Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aberrations for Certain Coverages Create Problems for Insureds and Underwriters Alike
Dec 11 2003 // As the property and casualty industry begins to settle into more stable pricing, there continues to be aberrations in certain coverages. D&O, medical malpractice and workers’ compensation are among the coverages...
AIG Specialty Workers’ Comp Notes Launch of AIG RiskTool System
Dec 10 2003 // AIG Specialty Workers’ Compensation®, a division of the property and casualty subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), announced the launch of AIG RiskTool System(SM), an online loss prevention and...
Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, A Mutual Company, Re-Names Subsidiary Companies
Dec 9 2003 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, A Mutual Company, (EICN) announced that it has re-named two wholly-owned subsidiaries. Effective immediately, the company formerly known as Fremont Employers Insurance Company will...
A New Workers’ Compensation Insurer for Businesses Situated in New York State
Dec 9 2003 // First Pavilion Insurance Company published its intention to form a stock insurance corporation under the provisions of the Insurance Law of the State of New York. The Company plans to write excess insurance policies with a...
Workers’ Comp Seminar Cancelled
Dec 8 2003 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it has cancelled the General Industry Safety seminar scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The educational seminar, which was to be held in...
Fiserv to Purchase MedPay, Provider of Workers’ Comp Prescription Services
Dec 5 2003 // Fiserv, Inc. has agreed to acquire Memphis-based MedPay Corporation, a provider of workers’ compensation prescription services, in a move that further expands its Fiserv Health business. No financial details are...
McGraw Appointed to Board of Employers Direct
Dec 5 2003 // Michael McGraw, president and CEO of The McGraw Group of Affiliated Companies, has been named a director of Employers Direct Insurance Company. Employers Direct is the first new workers’ compensation insurance...
Insurers are Passing Along Savings Generated By Workers’ Comp Medical Reforms, AIA Says
Dec 5 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) issued the following statement by Mark Sektnan, AIA assistant vice president, western region, in response to Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s (D) report analyzing the...
Calif. State Fund Files For Rate Decrease
Dec 4 2003 // State Compensation Insurance Fund – California’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier – has filed for an average 2.9 percent rate decrease effective Jan. 1 2004. The decrease is within...
LewisCo Taps Regional VP of Business Development
Dec 4 2003 // Deerfield, Ill.-based LewisCo Group, a national provider of specialized resources for disability, absence and productivity management for insurers and employers, announced that Jack Stone joined the company as regional...
Calif. Commissioner Announces Substantial Reductions in Workers’ Comp Insurers’ Rate Filings
Dec 4 2003 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that workers’ compensation pure premium rates filed by insurers to date are below current rates by an average 3.6 percent, a “clear sign” that the historic...
N.J. Man Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 4 2003 // Vaughn McKoy, Director, Division of Criminal Justice, announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Camden County, New Jersey man with attempted theft, Health...
Wash. L&I Adopts 9.8 Percent Rate Increase for 2004
Dec 3 2003 // The Department of Labor and Industries announced a 9.8 percent general rate increase in workers’ compensation premiums, effective Jan. 1, 2004. Even with this rate increase, next year’s average rates will be...
Calif. State Fund Files For Rate Decrease
Dec 3 2003 // State Compensation Insurance Fund – California’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier – has filed for an average 2.9 percent rate decrease effective Jan. 1 2004. The decrease is within...
N.D. Man Gets 1 Year for WC Fraud
Dec 3 2003 // A Berthold, N.D., man was sentenced to serve a year in the Ward County Jail and ordered to pay $5,618 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to charges of filing false workers’ compensation claims, according...
West Virginia Tabbed as Top State with Highest Workers’ Comp Cost Per Employee by UWC
Dec 2 2003 // The National Foundation for Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation (National Foundation) published its annual report on workers’ compensation in the United States, and reportedly finds West Virginia as the...
AIA Says Calif. Workers’ Comp Reforms Need More Work
Dec 2 2003 // Recently passed workers’ compensation reforms should reduce costs for California employers, but “now is the time to finish the job and completely fix what has become the most expensive, dysfunctional...
COMMISSIONER’S REVISION TO WC ADVISORY RATE EXCESSIVE, SAYS ACIC:
Dec 1 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s recommendation for a 14.9 percent decrease in pure premium rates for workers’ compensation insurance is both excessive and premature, according to the Association...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
