Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wash. L&I Suspends Registration of Contractors for Failure to Pay Workers’ Comp Premiums
Mar 10 2004 // Two Vancouver, Wash.-area construction companies and a Port Angeles contractor are the first to lose their registration as a result of action taken by the Wash. Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for failure to...
AWCC Educational Conference to be Held in October
Mar 10 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) announced that its 17th annual educational conference will be held Oct. 13 – 15, 2004 in Little Rock. The conference traditionally mixes in-depth study...
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 9 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Roger Gilbreth pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The 390th District Court sentenced Gilbreth to two years deferred probation and 120 hours of...
The “Red Flag” That Isn’t There
Mar 8 2004 // Starting from an early age, I was always interested in the subject of magic. I would watch the great magicians of the day, read books about Houdini and others, and haunt my local magic shop on Saturday afternoons. It...
Terrorism Tops List of Concerns for Workers’ Comp Professionals
Mar 8 2004 // Industry executives in the workers’ compensation field from across the nation gathered in Las Vegas Feb. 5-6 for the 5th Annual AMCOMP (American Society of Workers’ Comp Professionals Inc.) Meeting &...
Workers’ Comp Chief Concern of Most Calif. Small Business Owners
Mar 8 2004 // While the state’s economic recovery has not yet reached every part of the business spectrum, 72 percent of California small business owners polled are expecting 2004 to be an overall better year than 2003, according...
N.Y. Pizza Shop Owner Faces Workers Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 8 2004 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that the owner of Village Pizza & Burger, located at 156 North Main Street in Spring Valley, N.Y., has been arrested and charged with insurance...
Fla. Dental Assistant Has Brush With Law
Mar 8 2004 // A Florida dental assistant is facing charges of workers’ compensation fraud, grand theft and perjury after reportedly failing to tell her most recent employer that she had collected a $17,000 workers’ comp...
Privatization of Utah Workers’ Comp Fund Fails as Legislature Adjourns
Mar 5 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...
Louisiana Oilfield Workers Now Have Insurance Fund
Mar 4 2004 // The Louisiana Oilfield Contractors Association (LOCA) formed a group self insurance fund for workers’ compensation coverage for participating members, marking the first time this successful risk transfer mechanism...
ACIC Examines Calif. Workers’ Comp Issues
Mar 3 2004 // While the California Legislature continues to debate the issue of workers’ compensation reform, The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) has developed an issues paper that addresses the major...
N.Y. Arrests 12 for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 2 2004 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio joined Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, NY State Insurance Fund Executive Director Kenneth Ross and NY State Workers’ Compensation Fraud...
Oklahoma Battles Fake Workers’ Comp Policies
Mar 2 2004 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced he has issued an order preventing an unlicensed Georgia firm from selling workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma. Fisher’s order targets...
AIA Urges Md. Senate Finance Committee to Improve Viability of Workers’ Comp System By Passing SB 466
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Market Analyst Summarizes Calif. Results in 2002 NAIC Report on W.C. Profitability
Mar 1 2004 // In late January 2004, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released its “Report on Profitability by Line by State” for 2002. The NAIC report provides complete, direct income statement data...
R.I. Club Owners Ruled Not Personally Liable for Workers’ Comp Penalty
Mar 1 2004 // A state hearing officer has ruled that the owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people a year ago can’t be held personally liable for failing to carry workers’ compensation...
AIA Says Calif. Applicant Attorneys’ Deceptive Claims About Insurer Profits is Pure Spin
Feb 27 2004 // As the California legislature prepares to act on Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed overhaul of the state’s expensive, dysfunctional workers’ compensation system, the special interest group with the most...
Calif. Commissioner Applauds Vargas’ Workers’ Comp Reform Bill
Feb 27 2004 // Calling it California’s best hope for a comprehensive solution to the workers’ compensation crisis, Assemblyman Juan Vargas (D-San Diego), and California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the...
State Fund Awarded $800,000 in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Feb 27 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will collect $800,000 in restitution from two former owners of a San Diego County-based construction company. This award followed their guilty plea on felony workers’ compensation...
Vermont House Advances Workers’ Comp Reforms
Feb 26 2004 // The Vermont House this week gave preliminary approval to a series of measures designed to lower workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The 101-39 vote came after critics of the bill complained that it would hurt...
