Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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....
