apr 18 2005 // While Massachusetts insurance officials are weighing a request by the industry to inch up workers’ compensation rates by 1 percent, a new study suggests that claim costs are accelerating by leaps and bounds, largely...
