Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
SCIF Captures $14.6 Million Judgment Against Pair of Calif. Businesses
Dec 27 2004 // In one of the largest awards of its type in the history of California’s workers’ compensation system, State Fund has won a $14.6 million judgment against two Rancho Cucamonga businesses that reportedly used an...
AIA: Applicant Attorneys Workers’ Comp Study is Flawed
Dec 23 2004 // A new study commissioned by the California Applicant Attorney Association (CAAA) is seriously defective, and just another part of their relentless campaign to undermine implementation of recently enacted workers’...
Santa Claus Opts for N.D.’s All-States Comp Cover, Says State Agency
Dec 23 2004 // For the third year in a row, Santa Claus is being issued a special workers’ compensation certificate by North Dakota’s Workforce Safety & Insurance to operate on Christmas Eve and Day, the agency said in a...
AIK Comp to Suspend Writing Workers’ Comp. Business In Kentucky
Dec 22 2004 // AIK Comp, a Kentucky workers’ compensation group self-insurance fund currently in rehabilitation following a $58.5 million shortfall, will suspend writing new or renewal business effective Jan. 1, 2005, Martin...
Wells to Head Zurich Workers’ Comp Unit
Dec 22 2004 // Zurich has appointed Joseph Wells, 45, as director of its workers’ compensation line of business. Wells succeeds Bob Rheel, who was named chief executive officer of Zurich’s General Insurance operations in...
New Calif. Legislation Becomes Law on Jan. 1
Dec 21 2004 // A number of new insurance-related bills will go into law in California on Jan. 1, 2005. They include: Auto Insurance AB 2677 (Ridley-Thomas – Auto Insurance: Cost Estimates) requires insurers to provide personal auto...
Pa. Insurers File for Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
Dec 21 2004 // Pennsylvania workers’ compensation rates will be going down next April if a loss cost filing submitted by the industry is approved. The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau has recommended that workers’ comp...
Ohio’s Gov. Taft Pushes Hard to Get Comprehensive Tort Reform
Dec 20 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...
AIG Specialty WC Site Expansion
Dec 20 2004 // AIG Specialty Workers’ Compensation, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc., expanded its “Partners in Productivity” Web site to enable its...
Fla. Comp Rules Repealed, Little Effect Seen on Insurance Industry
Dec 20 2004 // In early December the Florida Supreme Court decided it lacked jurisdiction and repealed Florida’s workers’ compensation rules it had previously enacted. According to knowledgeable industry experts, the action...
Arkansas: New Year to Bring a New Insurance Chief
Dec 20 2004 // The big news for the old year is that Arkansas will kick off the New Year with a new insurance commissioner. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Dec. 7, 2004, named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as insurance department...
Ten Small Alaska Communities Drop City Insurance
Dec 20 2004 // Ten small Alaska communities have discontinued their municipal insurance because of declining assistance from the state and rising insurance and fuel costs, and another dozen could follow within the next few months, said...
TEVIS INSURANCE FILES WITH CDI FOR LICENSE TO SELL WORKERS’ COMP IN CALIFORNIA:
Dec 20 2004 // San Francisco-based Tevis Insurance Company announced that it has filed an application with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to become a new workers’ compensation insurance carrier. The application will...
Wow! We Made It!
Dec 20 2004 // This is the last issue for the year 2004. And while it may seem like any other Insurance Journal West, it’s actually pretty special and notable. The end of 2004 marks a remarkable achievement here at Insurance...
Looking Back on ’04: The Most Talked-About Stories in the Western Region
Dec 20 2004 // The year 2004 saw a little bit of everything across the Western Region. Workers’ comp, homeowners, med-mal, and even insurance fraud topped the list of the most talked about stories. We compiled these recaps based on...
From Maine to Virginia … What Happened in 2004
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Mich. Gov. Granholm Says Business Climate to Benefit From Reduction in Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 17 2004 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday announced that Michigan’s business climate will benefit from an expected drop in the Workers’ Compensation insurance rates by an average 11.2 percent in 2005. Granholm...
Ohio Employers to Receive One-Time 20% Discount on Workers’ Comp Premiums
Dec 17 2004 // The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission on Thursday voted to grant Ohio’s private and public employers a one-time 20 percent dividend on their upcoming bills. The decision was based on a...
Food Service Assistant Arrested for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 17 2004 // Sandra Canas, 44, of Daly City, Calif., was arrested on Nov. 10, 2004 and charged with two felony counts of receiving income while receiving workers’ compensation benefits and one felony count of misrepresenting her...
New Orleans Firefighter Convicted of Comp Fraud
Dec 17 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Labor announced that a New Orleans firefighter has been convicted of trying to cheat the state out of $25,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Richard Lloyd, 64, of 3226 Pittari Place,...
