Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CWCI to Host Seminar on New Permanent Disability Rating Schedule
Jan 10 2005 // Tthe California Workers’ Compensation Institute has announced it will conduct a one-day seminar, “PD Rating 102: Practical & Legal Aspects of Implementing California’s New PD Rating Schedule.”...
R.I. Approves 20% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Jan 9 2005 // Average loss costs for workers’ compensation insurers adopting figures from the National Council on Compensation Insurance in Rhode Island are going down 20.2 percent following an order by the Department of Business...
AIA: Attorneys Call for Workers’ Comp Rate Regulation
Jan 7 2005 // Democratic lawmakers and attorneys are using the recently implemented workers’ compensation reforms as a tool in their game to undermine Gov. Schwarzenegger’s track record, according to the American Insurance...
California Approves Workers’ Comp Self-Insurance Group for Private Schools
Jan 6 2005 // Facing the ever-increasing workers’ compensation costs, a group of private schools recently was approved by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Office of Self-Insurance Plans to begin operating a...
Calif. Chiropractor, Two Associates Nabbed in Workers’ Comp Scam Costing More than $10 Million
Jan 6 2005 // A Modesto, California chiropractor and two employees were arrested early Thursday on charges that they repeatedly billed for services that were unnecessary or never rendered from 1996 through 2004, potentially costing...
Mass. Prison Officer Indicted for Comp Fraud
Jan 5 2005 // A former Bristol County (Mass.) Corrections Officer has been indicted for working while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, according to Attorney General Tom Reilly. Kevin J. Mello, of South Dartmouth was...
Governor’s Plan Putting Calif. Workers’ Comp Market on Right Track, Says ACIC
Jan 5 2005 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan for reform of the troubled California workers’ compensation system is already putting the state’s system on more stable footing, according to the state’s...
Beleaguered Workers' Comp Lines Seek Captives as a Solution
Jan 3 2005 // With workers’ compensation insurance costs skyrocketing, many companies are considering a captive solution, but industry observers say companies should first consider all alternatives, and if they do decide to set up...
MICH. TO SEE 11.2% DROP IN AVERAGE COMP RATE:
Jan 3 2005 // Michigan will see an 11.2 percent decline in the average workers’ compensation insurance rate, the largest drop in nearly a decade. The pure premium rate decline is reportedly due, in part, to well-developed safety...
LOUNGE ACT LANDS N.O. FIREFIGHTER A FRAUD CONVICTION:
Jan 3 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Labor reported that a New Orleans firefighter was convicted of trying to cheat the state out of $25,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. According to the DOL, Richard Lloyd, 64, of 3226...
HAWAII CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILLRESUME BATTLETO REFORM WORKERS' COMP:
Jan 3 2005 // The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii said it is ready to resume the legislative battle to reform workers’ compensation laws, an effort that was unsuccessful last year in spite of efforts by a number of business groups...
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE ANNOUNCES CALIF. WORKERS’ COMP PROGRAM:
Jan 3 2005 // Everest National Insurance Company announced it has been writing California workers’ compensation business on a direct retail business since October 2003 from its Western Regional Office in Orange, Calif. During its...
Insurance Marketing and Communications
Jan 3 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...
2003-2004 California Year-End Legislative Repo
Jan 3 2005 // A summary of the most important legislation affecting the industry in the New Year The historic recall of Gray Davis and election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California set the tone for the 2004 legislative...
Q1 FY 2005: TWCC Issues Close to $1.56 Million in Penalties for Fraud, Administrative Violations
Dec 31 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission issued penalties totaling nearly $1.56 million between Sept. 1, 2004 and Nov. 30, 2004 for administrative violations and fraud committed by system participants. A total of...
N.Y. to Hear 9.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Dec 30 2004 // The New York State Insurance Department has scheduled a public hearing for Friday, Jan. 7, 2005 to consider the application of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board for a workers’ compensation insurance...
Sacramento Day Care Worker Gets 90 Days in Jail in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Dec 30 2004 // Sacramento resident Thomas Jordan was sentenced on Dec. 28 to 90 days in jail on a felony workers’ compensation fraud charge. Jordan was employed by K.C. Family Care Inc. of Sacramento. K.C Family Care operates a...
Washington’s Workers’ Comp Rates Rank in Lowest One-Third in U.S.
Dec 30 2004 // A new rate-comparison study shows that workers’ compensation rates in Washington remain among the lowest in the nation. The 2004 “Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate Ranking” study by the Oregon...
Governor Proposes New Worker’s Compensation Rules
Dec 30 2004 // The Schwarzenegger administration has released a sweeping set of regulations aimed at revising how doctors evaluate permanent injuries to workers and how much compensation they are paid. The new regulations, unveiled last...
Pa. Hikes Maximum Weekly Workers’ Comp Benefit
Dec 29 2004 // Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor & Industry Stephen M. Schmerin announced increases in the maximum weekly benefits for new unemployment compensation beneficiaries and new workers compensation claimants, effective the...
