Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
WORKERS COMP FUND BROKE:
Feb 21 2005 // The fund that pays New York injured workers whose workers’ compensation carriers have gone belly up is itself nearly bankrupt, according to state officials. The New York Workers Compensation Security Fund has about...
AIA: PROPOSED WORKERS’ COMP REFORMS A START
Feb 21 2005 // The American Insurance Association termed proposed reforms by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to Illinois’ troubled workers’ compensation system a “good beginning,” but added that more work remains in order to...
GOVERNOR UNVEILS WORKERS’ COMP PLAN
Feb 21 2005 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry rolled out his plan for reforming the workers’ compensation system. He follows Democratic and Re-publican lawmakers in both houses of Oklahoma’s legislature in announcing workers’...
CDI Fines Agents over Work Comp Policies
Feb 21 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has imposed discipline upon two agents and the companies they work for over their marketing of an illegal tribal-based insurance product. The actions taken by the...
Calif. Man Arrested on Workers' Comp, Embezzlement Charges
Feb 21 2005 // On Jan. 31, Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., surrendered himself in Bakersfield to investigators from the CDI’s Fraud Division and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Curwick was taken...
LAPD Cop Nabbed in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Feb 21 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 of workers’ comp fraud, the...
Broker Fee Regulations to Dominate 2005 Legislative Session in California
Feb 21 2005 // Three issues will dominate California’s 2005 legislative session–broker fee regulations and fiduciary duties; homeowners insurance, and workers’ compensation, according to IBA West lobbyist John...
Some California Doctors Leaving Workers’ Comp System
Feb 21 2005 // Francis Pecoraro is trading a San Francisco Bay area medical practice that mainly serves injured workers for one in Wilmington, N.C., that he believes will be friendlier to doctors and doctors’ families. Pecoraro,...
N.Y. Workers Comp Insolvency Fund Could Survive Until End of March; Quick Action in Albany Sought
Feb 18 2005 // The New York State Workers Compensation Security Fund, which officials last month predicted would run out of money by the end of this month, could go on paying claims until the end of March, thanks to early access to funds...
Calif. DWC Updates Program for Injured Workers
Feb 18 2005 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has reportedly reinvigorated a state program, which provides information and assistance to injured workers through monthly workshops at local DWC...
TWCC Approves Self-Insure Certificates of Authority for 18 Companies
Feb 18 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported it approved the initial application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by one private employer and the reapplications for...
Okla. Workers’ Comp Reform Bill Passes Committee
Feb 18 2005 // In a bipartisan vote, an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee moved a comprehensive workers’ compensation reform package past its first hurdle, the House Media Services Division reported. The House Judiciary...
Pa.’s Insurance Chief Koken Performs Balancing Act at Home and On the Road for NAIC
Feb 16 2005 // The nickname probably won’t be showing up anytime soon on the state’s license plates but Pennsylvania could be the Land of Stable Insurance Markets. Not that things are perfect but, according to Insurance...
PCI Supports Legislation to Reform Workers’ Comp System in Texas
Feb 16 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) reported it testified before the House Business and Insurance Committee in support of legislation to overhaul the Texas workers’ compensation...
PCI: New York’s Guaranty Funds Need Both Short and Long-Term Reform
Feb 16 2005 // Shifting funds from one New York guaranty fund to prop up the state’s floundering Workers’ Compensation Security Fund will reportedly only jeopardize the solvency of the Property/Casualty Security Fund and...
Chiropractors, Law Administrator Surrender on Insurance Fraud Charges
Feb 16 2005 // A Downey law office administrator, Rebecca M. Perez, of Riverside, and two Downey chiropractors, Dr. Raymond T. Oca, of Cypress, and Dr. Paul J. Lopez, of Huntington Beach, surrendered themselves to the Los Angeles County...
RTW Sees 12th Consecutive Profitable Quarter
Feb 15 2005 // Minnesota-based RTW Inc., a provider of products and services to cost-effectively manage both insured and self-insured workers’ compensation programs, reported net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2004 of...
CAAA: Workers’ Comp Carriers’ Profits up 25%-36%
Feb 15 2005 // Fourth quarter and 2004 annual earnings statements from leading California workers’ compensation insurance carriers are coming in, and profits are reportedly up by 25% to 36% over 2003 – and 2003 was already...
Lighthouse Turns On Second ‘Hard to Place’ Workers’ Comp Program
Feb 15 2005 // Lighthouse LLC, has consummated an agreement to provide workers’ compensation programs for the Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) industry and employers with under $100,000 in premium. The agreement is with a...
W. Va. Gov. Forms Working Groups to Discuss Insurance, Tort Reforms
Feb 14 2005 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has formed several formal working groups to discuss insurance reforms and frivolous lawsuits. The groups are comprised mainly of lobbyists and lawmakers. During his State-of-the-State address...
