Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chubb Survey Says Loss Control Spending Increases 17 Percent
Apr 8 2003 // In an apparent move to drive down the cost of risk, risk managers are spending an average 17 percent more on loss control services while their organizations confront budgetary constraints and the difficult economic...
Employers, Labor Leaders to Testify on Alarcón’s WC Bill
Apr 8 2003 // In a rare move, employers and labor leaders will both go before the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee in support of SB 228-authored by Senator Richard Alarcón (D) Van Nuys. SB 228 will be heard on April 9,...
Health Net Plus Partners with Qmedtrix to Offer New WC Solution
Apr 7 2003 // Health Net Plus, the workers’ compensation managed care services unit of Health Net Employer Services Inc., announced that it has partnered with Qmedtrix Systems Inc. to offer a new electronic solution called Q-Worx...
CWCI SEMINAR TO LOOK AT POST AB 749 STRATEGIES
Apr 7 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has announced it will conduct a one-day case law seminar in May in San Francisco and Long Beach. The program will examine trends in case law in light of the...
SB 228 Targets Skyrocketing Medical Costs in WC System
Apr 7 2003 // California Senator Richard Alarcón (D-Van Nuys), recently introduced new legislation designed to reduce the skyrocketing medical costs in California’s workers’ compensation system. The bill, SB 228, will...
White Took a Chance and Built Alliance Insurance Services
Apr 7 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Bill White, president of California-based Alliance Insurance Services, who took quite a chance back in the mid-80s by putting his home up for sale when he went to...
CDI Orders Cease & Desist on Oriska Ins. Co.
Apr 4 2003 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that the California Department of Insurance (CDI) served a Cease and Desist Order on Oriska Insurance Company based in Oriskany, New York, following an investigation that...
RAND Recommends Reforms of Calif. WC Courts
Apr 3 2003 // The system that resolves workers’ compensation disputes in California is failing to provide the swift justice required by law and needs to be reformed, according to a study by RAND’s Institute for Civil...
Over-utilization of Chiro. Care Hurting Calif. WC, AIA Says
Apr 3 2003 // Legislation to curb over-utilization of chiropractic care without physician oversight will help control the skyrocketing medical costs that are jeopardizing California’s workers’ compensation system, said the...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Community Mourns Loss of Alan Tebb
Apr 2 2003 // Alan Tebb, former general manager of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the research and education arm of the California workers’ compensation industry, passed away March 31 following a brief...
RAND Recommends Reforms of Calif. WC Courts
Apr 2 2003 // The system that resolves workers’ compensation disputes in California is failing to provide the swift justice required by law and needs to be reformed, according to a study by RAND’s Institute for Civil...
Over-utilization of Chiro. Care Hurting Calif. WC, AIA Says
Apr 2 2003 // Legislation to curb over-utilization of chiropractic care without physician oversight will help control the skyrocketing medical costs that are jeopardizing California’s workers’ compensation system, said the...
American Physicians Capital Notes Departure of Subsidiary Exec.
Apr 1 2003 // Michigan-based American Physicians Capital, Inc. announced that Raymond Jacobsen, CEO of the company’s workers’ compensation business unit, has submitted his resignation effective immediately. APCapital’s...
Workers’ Comp Fund to Host Free Safety Seminars
Apr 1 2003 // Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) will host six safety seminars for Utah employers in April. Scheduled courses include construction safety, return-to-work, welding safety, confined space entry, safety for the food service...
Wash. State Workers’ Comp to Include Acts of Terrorism
Mar 25 2003 // Washington taxpayers and the State Fund will get significant financial relief from the federal government in the event of an act of terrorism that results in catastrophic losses to the workers’ compensation...
CWCI Study Examines Chiropractic Utilization and Costs in Calif. WC
Mar 25 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has issued new research showing the combined effect of an increase in the number of chiropractors treating fewer injured workers with higher levels of...
PA Workers’ Insurance Fund Extends Workers’ Comp “Drug-Free Workplace Pilot” Discounts
Mar 25 2003 // Pennsylvania’s State Workers’ Insurance Fund (SWIF) and Drug Free Pennsylvania announced that the drug-free workplace pilot project will be extended for an additional year. The pilot project provides a...
CDI Looks to Shore Up California’s Workers’ Comp Market
Mar 24 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi took center stage when he addressed the problems plaguing State Compensation Insurance Fund on the heels of his recent plans to reform California’s ailing...
Alliance Objects to Florida WC State Fund Proposal
Mar 24 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers announced its strong opposition to legislation aimed at creating a new, state-run mutual insurance company for the purpose of writing workers compensation policies in Florida. “SB...
Addressing Care Costs in California’s WC Market Adds More Questions
Mar 24 2003 // In March, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced a seven-point plan for restructuring the California workers’ compensation system. In addition to addressing medical cost containment, the plan includes...
