Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
WORKERS’ COMP RATES CUT:
Apr 18 2005 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved a 2.89 percent average rate reduction for workers’ compensation premiums, saving employers an additional $32.5 million in premiums this year. “Pennsylvania has...
DONE AND DONE: BLUNT SIGNS COMP, TORT REFORMS
Apr 18 2005 // Republican Gov. Matt Blunt signed two major items off his legislative to-do list when he signed industry-backed workers’ compensation and tort reforms into law recently. Both sets of reforms were stymied under...
GOT COMP? INSURANCE LOOK-UP NOW ONLINE
Apr 18 2005 // Online information about whether a Minnesota employer has the required workers’ compensation coverage is now available to the public on the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Web site (www.doli.state.mn. us)....
Volatile Underwriting Cycle is Back with a Vengeance, Advises Economist
Apr 18 2005 // The property/casualty insurance industry’s frequently volatile underwriting cycle is back with a vengeance and will have no mercy this time around, advises a top industry economist. The property/casualty financial...
Workers’ Compensation Reform: Good Medicine But No Cure
Apr 18 2005 // As every employer knows, Texas’ workers’ compensation system is sick. In fact, some say it’s on life support. The remedies offered by the two bills currently before the legislature–House Bill 7 and...
IIA Oklahoma Urges Agents to Attend Capitol Event
Apr 18 2005 // Dan Ramsey, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (www.iiaok.com) sent a message to agents encouraging them to attend IIAO Day at the Capitol on April 27. Urging agents to become actively...
WORKERS’ COMP RATES TO DROP
Apr 18 2005 // Arkansas Insur-ance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bow-man announced new workers’ compensation rates to take effect July 1, 2005. The new rates are slightly lower on average. “I am happy to see that overall rates...
LESS TIME OFF FOR WORKPLACE INJURIES
Apr 18 2005 // A report released by the Oklahoma Department of Labor showed a 20 percent reduction in 2003 in the number of workers requiring time off to recover from workplace injuries. The latest figure further supports the benefit of...
HOUSTON CLINIC PLEADS GUILTY
Apr 18 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compen-sation Commission reported that following a lengthy investigation of its billing practices by the Travis County District Attorney’s office, a Houston company owned by a former...
Are California’s Workers’ Comp Troubles Over? SB 899 One Year Later
Apr 18 2005 // It was about one year ago, on April 19, 2004, that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 899 into law, giving the state’s beleaguered workers’ compensation system a tremendous overhaul. Although...
Man Sentenced for Work Comp Fraud
Apr 18 2005 // Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, has been sentenced by the Kern County Superior Court for workers’ compensation insurance fraud after a joint investigation by the CDI’s Fraud Division, the...
Insurer Group Files Lawsuit Against Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission
Apr 15 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported it filed a lawsuit against the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission challenging the agency’s proposed assessment of costly administrative penalties. ICT questions why...
Fla. Wraps Up Workers’ Comp Compliance Sweep
Apr 15 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher on Friday announced the completion of a sweep of construction sites across areas of Florida to verify that employers are complying with state workers’...
La. Contractor Finding Visit to Fla. Not so Great; Felony Charges Filed for Lack of Workers’ Comp
Apr 15 2005 // A Louisiana contractor is facing felony charges for reportedly failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance for workers he brought into the state to rebuild hurricane-damaged roofs in Central Florida. Todd...
Former HIH Director Gets 4 Year Sentence
Apr 14 2005 // Rodney Adler, 45, has received a 4 year prison sentence, stemming from his part as a Director in the collapse of HIH Insurance Ltd. in March 2001, Australia’s largest corporate failure. He will be eligible for parole...
CHOICE Promotes Halvaei to Marketing Director; Makes Other Appointments
Apr 13 2005 // Yvonne Halvaei has been promoted to marketing director of CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC of Tampa, Fla. The company also announced Julie Fetherman and Michael A. Reali have been named account executives for Medical...
California Workers’ Comp Rate Regulation Bill Moves Through Committee
Apr 13 2005 // A measure approved April 13 by the California Senate Industrial Relations Committee will create an artificial pricing scheme and send the wrong message to workers’ compensation insurers considering investing new...
Former HHS Sec. Donna Shalala to Speak at CHOICE Awards; Event to Honor Outstanding Physicians
Apr 12 2005 // U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services former Secretary Donna E. Shalala will be the keynote speaker and recognize outstanding physicians who treat workers’ compensation patients during the Aug. 23, Third Annual...
P/C Industry Says Treasury Study Inadequate Gauge of Terrorism Insurance Market
Apr 11 2005 // Two months before the study is expected to be done, the property casualty insurance industry is getting nervous about a study on terrorism insurance being conducted by the Treasury Department, a study some in Congress are...
IIA Oklahoma Urges Agents to Attend Capitol Event
Apr 11 2005 // Dan Ramsey, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma sent a message to agents in that state encouraging them to attend IIAO Day at the Capitol on April 27, 2005. Urging agents to become actively...
