Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Commissioner Formally Enforces Regulatory Powers Over SCIF
Mar 24 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced March 21 that California State Compensation Insurance Fund would continue to provide workers’ compensation coverage for employers incapable of finding...
CALIF. COMMISSIONER WILL NOT APPEAL BOE PREMIUM TAX
Mar 24 2003 // Calif. Commissioner John Garamendi announced he is not appealing the Board of Equalization’s unanimous decision that overturned former Commissioner Low’s determination that the gross premium tax applies to...
Clarifying ‘Election of Remedies’ in Workers’ Comp Claims
Mar 24 2003 // In a flurry of recent cases, Texas courts have tried to clarify various issues regarding election of remedies in the context of workers’ compensation insurance. These issues arise in various circumstances. Two...
Control of Medical Costs in Texas Workers’ Comp System is Vital
Mar 24 2003 // Texas is a king size state with king size problems regarding medical care costs in its workers’ compensation system. However, Texas’ workers’ compensation system is not alone in facing escalating medical...
AUTO INSURANCE, WORKERS’ COMP EMERGE
Mar 24 2003 // New state laws concerning workers’ compensation and automobile insurance make up the majority of the property/casualty-related insurance laws enacted by state legislatures last year, according to an analysis of...
Calif. Commissioner Formally Enforces Regulatory Powers Over SCIF
Mar 21 2003 // Responding to numerous inquiries concerning the availability of workers’ compensation insurance from the California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, backed by...
NY Authorities Charge Four in $68,400 Workers Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 20 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General John H. Burgher, Jr. and New York City...
WCIRB Releases 2002 Annual WC Report
Mar 20 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) 2002 Annual Report is now available on the WCIRB Web site. The online publication is representative of the WCIRB’s increasing utilization of...
New Workers’ Comp Insurers Approved in S.C.
Mar 14 2003 // Newport Star Reinsurance Company and Accident Insurance Company (AIC) announced they have been approved by the South Carolina Department of Insurance, and are now able to offer property and casualty insurance with a...
CWCI Seminar to Look at Post AB 749 Strategies
Mar 11 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...
Lodi, Calif. Man Pleads Guilty
Mar 10 2003 // A Lodi, Calif. man was arrested on numerous felony charges as a result of a joint investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigation Branch’s Fraud Division, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, the...
Bolton & Company Grew with the Times
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll profile agencies that have made a name for themselves in the industry with a special niche. In our first interview, we talk with California’s Bolton & Company....
CLEAR AS MUD
Mar 10 2003 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), unless a claim is filed, workers’ compensation insurers would not know if an insured employee’s name is included in the infamous Specialty...
Workers’ Comp Second Injury Fund Sunset Extension Moves to Iowa Senate
Mar 7 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) said today that it strongly supports a five-year extension of the law that allows insurer assessments for Iowa’s workers’ compensation second injury fund to be based on...
Truck Driver Charged in $78,500 Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 7 2003 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory Serio, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, and New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General John Burgher Jr., announced that a truck...
AIA Tells Maine Legislators to Protect Workers’ Comp Reforms
Mar 6 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before Maine legislators Wednesday, urging them to reject a number of bills that would increase the cost of workers’ compensation for Maine employers. “Now is...
Calif. Commissioner Enlists Help of DAs to Reform WC System
Mar 5 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi pushed his workers’ comp reform agenda further along by enlisting the help of the state’s 58 county district attorneys (DA) in combating employee and employer...
New Workers’ Comp Company Authorized in Texas
Mar 5 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a Certificate of Authority for a new property-casualty insurance company to be located in Tyler, Texas, named Old Glory Insurance Company. The new company will operate as a...
Utah Resident Charged in $1M Workers’ Comp Scheme
Mar 4 2003 // Kevin T. Brough, a Kaysville, Utah resident, was charged with 20 felonies as a consequence of an investigation by the Utah Insurance Department’s Fraud Division. Brough, a Farmers Insurance agent, pleaded guilty to...
Calif. Commissioner Orders SCIF to Reduce Broker Commissions
Mar 4 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi held a press conference March 3 addressing the workers’ compensation crisis in California. Specifically, Garamendi proposed a seven point plan to return State Compensation...
