Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TCIF HEARS FRAUD EXPERTS:
Feb 23 2004 // Elliott Flood, vice president of special investigations for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, recently addressed the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud (TCIF) on the topic of workers’ compensation fraud. He was one of...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Workers’ Comp Reform Legislative Package
Feb 23 2004 // California Insurance Comm-issioner John Garamendi unveiled his new workers’ compensation reform package Feb. 10. His proposal aims to bridge the gap between labor and business interests and provide a solid framework...
NEW WORKERS’ COMP CARRIER IN CALIF.:
Feb 23 2004 // For the first time in almost two years, entrepreneurial interests are introducing a new carrier to the California workers’ comp market. Western Compensation Insurance Company, a California corporation, was formed in...
IBA WEST MEMBERSHIP APPROVES 2004 RESOLUTIONS:
Feb 23 2004 // Members of the Independent Brokers and Agents of the West approved eight resolutions at the recent 2004 Installation of Officers and Directors and Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The first resolution urged the Legislature...
Workers Aren’t the Only Comp Cheats
Feb 23 2004 // Detection by front-line insurance company personnel … is often the first line of defense against workers’ comp fraud. Within the insurance industry—and even outside it—workers’ compensation fraud is...
Md. Man Jailed for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 20 2004 // The Injured Workers Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s largest workers’ compensation writer, noted that Terry Hedges of Baldwin, Md. was found guilty of insurance fraud against IWIF and was sentenced to one year...
Alarcón Says Industry Unwilling to Guarantee Savings Passed on to Employers
Feb 19 2004 // Senator Richard Alarcón (D-Van Nuys) said “the refusal of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Ratings Bureau (WCIRB) to put a figure on the potential savings of the governor’s reform package signals the...
Professional Claims Services to Handle Claims for New Calif. Workers’ Comp Program
Feb 19 2004 // Poway, Calif.-based claims administrator Professional Claims Services Inc. will be handling all claims for a new workers’ compensation program being sold in California by Cascade National Insurance Company of...
Toledo Man Gets 30 Days for Comp Fraud
Feb 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...
Two Fla. Residents Face Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Feb 13 2004 // Two Florida men are facing workers’ compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around...
American Re Forms Relationship Between Affiliate and Best Doctors Inc.
Feb 13 2004 // American Re-Insurance Company announced that its affiliate, AM-RE Services, Inc., entered into an exclusive agreement with Best Doctors(R), Inc. to improve medical outcomes and help American Re’s clients reduce...
“One-System” Solution for Claims and Bill Review Launched by Valley Oak Systems
Feb 13 2004 // San Ramon, Calif.-based Valley Oak Systems Inc., a national provider of claims management software, services and support, has launched iVOS Review Service and Software, a new bill review component that is now integrated...
Fla. Dental Assistant Charged with Insurance Fraud
Feb 12 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...
ACIC’s Fuller Comments on Workers’ Comp Reform
Feb 12 2004 // Jeffrey Fuller, executive vice president and general counsel for the Association of California Insurance Companies, released the following statement in regarding workers’ compensation reform: In 2003, the legislature...
Flood Outlines Fraud-Fighting Needs at TCIF
Feb 12 2004 // Elliott Flood, vice president of special investigations for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, addressed the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud (TCIF) recently. Flood discussed workers’ compensation fraud, one of...
Hotchkiss Okayed to Form Comp Group for Green Industries
Feb 11 2004 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA), which provides insurance services to the building industry and related trades in the State of Texas, announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has approved its application to...
Texas Man Convicted on Federal Workers’ Comp Charges
Feb 11 2004 // A Dallas jury convicted aviator Michael Lee Harms, of Grapevine, Texas, on federal charges that he defrauded the Office of Workers’ Compensation program. The Associated Press reported that the charges stem from a...
Zenith National Unveils Q4 Numbers
Feb 9 2004 // California-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $20.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2003 compared to a net loss of $7.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2002. Net income for the year ended Dec....
SIIS Seminars to Focus on Workers’ Comp
Feb 9 2004 // “Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Issues,” will be the subject of two upcoming Public Policy Seminars sponsored by Southwestern Insurance Information Service, an industry trade group. According to...
Vermont Looks to Heal Injured Workers’ Comp System
Feb 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation is the fast food of the insurance industry. Nobody notices it very much until there’s a case of indigestion, despite the important role it plays in the economy. As costs continue to...
