Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ark. WCC Releases 2005 Compensation Rates
Oct 22 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) recently released its annual revision of Advisory 2000-1, which announces the amounts to be paid to injured workers under the state’s workers’...
RemedyTemp to Fight Calif. Workers’ Comp Case Decision Following Appeal Court Ruling
Oct 21 2004 // RemedyTemp Inc., which operates as Remedy Intelligent Staffing and RemX Specialty Staffing, said it will ask the California Supreme Court to review the ruling by a California Court of Appeal panel that the insurers that...
Former TWCC Employee Commissioner O.D. Kenemore Passes Away
Oct 21 2004 // O.D. Kenemore, a former commissioner for the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission, passed away Oct. 18, 2004 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. Commissioner Kenemore was appointed as an Employee Commissioner in...
Fla. DFS Reminds Construction Contractors of Workers’ Comp Requirements
Oct 20 2004 // In response reportedly to 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...
GAB Robins to Provide Workers’ Comp Claims Services for Folksamerica
Oct 19 2004 // GAB Robins, an international claims services firm, has been selected to provide workers’ compensation claims services for Folksamerica Holding Company Inc. in nine western and mid-western states. GAB Robins has...
Wash. Business Costs Rising; Workers’ Comp Problems Among Items Singled Out
Oct 19 2004 // The WashACE annual report that lists key indicators of the state’s business climate in relation to other states reportedly shows that, despite signs of the slowly recovering state economy, Washington has fallen in...
Safeco Unveils Q3 Numbers, Notes Hurricane Impact
Oct 19 2004 // Seattle-based Safeco on Tuesday reported third-quarter results, reflecting strong fundamentals in a period with substantial hurricane losses and the loss on the sale of Life & Investments. The company posted a net...
AWCC Offers Spanish Language Forms on Web Site
Oct 18 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) announced the availability on its Web site of Spanish translations of two forms, AWCC Spanish Form AR-P (poster of instructions) and Spanish Form AR-N (employee...
Judges Uphold TWCC’s Removal of Doctors from ADL
Oct 18 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) reported that a District Court Judge in Ector County has turned down a request for a temporary injunction from a Odessa-area doctor who was denied admission to...
AWCC Names Douthit as Administrative Law Judge
Oct 15 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) appointed Dale Douthit, a Russellville attorney, as its newest Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The AWCC, administrator of the state’s workers’...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Investigator Receives Award
Oct 15 2004 // A West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission fraud and abuse investigator was to be honored on Friday for her work by the U.S. Department of Justice. Lisa Prater, manager of the Fraud & Abuse Investigations...
Nev. Asks Calif. Companies ‘Will Your Business Be Terminated” in Light of High Economic Costs
Oct 15 2004 // In response reportedly to increasing inquiries from California companies struggling with the high cost of doing business in California, Nevada economic development officials have launched a marketing campaign in the Golden...
New Study Details Arizona’s Work Comp System
Oct 15 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 benefits...
Texas Employers, Medical Providers Join Forces to Fix Workers’ Comp System
Oct 13 2004 // Texas’ workers’ compensation system is one of the worst in the nation with skyrocketing costs, mediocre care and a poor record of getting workers back on the job, according to Texans for Workers’...
Specialty Risk Services Brings Claims Experience to Texas WC System
Oct 13 2004 // Employers opting out of the Texas Workers’ Compensation system now have a new ally in the ongoing battle to manage rising loss costs. Specialty Risk Services, LLC (SRS) is bringing its claim management expertise to...
COMP WEST LAUNCHES WORKERS’ COMP OPS IN CALIF.:
Oct 11 2004 // CompWest Insurance Company announced that it has been licensed as a workers’ compensation insurer by the California Department of Insurance, responding to the significant capacity shortage in the California market....
WCIRB RECOMMENDS 3.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN RATES:
Oct 11 2004 // At a Department of Insurance rate hearing in San Francisco on Sept. 15, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau recommended that insurers raise workers’ comp rates by 3.5 percent in January 2005....
Restaurant Package
Oct 11 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Venture Programs Inc. added a restaurant package through Alea North America Ins. Co. to its Venture Hospitality program. The restaurant package includes property, general liability, liquor liability,...
Feeling the Crunch
Oct 11 2004 // Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system has been a hot topic in recent months – although the system has been on the industry’s radar for some time now. A recent study by the Oregon Department of...
Restaurant Package
Oct 11 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,...
