Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
SCC Sets Hearing on Va. Workers’ Comp Premium Level Adjustments
Aug 13 2002 // The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has scheduled a November hearing to consider a request filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) to adjust the premium levels charged for workers’...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Expected to Decrease for Some Colo. Employers
Aug 12 2002 // Workers’ compensation costs for some Colorado employers may decrease on average about 10.2 percent later this year. Insurance Commissioner William J. Kirven III announced that the National Council on Compensation...
WCF Takes Industry Best of Show
Aug 8 2002 // The Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) received a Best of Show award at the Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) Showcase Awards, the largest competition of its kind in the property and casualty insurance...
Fitch Reports Continued Challenges in Workers’ Comp Market
Aug 7 2002 // A new report published by Fitch Ratings states that the workers’ compensation market continues to face challenges following further deterioration in underwriting performance in 2001. Despite significant pricing...
Neb. Makes Changes to Workers’ Comp Rules
Aug 6 2002 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced that the state’s legislature has made a significant change to workers’ compensation statutes regarding executive officers of a corporation who own 25 percent or...
Presidion Solutions Renews Workers’ Comp Program
Aug 5 2002 // Presidion Solutions Inc., a privately held Professional Employer Organization (PEO) based in Troy Mich., announced that it has renewed its workers’ compensation insurance program with First Commercial Mutual...
WCIRB Votes to Increase Workers’ Comp Rates 11.9 Percent
Aug 5 2002 // California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s (WCIRB) Governing Committee approved the filing of a proposed 11.9 percent increase in pure premium rates effective Jan. 1, 2003 for new and renewal...
Reynolds Urges Insurers to Get Active in Workers’ Comp Litigation Issues
Aug 5 2002 // Calling the medical fee guideline the most important element of the workers’ compensation legislation passed by the 77th Texas Legislature—House Bill 2600—Richard F. (Dick) Reynolds, executive director of the...
TWCC LAUNCHES ONLINE SYSTEM
Aug 5 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) unveiled a new online tool, the Online Occupational Injury Custom Reports System. The Web-enabled database system allows safety and health professionals, insurance...
Presidion Solutions Renews Workers’ Comp Program
Aug 2 2002 // Presidion Solutions, Inc., a privately held Professional Employer Organization (PEO), has renewed its workers’ compensation insurance program with Florida- based First Commercial Mutual Insurance Company. First...
N.Y. Dept. Charges Nine with Fraud
Jul 30 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio, along with Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon announced the filing of charges against nine individuals accused of insurance fraud. Those charged are as follows:...
Workers’ Comp Fraud Investigation Leads to Felony Arrest of Calif. Police Dispatcher
Jul 30 2002 // Lenette Weishaar, 42, of Vallejo, Calif., was arrested and charged with three counts of felony insurance fraud in one of the largest individual workers’ compensation fraud cases in the city of Vacaville. Weishaar was...
Texas Workers’ Comp Commission Schedules Safety Seminar
Jul 26 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Worker’s Health and Safety division will host a one-day seminar on general industrial safety from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Victorian Condo Hotel &...
TWCC Launches Online Injury Report System
Jul 26 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) has unveiled a new online tool, the Online Occupational Injury Custom Reports System, to assist safety and health professionals, insurance carriers, and other...
WCIRB Votes to Increase Workers’ Comp Rates 11.9 Percent
Jul 26 2002 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s (WCIRB) Governing Committee approved the filing of a proposed 11.9 percent increase in pure premium rates effective January 1, 2003 for new and...
AIA Says Mo. Injured Workers Lose under Department’s Managed Care Proposal
Jul 26 2002 // Changes proposed by the Missouri Department of Insurance to the state’s workers’ compensation managed care rules would add significant costs and confusion to the system, ultimately undermining the quality of...
AMCOMP Council Issues 9/11 Workers’ Comp Mental Stress Claims Report
Jul 25 2002 // In the wake of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, the American Society of Workers Comp Professionals Inc. (AMCOMP) assembled the Workers’ Compensation Mental Stress Council to study the...
WC Guidelines Under Fire
Jul 22 2002 // The Texas Medical Association (TMA) and the Texas AFL-CIO have filed a lawsuit to prevent adoption of new workers’ compensation guidelines by the Texas Workers Compensation Commission (TWCC). The Houston Chronicle...
LWCC Upgraded
Jul 22 2002 // Louisiana’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company, Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced that A.M. Best has upgraded LWCC’s financial strength rating from an...
WC Guidelines Under Fire
Jul 22 2002 // The Texas Medical Association (TMA) and the Texas AFL-CIO have filed a lawsuit to prevent adoption of new workers’ compensation guidelines by the Texas Workers Compensation Commission (TWCC). The Houston Chronicle...
