Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp
Sep 30 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Innovative Risk Services is offering a temporary staffing program for workers’ compensation. This is a brokerage business. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000/ $1,000,000/$1,000,000. Minimum...
NAII Applauds Missouri Judge’s Decision Blocking Workers’ Comp Regulation
Sep 30 2002 // The NAII lauded Missouri Circuit Judge Thomas Brown’s decision to grant the request of the state’s workers’ compensation insurers for a temporary injunction blocking the state Insurance Department from...
Calif. Legislative Bills Make Dash for the Finish Line
Sep 30 2002 // The 2002 California legislative session came to an end recently, with a flurry of industry-related bills shuffling through the mix. Many new laws and measures were introduced this year by state lawmakers regarding...
Leaders Selected for Texas Workers’ Comp Oversight Council
Sep 30 2002 // Texas Speaker of the House, Pete Laney, appointed State Representative Scott Hochberg, Houston, chair of the Board of Directors of the Research and Oversight Council on Workers’ Compensation (ROC). Senator John...
OSHA, NAII to Sponsor Pa. Safety Workshops
Sep 30 2002 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced they will jointly sponsor a program Oct. 10 in Allentown, Pa. to assist small business managers...
Employers, Insurers Slow To Report Claims Says Missouri Audit Report
Sep 30 2002 // A report from Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill has found that a “vast majority of injuries” are reported late or not at all. The audit evaluated the management of the state’s workers’...
Calif. Bills Make Dash for Finish Line
Sep 27 2002 // The 2002 California legislative session came to an end on Aug. 31, with a flurry of industry-related bills shuffling through the mix. Many new laws and measures were introduced this year by state lawmakers regarding...
Colo. Division Publishes 2002 Workers’ Comp, Employers Liability Guide
Sep 27 2002 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has published the 2002 Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance guide, a survey of workers’ compensation and employers liability insurance loss cost multipliers...
Court Upholds Decision in Downs Workers’ Comp Case
Sep 19 2002 // The Texas Supreme Court denied a motion for rehearing in the case of Downs v. Continental Casualty Co., Cause No. 04-99-00111-CV, letting stand a previous decision in the case, which concerns the timing of a...
ACE Risk Management Creates New Excess Workers’ Comp Unit
Sep 19 2002 // ACE Risk Management (ARM), part of ACE USA, announced the creation of a new unit, ARM Excess Workers’ Compensation. The ARM Excess Workers’ Compensation unit offers risk managers and brokers the ability to...
A.M. Best Affirms Zenith National Ratings
Sep 17 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) of Zenith National Insurance Group of Woodland Hills, Calif. The financial strength rating applies to three intercompany pool members and is based...
Santa Maria, Calif. Man Arrested on Multiple Counts of Felony Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 17 2002 // Juan Antonio Acuna, 41, of Santa Maria, Calif. surrendered to authorities on Sept. 12, 2002, and was charged with seven felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, three counts of perjury, and one count...
CIGA Implements 2 Percent Increase
Sep 16 2002 // The California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) will impose a 2 percent increase on all polices under its some 850 member carriers effective Jan. 1, 2003. “For the year 2003, it will be applied to all...
INDUSTRY COMMENDS OSHA ERGONOMIC PLAN
Sep 16 2002 // Six major insurance industry trade groups announced unified support for the ergonomics guidelines issued earlier this year by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In a joint resolution,...
Expanding the Pie
Sep 16 2002 // We have all heard the old adage that to succeed we need to do one thing and do it well. That might be one formula for success, but it is not the only one. There are two main types of growth—vertical and horizontal....
C&D ORDER ISSUED IN ARKANSAS
Sep 16 2002 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a Cease and Desist Order to AMS Staff Leasing NA Inc., a company that the insurance department alleges had been illegally offering workers’ compensation...
Expanding the Pie
Sep 16 2002 // We have all heard the old adage that to succeed we need to do one thing and do it well. That might be one formula for success, but it is not the only one. There are two main types of growth—vertical and horizontal....
Workers’ Comp
Sep 14 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: PSA Insurance is offering a workers’ compensation program. Available on appointment only basis. Over 300 classes, including some contractors classes. Dollars: Minimum premiums of $1,000 to $10,000...
Small Businesses Offered Fourth Safety Workshop
Sep 13 2002 // A fourth safety workshop conducted by the insurance industry and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offered to small business owners in Erie, Pa. Wednesday, Sept. 25. The session,...
Wash. L&I Announces 40.5 Percent Boost in WC Rates in 2003
Sep 12 2002 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has proposed increasing industrial insurance premiums by 40.5 percent in 2003. It is the agency’s first general rate increase in eight years. If adopted, the proposal...
