Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ACE USA Makes Available Defense Base Act Workers’ Comp Coverage for Overseas Jobs
Apr 16 2004 // ACE US International, a unit of ACE USA-the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies- is offering coverage for Defense Base Act (DBA) workers’ compensation exposures for prime contractors...
Brown & Brown Fined $250K; Settles Case with TDI
Apr 16 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) reported that it recently imposed a $250,000 fine against a Houston insurance agency that marketed and sold workers’ compensation insurance policies in violation of state...
Workers’ Comp Reform Legislation Will Bring Stability and Fairness into System, Says AIA
Apr 16 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today issued a statement in response to the California State Legislature’s approval of SB 899 Poochigian (D-Fresno). According to Nicole Mahrt, director of Public Affairs for...
Lawmakers See Possible Vote April 16 on Workers’ Compensation Plan
Apr 15 2004 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blamed attorneys for the “two or three sticking points” that loom over negotiations on a workers’ compensation insurance reform bill. “Every time we get language, the...
Study Says Workers’ Comp Terrorism Reinsurance Pool Not Enough
Apr 15 2004 // The private insurance industry for workers’ compensation would not have enough capital to withstand potential losses on its own should a catastrophic terrorism event, or multiple events, occur, according to the...
ACIC Comments on Calif. Workers’ Compensation Reform Package
Apr 15 2004 // The following is a statement issued by Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC). “The Association of California Insurance Companies commends the Legislature and Governor...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Commission Files Injunction Against Kanawha County Employer
Apr 14 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed an injunction against a state employer whose account with the Commission is in default. The injunction was filed in Kanawha County Circuit Court...
RIMS Survey Says Workers’ Comp Affecting Calif. Businesses
Apr 14 2004 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) received 261 responses from corporate risk managers regarding the workers’ compensation system in California supporting a conclusion that California may be losing jobs...
W. Va. Workers’ Comp Board of Managers Gets Feedback on Pair of Proposed Rules
Apr 13 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers on Monday heard public comments on two proposed rules – one focusing on proposed risk pools for self-insured employers and the other on a mandatory...
Reynolds to Address Texas Workers’ Comp Symposium
Apr 13 2004 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced that Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Dick Reynolds will speak on the Texas workers’ compensation system at ICT’s second annual...
Checks on Workers’ Comp Claims Rise to 10 Percent in Annual ADP Hiring Index
Apr 13 2004 // ADP Employer Services, a provider of integrated outsourced payroll and human resources services, has released its seventh annual Hiring Index, a yearly evaluation of hiring trends and issues. Compared to last year’s...
Tomblin to Head Texas Mutual Organized Fraud Unit
Apr 12 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Terre Tomblin has joined the company as its new supervisor for the Organized Fraud Unit. Tomblin brings over 20 years experience in fraud investigation supervision for the...
S&P Report Warns Calif. Workers’ Compensation More Precarious Now
Apr 12 2004 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) could be heading toward insolvency, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. Recent legislative initiatives in the state threaten...
Mo. ‘Pool’ Businesses to Reportedly Save $3 Million from 3.7 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
Apr 12 2004 // Missouri “pool” businesses should reportedly save $3 million from 3.7 percent workers’ compensation rate cut The private insurer running Missouri’s workers’ “pool” for high-risk...
Doze Construction Ordered to Pay $17K to Texas Mutual
Apr 8 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Doze Construction Co. Inc. of Gun Barrel City, Texas, has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Judge Julie Kocurek of the 390th Travis County...
Vermont Workers’ Comp Changes Reduce Savings
Apr 7 2004 // A Vermont state Senate panel is putting the final touches on a bill designed to lower workers’ compensation insurance costs, as business lobbyists complained the measure would raise them instead. The Senate Committee...
Blunt Takes N.D. Comp Job
Apr 7 2004 // Charles “Sandy” Blunt has accepted an offer to become the new executive director/CEO of North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance, the group announced. Blunt expects to be on the job no later than May...
CDI Files Lawsuit Against State Fund
Apr 7 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a suit against State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund), California’s workers’ comp insurer of last resort, in...
Tenn. Senate Republicans Reportedly Ready for Workers’ Comp Reform
Apr 6 2004 // Tennessee Senate Republicans reportedly 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...
HIA Names Green Industry Workers’ Comp Board
Apr 6 2004 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA), a provider of insurance services to building contractors and specialty industries in Texas, announced that Johnette Taylor, Greg Walsh and Candy Atkins will make-up the...
