Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
California’s DWC Regulations Get Backing From Office of Administrative Law
Nov 2 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...
TWCC Sets Maintenance Tax Rate
Nov 2 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported it has determined, pursuant to the authority and direction given under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act (Texas Labor Code, Section 403.003), that the...
RMS Expands Underwriting Capabilities, Global Suite for Catastrophe Peril Models
Oct 29 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced the launch of RiskLink and RiskBrowser 4.5, the latest versions of its catastrophe modeling systems. The upgraded systems include new underwriting capabilities, expanded...
Fla. OIR Disapproves Workers’ Comp Rates
Oct 29 2004 // Florida Commissioner of Insurance Regulation Kevin McCarty, this week, disapproved the latest workers’ compensation rate filing because the decrease in rates was reportedly not enough. McCarty ordered the National...
Mass. Father, Son-In-Law Keep Fraud in the Family
Oct 29 2004 // A Leominster, Massachusetts man and his son-in-law were sentenced this week in federal court to terms of imprisonment for their roles in a Worcester temporary employment agency fraud scheme. United States Attorney Michael...
Mo. Heading for Lowest Comp Rate Increase Since 2000
Oct 28 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...
Team Drywall Taken Into Custody on $290K Fraud Case
Oct 28 2004 // Four individuals from a Highland, California business called Team Drywall were taken into custody last week in a $290,466 workers’ compensation premium fraud case that was investigated by the California Department of...
