Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
La. Work Comp Bill Would Create ‘Open Season’ on Businesses
Jul 5 2004 // Texas/South Central • News May 28, 2004 No, we lawyers just know that the only way to make you “compassionate conservative” business owners and managers treat your employees like human beings is to make it...
Oklahoma’s 2004 Legislative Session Marked by Successes and Frustration
Jul 5 2004 // The 2004 session of the Oklahoma legislature was unusual. It was marked by disappointment of missing an opportunity to address much needed reforms in tort and workers’ compensation issues and triumph regarding...
Calif. Lawmakers Continue to Debate Merits of Workers’ Comp Rate Regulation
Jul 5 2004 // Despite reductions in workers’ comp insurance premiums, California lawmakers will continue to debate the merits of rate regulation. A rate regulation bill, ABX4 No. 16, after passage in the Assembly on a party-line...
UTAH WORK COMP COMPANY ORDERED TO PAY $390,000 FINE:
Jul 5 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced that a cease and desist order—levying two fines worth $390,000—was issued against American Benefits and Insurance Services Inc. of Salt Lake City. According to...
AARIS CANCELS EVEREST RE WORK COMP CONTRACT:
Jul 5 2004 // Barbados-based Everest Re Group Ltd. reported that it has received notice of termination with respect to its contract with American All Risk Insurance Services Inc. (AARIS). AARIS had been acting as the company’s...
Sacramento Minister Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 5 2004 // A Sacramento County Superior Court Judge recently sentenced Benjamin L. Barnes, 37, to 300 days in jail, five years of probation and ordered him to pay State Compensation Insurance Fund $60,000 in restitution following his...
CONN. BILLS SIGNED:
Jul 5 2004 // Before he resigned, Connecticut Gov. John Rowland signed into law a number of bills of interest to the property/casualty industry including bills on workers’ compensation coverage and terrorism coverage exclusion....
IIA San Antonio to Hold Work Comp Seminar
Jul 1 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced a July 23, 2004 continuing education seminar with a focus on workers’ compensation. Entitled “New Developments in Workers Compensation,” the...
KY Workers’ Comp Official Resigns
Jul 1 2004 // The head of the Kentucky agency that regulates workers’ compensation insurance resigned from his position. The Associated Press reported that Larry Greathouse, Kentucky’s commissioner of the Department of...
One of Oregon’s Largest Employers Selects SAIF as Work Comp Carrier
Jul 1 2004 // SAIF Corporation, Oregon’s non-profit workers’ compensation insurance company, announced its newest policyholder, Bear Creek Corporation, Southern Oregon’s largest employer. SAIF will provide...
ClearComp Delivers Evidence-Based Savings for Calif. Employers
Jun 30 2004 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based ClearComp and Virginia-based e-Triage recently announced an innovative solution that will reportedly reduce workers’ compensation costs. The new service, Claim Navigator, promises to...
State Fund Awarded $135,000 in Fraud Case
Jun 30 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will collect $135,000 in restitution from a San Diego County- based construction firm as part of the sentence in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud case. Ray Charles Gauthier...
PCI: Reform Needed to Prevent Future Workers’ Comp Problems in Kentucky
Jun 30 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is calling on Kentucky lawmakers to make changes to the workers’ compensation program in the Commonwealth in order to prevent future financial collapses...
Fla. Construction Company Owner Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jun 28 2004 // The owner of an Indian Harbor, Florida construction company has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud after jeopardizing the coverage of at least one employee, according to investigators with the Department...
Workers’ Comp Rates Decline; Rate Regulation Still an Issue for Lawmakers
Jun 28 2004 // Despite reductions in workers’ comp insurance premiums, California lawmakers will continue to debate the merits of rate regulation. After years of double-digit rate increases, many companies have filed with the...
Texas Mutual Holds Policyholder Meeting
Jun 24 2004 // At the recently held Texas Mutual Insurance Company annual policyholder meeting Chairman Martin H. Young Jr. took the opportunity to credit the company’s success to the board of directors, management and all of the...
Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
Jun 23 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Summit County woman has pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. Tammy Bird is scheduled for sentencing on July 6, 2004, in the Summit County Court...
California Applicant Attorneys Attack Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Jun 23 2004 // Applicant attorneys, who have been lining their pockets with profits by abusing California’s workers’ compensation system, do not want to see their gravy train end so they are working to undermine the recently...
Conn. Gov. Signs Insurance Bills Before Exiting
Jun 22 2004 // Although Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland vetoed a medical malpractice insurance reform bill last month because it failed to cap awards, he has signed into law a number of bills that are of importance to the...
AARIS Cancels Everest Re Workers Comp Contract
Jun 22 2004 // The Barbados-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. reported, as a follow-up to its press release of June 16, 2004 (See IJ Website “West” June 17), that it has now received notice of termination with respect to its...
