Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Commissioner Reacts to Latest Workers’ Comp Rate Filing From the SCIF
Nov 30 2004 // Since July 2003 California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has reduced the state’s pure premium advisory rate by 22.6%. This includes his most recent recommendation of Nov. 17, when he lowered the rate by 2.2%....
AIG Specialty WC Expands Web site Capabilities
Nov 29 2004 // AIG Specialty Workers’ Compensation, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), announced the expansion of its “Partners in Productivity”...
California’s SCIF Files an Average 5% Rate Decrease
Nov 29 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund announced it has filed with the California Department of Insurance an average rate decrease of 5 percent on new and renewal workers’ compensation policies with renewal dates on or...
Fla. Employer of Workers Killed at July Construction Site Accident Charged with Fraud
Nov 26 2004 // The employer of two workers killed in a July construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been arrested and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher...
Colo. Deputy Hurt in Rescue Attempt Now Told to File for Workers’ Comp
Nov 25 2004 // A Denver sheriff’s deputy initially told he was ineligible for workers’ compensation after trying to rescue an infant from a burning house, might be able to receive benefits after all, authorities said. George...
Wash. L&I Adopts 3.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Nov 23 2004 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries finalized an average 3.7 percent rate increase for workers’ compensation insurance in 2005. The increase takes effect Jan. 1 and will raise an additional $52 million...
AIA Sets Multi-Issue Agenda for NAIC Meeting
Nov 23 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Tuesday said that it has a full agenda for the upcoming National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Winter Meeting. Issues of concern to AIA include the...
TWCC Approves Certificates of Authority for Seven Companies to Self-Insure
Nov 23 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has approved a first-time application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for one company and also approved the renewal of certificates for six other companies...
TWCC POSTS RULE-MAKING PROJECTS:
Nov 22 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: www.twcc.state.tx.us. Projects posted on the Web page...
N.D. Comp Board Adopts 5% Discount in Calculating Reserve Fund
Nov 22 2004 // The board of directors of North Dakota’s monopoly workers’ compensation provider, Workforce Safety and Insurance, voted to adopt a 5 percent discount in calculating the WSI reserve fund. The board also...
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...
