Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Okla. Firefighter Named in Second Indictment
May 5 2004 // A Multicounty Grand Jury indictment naming a former Tulsa, Oklahoma firefighter was unsealed recently in Rogers County District Court, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. William Bradford Adams, 49, was indicted April 14...
Workers’ Comp, Other Industry Bills Headed to Gov. Bush as Fla. Session Concludes
May 5 2004 // Although so-called consumer protection initiatives dominated the headlines in the 2004 Florida legislative session, insurers were reportedly equally concerned with bills addressing workers’ compensation and other...
Dozens Arrested For Auto Body Insurance Fraud in Northern California
May 3 2004 // A multi-agency enforcement unit conducted a sweep April 1 that has to date resulted in the arrests of 27 suspects following a year-long undercover investigation into auto body insurance fraud. Warrants were issued by the...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
May 3 2004 // West News • March 22 “I just wish the governor in my state had the backbone the “Terminator” appears to. Like California, our legislature (and our newly elected governor) is predominantly trial lawyers...
California Governor Optimistic About Reaching Deal on Workers’ Comp
May 3 2004 // West News • March 31 “The problem with workers’ compensation in California is that 95 percent of those who are in a position to effect change and reform do not fully understand the system. We look at the...
S&P Report Warns Calif. Workers’ Compensation More Precarious Now
May 3 2004 // West News • April 14 “The taxpayers of California will ultimately face the financial consequences should the SCIF be in financial trouble or fail. There is no excuse for SCIF not having an A.M. Best rating. Rather...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
May 3 2004 // West News • March 22 “I wish the governor in my state had the backbone the ‘Terminator’ appears to. Like California, our legislature (and our newly elected governor) is predominantly trial lawyers who...
California Governor Optimistic About Reaching Deal on Workers’ Comp
May 3 2004 // West News • March 31 “The problem with workers’ compensation in California is that 95 percent of those who are in a position to effect change and reform do not fully understand the system. We look at the...
TENNESSEE SENATE REPUBLICANS READY FOR WORKERS’ COMP REFORM:
May 3 2004 // Tennessee Senate Republicans stand ready to move the Volunteer State forward with a comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill sponsored by Senator Mark Norris (R-Collierville). The bill, Senate Bill 3169, can...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
May 3 2004 // West News • March 22 “I just wish the governor in my state had the backbone the “Terminator” appears to. Like California, our legislature (and our newly elected governor) is predominantly trial lawyers...
California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Package
May 3 2004 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on April 19 designed to overhaul California’s costly workers’ compensation system and save employers billions of dollars. The compromise legislation will limit...
AIA Satisfied with Fla. Legislative Session
May 3 2004 // The Florida legislature wrapped up its annual session last Friday night, giving final approval to key measures that will add capacity to the state’s hurricane reinsurance fund and put the workers’ compensation...
Former Ky. State Policeman Found Guilty on Charges of Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 3 2004 // West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Gregory Burton announced that a former Kentucky state police officer has been convicted in Kanawha County Circuit Court of felony workers’...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
May 3 2004 // West News • March 22 “I just wish the governor in my state had the backbone the “Terminator” appears to. Like California, our legislature (and our newly elected governor) is predominantly trial lawyers...
Harleysville CEO Encouraged by Q1 Results
Apr 30 2004 // Harleysville Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HGIC) in Pennsylvania reported diluted net income of $0.55 per share in the first quarter of 2004. The company had a diluted net loss of $0.11 per share in the first quarter of...
WCIRB Testifies at CDI Public Hearing
Apr 30 2004 // On April 29, the WCIRB testified at a California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing called to assess the impact of the recently-enacted Senate Bill 899 (SB 899) on advisory pure premium rates effective July 1,...
Congress Urged to Make Workplace Deaths Due to Employer Negligence a Felony
Apr 29 2004 // A man whose son was killed 11 years ago in a gruesome workplace accident in Florida urged Congress this week to give prosecutors the threat of felony convictions against employers whose neglect for federal safety rules...
RMS Study Shows Risk From CAT Events for WC, Life, Health Insurers
Apr 29 2004 // Risk Management Solutions Inc. (RMS), a provider of products and services for catastrophe risk management, released the findings of an in-depth study that provides workers’ compensation, life, and health insurers...
California DOI Improves Efforts to Combat Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Apr 29 2004 // Since taking office in January, 2003, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has worked vigorously to spur reform of the state’s broken workers’ compensation system. A top priority has been the effort to fight...
