Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MEADOWBROOK DEALS OUT $4 MILLION:
Feb 9 2004 // Meadowbrook/TPA Associates, a Massachusetts’ third party administrator of self-insured workers’ compensation programs, is distributing $4,023,874 in dividends to 520 businesses who are members of the...
PENN. WORKERS’ COMP CLAIMS COSTS:
Feb 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Pennsylvania continue to grow, according to the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). A study by the Cambridge, Mass-based WCRI found that costs per claim...
Workers’ Comp Second Injury Funds: Going, Going, Gone’
Feb 9 2004 // SIFs are designed to reduce the financial impact of a workers’ compensation claim in the event a worker with a disability, injured on the job, aggravates a pre-existing impairment. Maintaining healthy workers’...
TEXAS COMP COSTS STILL HIGH:
Feb 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas increased at double-digit rates for the third consecutive year, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Workers’ comp costs per...
Workers Aren’t the Only Comp Cheats
Feb 9 2004 // Within the insurance industry—and even outside it—workers’ compensation fraud is typically associated with malingering employees who fake an injury in order to collect compensation and some paid...
CWCI STUDY EXAMINES EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IN WORKERS’ COMP:
Feb 9 2004 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute has issued a new study examining the development and history of evidence-based medicine (EBM) as a tool for assuring appropriate, quality medical care, and its potential...
AUTO INSURANCE, WORKERS’ COMP EMERGE AGAIN AS TOP LEADING LEGAL ISSUE TRENDS:
Feb 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation and automobile insurance laws accounted for nearly 40 percent of the new property/casualty-related statutes enacted by state legislatures last year, according to the fifth annual analysis of...
California Workers’ Comp Costs Per Claim Continue Rapid Growth
Feb 9 2004 // California workers’ compensation costs per claim in California continue to grow rapidly, increasing 15 percent from 2000 through 2001 (as of 2002) and are accelerating, according to a new study from the Cambridge,...
For Workers’ Comp Writers, 2004 May Be as Good as It’s Going to Get
Feb 9 2004 // After years of depressed pricing and a soft workers’ compensation market, prices are on the rise in many parts of the country, a trend analysts predict will continue through at least this year and probably next. The...
Valley Oak Systems Develops Data Interface for the PERI Data Exchange
Feb 6 2004 // Valley Oak Systems, Inc. (VOS), a national provider of claims management software, services and support, has completed development of a new data extraction tool that will streamline the submission of claims data to the...
PCI Reports on Positive Components of Vermont Workers’ Comp Bill
Feb 6 2004 // A bill aimed at reportedly making badly needed changes to the workers’ compensation laws in Vermont has some very positive components, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
IBA West Membership Approves 2004 Resolutions
Feb 5 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. Three of the eight resolutions address the...
Calif. Business Entities Unite Behind Single Ballot Measure to Overhaul Workers’ Comp
Feb 4 2004 // Key business organizations from across the state have joined forces to support a single ballot measure on the issue — the Workers’ Compensation Reform and Accountability Act. The Small Business Action Committee...
Auto Insurance, Workers’ Comp Emerge Again as Top Leading Legal Issue Trends
Jan 30 2004 // Workers’ compensation and automobile insurance laws accounted for nearly 40 percent of the new property/casualty-related statutes enacted by state legislatures last year, according to the fifth annual analysis of...
Texas Mutual, Argonaut Partner for Other States Coverage
Jan 28 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it is partnering with Argonaut Insurance to offer workers’ compensation coverage for Texas-based businesses that have operations in other states. The agreement will apply to...
Former Claims Adjuster and Accomplices Arrested on Felony Grand Theft Charges
Jan 28 2004 // A former workers’ compensation claims adjuster and all eight of her alleged accomplices must now face felony grand theft charges after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigation...
Ala. Workers’ Comp Fund Would Reportedly Benefit from Assessment Increase
Jan 28 2004 // With the Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association (AIGA) facing unprecedented budgetary shortfalls, the state’s employers and injured workers could reportedly be left with unpaid claims in the event of insurer...
N.Y. Agent Arrested on 50 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Jan 28 2004 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Lon T. Horton, who has been charged with 43 counts of issuing fraudulent certificates of insurance, two counts of insurance fraud,...
INDUSTRY, MO. REGULATORS AGREE COMP COSTS SHOULD FALL IN 2004:
Jan 26 2004 // State regulators and the insurance industry’s principal workers’ compensation trade group have called for a reduction in Missouri workers’ compensation insurance rates, providing financial relief for the...
Workers’ Comp
Jan 26 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Midlands Management Corp. is offering a workers’ compensation market. Dollars: Policy limits up to $1 million employer’s liability. Minimum premium is $3,500. Carrier: Rated “A”...
