Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PRIVATIZATION OF UTAH WORKERS’ COMP FUND FAILS:
Mar 22 2004 // Private insurers won a victory this week as legislation to privatize the Utah Workers’ Compensation Fund (WCF) died in the final hours of the 2004 Utah legislative session. However, the defeat of this legislation (SB...
N.D. Shoots for 4% Comp Rate Hike
Mar 22 2004 // To counteract the steep rise in medical and prescription drug costs, the North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance’s (WSI) board of directors authorized the agency to go forward with a proposal for a slight premium...
Trusting in Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Programs
Mar 22 2004 // For larger risks, a self-insurance plan might be the right fit As premiums for workers’ compensation rise, employers across the United States are looking for alternative ways to cover their risks. Some employers have...
Innovation Key to Comp Quandary
Mar 22 2004 // The workers’ compensation system — the country’s largest line of commercial insurance — is in crisis, as contributing writer Tom Slattery points out in his excellent overview of where comp has gone in the...
One TPA Says it Has the Secret to Reining in Comp’s Transition Costs
Mar 22 2004 // At first glance, Jeffrey McDaniel does not seem disabled. He is built like a football player, and in his mesh green and gold jersey he looks like one too. A pat on the back reveals his muscled frame, the one that helped...
N.Y. Employers to Speak Out on Cutting WC Costs
Mar 22 2004 // A coalition of New York employers led by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. will urge state lawmakers at a public hearing this week to fix the state’s badly broken workers’...
Hazard in the Workplace: OSHA Identifies Businesses with Highest Injury Rates
Mar 22 2004 // High hazard industries pay high workers’ comp premiums for increased risk, but even within high risk industries some companies are more dangerous than others. “OSHA is going to focus on specific sites where...
Workers in Mass., Pa. Fare Better After Injuries Than In Other States
Mar 22 2004 // Injured workers located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania report more satisfactory outcomes than their counter parts in Texas, according to a study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study,...
Little Relief in Sight for Tight Longshore Marketplace
Mar 22 2004 // The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Act was first passed in 1927, and has existed in its current form for 20 years, but recent developments have changed not only its applicability but also the availability of...
Better Workers’ Comp Underwriting Needed, AMCOMP Members Told
Mar 22 2004 // Workers’ compensation executives from across the nation gathered last month for the annual American Society of Workers’ Comp Professionals Inc. (AMCOMP) conference in Las Vegas where members heard the industry...
Selecting the Right Company Partner for Workers’ Comp Pays Dividends
Mar 22 2004 // First, this article is not about “parting shots.” When I hear this expression I immediately think of a retaliatory barrage to a poor unsuspecting sole. Instead, I’m going to discuss an issue near and dear...
Tennessee Workers’ Comp Market Looks for Answers
Mar 22 2004 // As agents search for the best way to market workers’ compensation coverage in Tennessee, several with industry expertise on the subject, spoke with Insurance Journal Southeast on what needs to be done to make for a...
Controlling Medical Costs in Workers’ Compensation
Mar 22 2004 // Rising healthcare costs are recognized as a key problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Medical costs once constituted 30 percent of the total workers’ comp claims expenses; today, however, they...
Employers Direct Contracts with No. Cal. Builders Assoc.
Mar 22 2004 // Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC) has contracted with the Home Builders Association of Northern California (HBANC) to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage to selected members. EDIC works directly...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
Mar 22 2004 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned state legislators that unless they reach a deal next week to repair California’s costly workers’ compensation system, he’ll bypass them and go to voters to fix the...
Ethics Awareness Month
Mar 22 2004 // I have mixed views on Martha Stewart’s plight. On the one hand, I feel she’s been unfairly targeted and made an example of by the federal government because she’s a prominent media personality. On the...
Auto Related Workers’ Compensation
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Integrated Programs Insurance Services (IPIS) announced it now has available a workers’ compensation program for auto related risks such as new car dealers, auto accessory stores, auto repair shops,...
Adding Value in the Workers’ Comp Market Through Technical Analysis
Mar 22 2004 // If insurance brokers want to add value and differentiate themselves from their competitors in this hardening workers’ compensation marketplace, they should pay attention to the intricacies of how experience...
FISHER BANS UNLICENSED COMPANY:
Mar 22 2004 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher issued an order preventing an unlicensed Georgia firm from selling workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma. Atlanta-based Exceptional Personnel Inc., which also does...
One Step Closer to Reform’
Mar 22 2004 // Ironically, there was no shortage of things to write about when it came to filling the pages of our Workers’ Compensation issue. All over the West, workers’ comp has been the hot topic in many states—not just...
