Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIG Aviation Grows Specialty Workers’ Comp Program; Risks for Fixed Base Operators Covered
Feb 8 2005 // AIG Aviation Inc., a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), is expanding its Specialty Workers’ Compensation offering to cover the risks associated with Fixed Base Operators (FBOs) at private,...
Ohio Man Ordered to Pay Up
Feb 7 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Columbus man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Souhil Sabbagh was sentenced to one year probation and ordered to...
Ohio Man Commits Misdemeanor Fraud
Feb 7 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Springfield man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Jeff Hamm was sentenced to three months incarceration, a $300...
Ohio Woman Caught in Comp Scam
Feb 7 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Clark County woman has been sentenced for a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Doris Marcy was sentenced to one year probation and ordered to pay...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Hope to Stem Workers’ Comp Crisis
Feb 7 2005 // Oklahoma lawmakers previously announced that workers’ compensation would figure prominently in this year’s legislative session. So far they are backing up their words with action, as a number of bills have...
SEABRIGHT FILES IPO; PLANS TO WRITE WORKERS’ COMP IN CALIFORNIA:
Feb 7 2005 // Seattle-based Seabright Insurance Holdings Inc. raised $78.8 million in their initial public offering Jan. 20, with shares priced at the high end of the expected range, Reuters reported. Seabright recently entered the...
CALIF.’S STATE FUND IMPLEMENTS NEW REFORM MEASURE:
Feb 7 2005 // State Compensation Insurance Fund announced the establishment of an enhanced Medical Provider Network that will assure the provision of rapid access to medical treatment for injured workers. The network expands on State...
Calif. Chiropractor, Associates Nabbed in $10M Workers’ Comp Scam
Feb 7 2005 // A Modesto, Calif. chiropractor and two employees were arrested on charges that they repeatedly billed for services that were unnecessary or never rendered from 1996 through 2004, potentially costing insurers more than $10...
Four Arrested for Workers' Comp Fraud
Feb 7 2005 // Joint investigations by the CDI’s Fraud Division and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in the felony arrests of four suspects for multiple counts of workers’ comp insurance...
State Compensation Insurance Fund President Oki Announces Retirement
Feb 5 2005 // State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that after three years of leading California’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, Fund President Dianne Oki will retire in the coming month after a 37-year career...
Five Northern Californians Arrested on Charges of Insurance Fraud
Feb 4 2005 // On Jan. 13, 2005, Victor Morales Delgado and his brother-in-law, Jose Guerrero, both of Sacramento, self-surrendered to investigators with the California Department of Insurance Organized Auto Insurance Task Force (Task...
Okla. Gov. Henry Unveils Workers’ Comp Plan
Feb 3 2005 // Saying he wants to cut costs for business and boost benefits for injured workers, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry announced his comprehensive reform plan for the state’s workers’ compensation system. Based on the...
LAPD Cop Nabbed in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Feb 3 2005 // A Los Angeles Police Department officer who worked as an armed security guard at Staples Center and Dodger Stadium while collecting disability benefits for on-duty injuries was convicted this week of workers’...
AIA: Proposed Ill. Workers’ Comp Reforms a Start
Feb 3 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Thursday termed proposed reforms by the governor to Illinois’ troubled workers’ compensation system a “good beginning,” but added that more work remains...
ACIC Supports Medical Provider Network Regulations
Feb 2 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) supports the adoption of newly developed state regulations that implement the Medical Provider Networks (MPN) provision of California’s workers’...
Calif. Man Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud, Embezzlement Charges
Feb 1 2005 // On Jan. 31, Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., surrendered himself in Bakersfield to investigators from the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the Kern County District...
Venture Programs Unveils New Wholesale Division
Feb 1 2005 // Venture Programs Inc., a provider in the design and underwriting of select industry-focused insurance packages, has launched a new wholesale division that offers mono-line workers’ compensation coverage for...
Zenith Announces Fourth Quarter Results
Feb 1 2005 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $43.7 million, or $1.83 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2004 compared to net income of $20.8 million, or $0.92 per share, for the...
Sierra Reports Year-End, 4Q 2004 Results
Jan 31 2005 // Nevada-based Sierra Health Services Inc. reported that income from continuing operations for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2004 was $27.9 million, or $0.83 per diluted share, compared to income from continuing operations of...
Okla. Republican Leadership Turns Spotlight on Workers’ Comp Crisis
Jan 28 2005 // Seeking to stem the tide of lost jobs and lost hope in Oklahoma, Republican leaders announced their workers’ compensation reform plan at the State Capitol on Jan. 25. “I have watched many Oklahomans lose hope...
