Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri’s Gov. Blunt Tabs Insurance Lawyer to Chair Comp Board
Jan 24 2005 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has named an insurance defense attorney as chairman of the state Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. As chairman, Bill Ringer, 56, will represent the...
Insurance Marketing and Communications
Jan 24 2005 // How to Produce Client Seminars As we develop our marketing and communications plans for 2005, one of the most effective ways a broker can provide a customized service to its clients is by producing educational seminars on...
Insurance Marketing and Communications
Jan 24 2005 // How to produce client seminars that work. As we develop our marketing and communications plans for 2005, one of the most effective ways a broker can provide a customized service to its clients is by producing educational...
California Injured Workers Organize Group
Jan 19 2005 // A new political action committee of injured workers launched a statewide campaign to voice their concerns on workers’ compensation issues, according to the Sacramento Bee. VotersInjuredatWork.org will demonstrate...
Applied Underwriters Adopts Proposed Calif. Rate Reduction for Workers’ Comp
Jan 19 2005 // Applied Underwriters, a provider in integrated workers’ compensation solutions, adopted the January rate reduction recommended by the California Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. After a strong 2004,...
AIA: Applicant Attorneys Trying to Roll Back Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jan 19 2005 // The California Applicant Attorneys Association is trying to roll back the major workers’ compensation reforms enacted in 2003 and 2004 by exploiting injured workers in weekly press conferences throughout the state,...
Employers Must Post Injuries Starting Feb. 1
Jan 17 2005 // Beginning Feb. 1, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently noted. Employers are only...
Texas Mutual Policyholders Cited for Excellence
Jan 16 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that three of its policyholders received Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) awards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The SHARP...
Calif. Governor Predicts 30% Increase in State’s Costs Despite Reforms
Jan 16 2005 // California’s workers’ compensation costs are going down, even if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal includes big increases in the state’s costs for the program. The Republican...
Mo.’s Gov. Blunt Tabs Insurance Lawyer to Chair Labor and Industrial Relations Commission
Jan 16 2005 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has named an insurance defense attorney as chairman of the state Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. As chairman, Bill Ringer, 56, will represent the...
Survey: Investigations into Industry Practices to Expand in 2005; Respondents Expect Consolidation to Continue
Jan 14 2005 // Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect the investigations into certain industry practices by state attorneys general and insurance departments will continue to expand in 2005, according to a survey...
Texas Workers’ Comp Bill Presented
Jan 14 2005 // Texas State Senator Todd Staples of Palestine has introduced Senate Bill 5, designed to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation program. “In Texas, we spend far more to treat on-the-job injuries, but...
PCS to Provide CAT Designations, Loss Estimates for Terrorist Acts and Outsized Workers’ Comp Events
Jan 14 2005 // ISO’s Property Claim Services (PCS) unit has expanded its services to include loss estimates for potential catastrophic terrorism losses. PCS this week announced it will assign catastrophe serial numbers to potential...
Okla. Senate Leader Names Workers’ Comp One of Most Important Issues for Session
Jan 14 2005 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson, D-Lexington, offered the following statement regarding reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system, which is expected in the legislative session that...
Proposed Mo. Bill Aims to Reduce WC Premiums
Jan 14 2005 // Senate Republicans made workers’ compensation the first order of business last Wednesday, hearing testimony on a proposed bill that would reduce the number of injured workers eligible for benefits. Missouri’s...
Four Californians Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 14 2005 // Joint investigations by the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in the felony arrests of four suspects for multiple counts of...
New Md. Medical Liability Law, Upcoming Issues Reportedly Concerning Insurers
Jan 13 2005 // Although disappointed that the Maryland General Assembly chose to override Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s veto of a controversial medical liability reform bill, insurers are reportedly equally concerned about other challenges...
CRM Appoints New Claims Account Coordinator
Jan 13 2005 // Irvine, Calif.-based Compensation Risk Managers of California, LLC (CRM) has announced the appointment of Edward Low as the firm’s new claims account coordinator for California. Low has extensive experience in...
Houston Man Fined for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Jan 12 2005 // Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Henry Prince of Houston has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and must pay restitution to the insurer. The Travis County 147th...
Guy Carpenter & Co. Report Finds U.S. Reinsurance Market Flat, Slightly Down
Jan 10 2005 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has released its annual report on pricing at renewals, U.S. Reinsurance Renewals at Jan. 1, 2005, which found pricing generally to be flat to...
