Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota Seed Company to Pay $225K OSHA Penalty After Employee Injury
Mar 26 2021 // A Fargo, N. D., birdseed production company has reached a settlement with a federal agency that investigated a severe and life-altering injury to an employee. The probe by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
California Landscaper Arraigned in Alleged Workers’ Comp Scam
Mar 24 2021 // Angel Maces, 23, of San Jacinto, Calif., was arraigned for felony insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting symptoms following a work-related injury in order to receive over $42,000 in undeserved workers’...
Two Workers Injured in 30-Foot Fall Off Slippery Roof in Massachusetts
Mar 24 2021 // Two workers fell about 30 feet off the roof of a duplex under construction in Massachusetts early Friday and were flown to hospitals, authorities said The Mashpee Fire Department responded to the call around 8:30 a.m.,...
$0 to $100M in 3 Years: Fast-Growing Work Comp Provider Sees Bright Future Ahead
Mar 23 2021 // Despite the softening of rates and the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, one Midwest-based workers’ compensation insurance provider that opened its doors just over three years ago reports that it not only has...
Colorado Workers’ Comp Carrier Distributing Dividends to 53K Companies
Mar 22 2021 // Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado is distributing general dividend checks to its customers totaling $50 million This is the sixth straight year the workers’ compensation carrier has distributed dividends. Nearly 53,000...
Texas Bills Address Workers’ Comp, Other Protections for First Responders
Mar 22 2021 // A Texas legislator has filed a package of bills he says is aimed at protecting injured first responders and their families. Rep. Jared Patterson, a freshman legislator representing District 106 in Denton County, serves on...
Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop Again in Louisiana
Mar 22 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates will continue to decrease in Louisiana with a new rate reduction beginning in May, the insurance department reported. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon approved a loss...
Video Surveillance Leads to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against California Woman
Mar 22 2021 // Veronica Catalina Cortes-Ambrosio, 53, of Madera, Calif., was charged on two felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly lying about physical limitations from an injury at work in an attempt to receive undeserved...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects Board for 2021
Mar 16 2021 // Matthew Zender of AmTrust North America, who has served on the executive committee of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute since 2018, has been reelected to serve another one-year term as chairman of the...
Video Surveillance Leads to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against California Woman
Mar 15 2021 // Veronica Catalina Cortes-Ambrosio, 53, of Madera, Calif., was charged on two felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly lying about physical limitations from an injury at work in an attempt to receive undeserved...
OSHA to Review COVID-19 Workplace Safety Enforcement Under Trump
Mar 15 2021 // Federal workplace safety regulators said on Friday they will revisit several COVID-19 related safety investigations performed during the Trump administration as part of a wider effort to better protect workers from the...
Former California Firefighter Faces Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 12 2021 // Daniel Clampitt, 41, of Denair, Calif., was arraigned on four felony counts including insurance fraud, grand theft and perjury for allegedly claiming to be too injured to work and simultaneously collecting $94,788 in...
CRC, Pan-American to Offer Workers’ Comp to Trucking Industry
Mar 12 2021 // A new partnership between specialty wholesaler CRC Group, 5Star Specialty Programs and life insurer subsidiary Pan-American Benefit Solutions (PABS), will focus on offering workers’ compensation coverage for the...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Continue to Drop in Louisiana
Mar 11 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates will continue to decrease in Louisiana with a new rate reduction beginning in May, the insurance department reported. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved a...
Study Shows NASIDs Growing in California Workers’ Comp
Mar 10 2021 // A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) now account for more than one-third of all drugs dispensed to injured workers in California, triple the proportion for opioids. A study from the California...
Workers’ Compensation Remained Outlier as Commercial Prices Continued Rising in Q4
Mar 9 2021 // U.S. commercial insurance prices again grew significantly in the fourth quarter of 2020. Again, except for workers’ compensation. According to Willis Towers Watson’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey...
California Nutrition Assistant Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 8 2021 // Kia Lor, 54, of Merced, Calif., was arraigned on four counts of insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance found that she allegedly lied about the extent of prior injuries in an...
Cal/OSHA Cites Multiple Employers for COVID-19 Violations
Mar 5 2021 // Cal/OSHA has cited multiple employers for not protecting workers from COVID-19 following inspections in various industries throughout the state. Violations were identified in industries including construction, garment,...
Workers’ Comp Benefit Denied to Family of Missouri Officer Who Died from Virus
Mar 3 2021 // The family of a Lebanon, Mo., police officer who died of COVID-19 has been denied workers’ compensation, city officials said. Officer Kendle Blackburn died Dec. 28 after a long battle with the virus. A release from...
North Texas Foam Recycling Plant Burns; 3 Workers Injured
Mar 2 2021 // Three workers were injured as a massive North Texas foam recycling plant fire burned all day on Feb. 25 and into the night. The fire at the Advanced Foam Recycling plant in the Fort Worth suburb of Richland Hills was...
