Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Couple Faces Five Years for WC Fraud
Oct 7 2003 // A Grass Valley, Calif. couple faces up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $50,000 after an investigation by CDI Fraud Investigators resulted in multiple felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance...
BOPs, The Small Business Shield
Oct 6 2003 // Like a fine wine, BOPs seem to be getting better with age. Long the marketplace standard of property and liability insurance for small businesses, BOPs, known more formally as Business Owners Package policies, have...
San Diego Revamps WC Claims Process with Software and Best Practices
Oct 6 2003 // Cost containment in the California workers’ compensation market can be difficult, but particularly if an organization is using an outdated claims system and obsolete business processes. In Nov. 1999, the City of San...
Utah’s Workers’ Comp Fund to Host Safety Seminars
Oct 6 2003 // Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) will host four safety seminars in October. Seminar topics include fall protection, forklift safety, defensive driving and fleet safety. The seminars are free to WCF...
Calif. Legislative Session Adjourns With New Privacy Law, WC Reform
Oct 6 2003 // New financial privacy requirements and legislation aimed at cutting workers’ compensation costs are the two most significant public policy measures that impacted the property/casualty industry during the 2003...
BOPs, The Small Business Shield
Oct 6 2003 // Like a fine wine, BOPs seem to be getting better with age. Long the marketplace standard of property and liability insurance for small businesses, BOPs, known more formally as Business Owners Package policies, have...
Calif. Legislature Settles on Workers’ Comp Reform Package
Oct 3 2003 // With the lawmakers facing the most serious pressure in years to do something about California’s broken workers’ comp system, the state legislature earlier last month passed a six-bill armada designed to reign...
NYSID Announces Fraud Arrest of Brockport Agent
Oct 1 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Lon T. Horton, 54, a licensed insurance agent and broker, and owner of Horton Insurance Services, located in Brockport, N.Y. on charges...
CWCI Seminars to Cover Recent Workers’ Comp Reforms
Oct 1 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute has announced it will hold a one-day seminar in November at three locations to help workers’ compensation professionals prepare for changes brought about by...
Fla. Workers’ Comp Reforms Take Effect Oct. 1
Oct 1 2003 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that many reforms aimed at increasing the availability and affordability of workers’ compensation go into effect Oct. 1. Gallagher also noted that the...
Safeco Strengthens WC Reserves; Announces Estimates of Hurricane Isabel Losses
Sep 30 2003 // Following the completion of a previously announced review, Safeco strengthened reserves for workers’ compensation, affecting third-quarter financial results by $0.96 per diluted share. Safeco increased loss reserves...
Calif. Legislative Session Adjourns With New Privacy Law, Work Comp Reform
Sep 29 2003 // New financial privacy requirements and legislation aimed at cutting workers’ compensation costs are the two most significant public policy measures that impacted the property/casualty insurance industry during the...
Sen. Alarcón Responds to Schwarzenegger’s Comments About WC Reforms
Sep 29 2003 // In an obvious gaffe in the Sept. 24 recall debate, Arnold Schwarzenegger called the recently passed Workers’ Compensation Reforms, “pre-election bogus.” Senator Richard Alarcón (D-Van Nuys) the Senate...
Ore. WC Rates Flat for 2nd Straight Year
Sep 26 2003 // Oregon Governor Theodore Kulongoski announced this week that two state business fees used to pay for workers’ compensation and workplace safety programs will be reduced next year, in part to reflect administrative...
Keenan & Assoc. Creates Workers’ Comp Pool for Calif. Schools
Sep 26 2003 // In the wake of crisis and turmoil in the California workers’ compensation arena, Keenan & Associates has created and implemented a new generation workers’ compensation program – a hybrid...
Reorganization Jeopardizes Mich. WC System, Biz Group Says
Sep 24 2003 // The Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) urged state lawmakers to reject an executive order reorganizing departments because it jeopardizes the workers’ compensation system. In testimony presented to the House...
CIGA Looks to Bond Sound Future
Sep 22 2003 // Thanks to the legislature, the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) will stave off financial ruin by floating bonds next year. Part of the reform package passed by both houses in the Capitol includes...
San Diego Trio Pleads Guilty to WC Scam
Sep 22 2003 // Three San Diego residents must pay more than $125,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to insurance fraud. The convictions followed an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigation...
Monoline Workers’ Comp
Sep 22 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: The Princeton Agency/United Underwriting Agency is offering a market for monoline workers’ compensation. Dollars: EL up to 1M/1M/1M. No minimum premium up to $50,000. Carrier: Rochdale Insurance...
WC Fraud Earns N.D. Man One-Year Jail Time
Sep 22 2003 // A Williston, N.D., man has become the first employer ever sentenced to serve jail time for committing workers’ compensation fraud in state history, according to a statement from the Insurance Department. Robert...
