Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Comp Medical Costs Down 6.7%, Says Bureau
Nov 22 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced recently paid medical costs for workers’ compensation claims were 6.7 percent, about $15 million, lower than expected for the first quarter of fiscal...
Workers’ Comp
Nov 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Ins. (WSI) announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ comp policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership with...
CALIF.’S DWC REGS GET BACKING FROM OAL:
Nov 22 2004 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has received approval from the Office of Administrative Law on the first set of regulations implementing SB 899, workers’ compensation reforms passed by...
Shipe Named Executive Director of TWCC
Nov 19 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it has named Robert L. “Bob” Shipe as executive director of the Commission. “The Commissioners and I are pleased with the agency’s...
TWCC Penalizes Carriers for Late Benefit Payments
Nov 17 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) issued 62 Notices of Violation (NOVs) to insurance carriers on Nov. 9, 2004, for a total of $155,500 in penalties for late initial payments of Temporary Income...
W. Va. Comp Audit Reports Positive Trends
Nov 17 2004 // An independent audit report for fiscal 2004 shows continued positive financial trends for the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, according to Executive Director Gregory Burton. The report cites a deficit...
California Pair Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 17 2004 // An Inyokern, Calif. couple who reportedly bilked the workers’ compensation system out of more than $76,000 in a disability scheme was sentenced to prison Nov. 16 on the charges and ordered to pay $102,706 in...
Garamendi Recommends 2.2 Percent Reduction in Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rates
Nov 17 2004 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi called for a 2.2 percent reduction pure premium rates for workers’ compensation insurance in a Nov. 17 conference call to the media. “My current advice to the...
CRM Offers New Workers’ Comp Program for California Health Care Workers
Nov 16 2004 // In an effort to help alleviate the shortage of affordable workers’ compensation insurance for California’s sizable health care industry workforce, Compensation Risk Managers (CRM) has begun offering coverage to...
AIA: CAAA Lawsuit will Undermine Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Nov 11 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) issued the statement below in response to the lawsuit filed by the California Applicant Attorneys Association (CAAA) challenging the regulations regarding Medical Provider Networks...
MO. HEADING FOR LOWEST COMP RATE HIKE SINCE 2000:
Nov 8 2004 // Results from 2004’s first nine months indicate Missouri should post its lowest rate of premium increases for workers’ compensation insurance since 2000, according to Department of Insurance Director Scott...
Restaurant Package
Nov 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Venture Programs Inc. added a restaurant package through Alea North America Insurance Co. to its hospitality program. The restaurant package includes property, general liability, liquor liability,...
FLA. CONTRACTORS MUST MEET WORKERS’ COMP REQUIREMENTS:
Nov 8 2004 // In response to reportedly hundreds of calls from homeowners and construction contractors, both in and out-of-state, concerned about Florida requirements for workers’ compensation insurance coverage, the Florida...
ARK. RELEASES 2005 COMP RATES:
Nov 8 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commis-sion (AWCC) recently released its annual revision of Advisory 2000-1, which establishes the amounts to be paid to injured workers under the state’s workers’...
RemedyTemp to Appeal Workers' Comp Case Appeals Court Ruling
Nov 8 2004 // The California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA), will not be held responsible for covering workers’ comp claims filed by 500 of the staffing agency’s employees who were insured by insolvent carrier...
Workers’ Compensation
Nov 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Appleby & Sterling Inc. is now offering workers’ comp insurance. Dollars: Minimum premium of $3,000, 36 classifications. Carrier: Rated “B++” VIII, admitted. States...
Legislative watchdogs put a fresh spin on traditional lobbying techniques
Nov 8 2004 // Lobbying has been around for as long as any single profession has been around, but it has changed. It isn’t what it used to be,” said John Norwood, managing partner of Norwood & Mattoch, one of...
New Study Details Arizona's Workers' Compensation System
Nov 8 2004 // According to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), notable features of Arizona’s workers’ compensation system included a lifetime entitlement to medical and indemnity...
TWCC Posts Rule-Making Projects on Web Site
Nov 5 2004 // The current status of rule-making projects by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has been added as a regular page on the Commission’s Web site at:...
WCRI to Hold Briefing on Texas Workers’ Comp Performance on Dec. 14
Nov 4 2004 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced it will present the most recent results for Texas from the 5th Edition of the annual WCRI CompScope™ multistate benchmarks...
