Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Comp System: ‘Good Ship Lollipop’ or ‘Pirates of the Caribbean”
May 17 2004 // Although Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Richard F. Reynolds acknowledged that statutory changes would do a world of good for the Texas workers’ compensation system, as well as for his...
Three Individuals Arrested in Separate Fraud Cases
May 17 2004 // The California Department of Insurance, Fraud Division (CDI) was involved in the arrest or surrender of three individuals in three separate cases. On May 6, Gaetano Chirco, 55, of San Jose, self-surrendered in Santa Clara...
Toledo Man Gets 30 Days for Comp Fraud
May 17 2004 // A Toledo man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for committing workers’ compensation fraud, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. William Douglas was sentenced to 30 days jail time, two...
Defense Base Act Workers’ Comp
May 17 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: ACE U.S. International is offering coverage for Defense Base Act (DBA) workers’ comp exposures for prime contractors and subcontractors performing public works contracts overseas that have been...
Texas Comp System: ‘Good Ship Lollipop’ or ‘Pirates of the Caribbean”
May 17 2004 // Although Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Richard F. Reynolds acknowledged that statutory changes would do a world of good for the Texas workers’ compensation system, as well as for his...
Workers’ Comp on the Line
May 17 2004 // It looks like workers’ compensation will be the big insurance issue when the Texas Legislature meets again in 2005. The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently came under fire at the Insurance Council...
MONTANA MAY HAVE TO PAY PRE-1990 WORKERS’ COMP CLAIMS:
May 17 2004 // The state of Montana may have to pay up to $584,000 in workers’ comp claims because the 2003 Legislature, in an effort to balance the 2004-2005 state budget, diverted $18 million from Montana State Fund. When the...
California’s Workers’ Compensation Problem – The Hidden Cause
May 17 2004 // Most, if not all, of work done over the past year on workers’ compensation reform has been directed at symptoms and not causes. The true cause of the workers’ compensation problem is poor employer management...
Oregon’s SAIF Releases Evaluation in Response to Concerns
May 17 2004 // Oregon’s State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) recently released a 10-point self-evaluation in response to Governor Ted Kulongoski’s concerns about the publicly-owned workers’ compensation insurance...
State Fund Awarded $834,000 in Work Comp Fraud Case
May 14 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will collect approximately $834,000 in restitution from the principals of an El Cajon-based (San Diego County) construction company. San Diego residents Milton Perry Smith and his wife,...
N.Y. Woman Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
May 13 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of a Schenevus woman for defrauding the Workers’ Compensation system out of more than $23,000. It is alleged that Marie Banks, 41, wrongfully...
New Judge Named by Ark. Workers’ Comp Commission
May 11 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) recently announced it named Frank Arey, a one-time special appointee to the state’s Court of Appeals, as its newest Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The AWCC,...
Oklahoma Governor Assembles Work Comp Group
May 11 2004 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives Media Division reported that Governor Brad Henry has established a work group to examine pending workers’ compensation legislation in an effort to reach consensus on a reform...
Sacramento Minister Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 11 2004 // On May 7, a Sacramento County Superior Court Judge 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...
Study: Comp Costs Per Claim Rising in Illinois
May 10 2004 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Illinois are increasing rapidly, driven by higher medical costs per claim and greater use of medical services to treat injured workers, according to the Workers Compensation...
Networked Care Pushed as a Fix for Texas Workers’ Comp Woes
May 7 2004 // The insurance industry told the Texas Senate Select Interim Committee on Workers’ Compensation that implementing an effective medical network system for the delivery of health care to injured workers will result in...
PCI Workshop Targets Top Causes of Construction-Related Injuries, Fatalities
May 7 2004 // Deaths from falls and accidental electrocution are the two leading causes of construction-related injuries and fatalities according to experts at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America’s (PCI) safety...
NCCI Unveils 2003 Workers’ Comp Numbers
May 7 2004 // NCCI Holdings Inc. has released its annual “State of the Line” preliminary workers’ compensation market analysis. More information is available at www.ncci.com This year’s report indicates that the...
Speakers Fire Bullets at Workers’ Comp System
May 7 2004 // Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) Executive Director Dick Reynolds was the first speaker at the Insurance Council of Texas 2004 Workers’ Compensation Symposium to say the system wasn’t working...
R.I. Gov. Carcieri Nominates W.C. Chief Judge
May 5 2004 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri has nominated Associate Judge George E. Healy, Jr. to the position of Chief Judge of the Workers’ Compensation Court. Judge Healy’s nomination is subject to Senate...
