Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Remain Stable in 2003
Oct 8 2002 // Most Oregon employers can expect to pay about the same amount of money for workers’ compensation insurance in 2003 as they paid this year. State officials announced that the workers’ comp “pure”...
Core Solutions Announces Workers’ Compensation Initiative
Oct 4 2002 // Core Solutions Inc. announced that it has developed a strategic initiative that will allow its clients to effectively manage the rising costs related to maintaining workers’ compensation coverage. President Christine...
First Report is Key to Workers’ Comp Claims
Oct 3 2002 // The key to managing workers’ compensation claims is getting a detailed and accurate first report of the accident and sticking with it. “The first report is the best report,” said Dan Schwartz, an attorney...
Minnesota Homeowners Average 14% Rise, Workers Comp Re 5.8%
Oct 3 2002 // Minnesota consumers are experiencing a sharp rise in premiums in all classes of insurance, with homeowners’ policy rates up an average of 14 percent according to the State’s Commerce Department, which regulates...
Fitch Affirms Ratings of Zenith Nat’l Subsidiaries
Oct 1 2002 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A-‘ insurer financial strength ratings of Zenith National Insurance Corp.’s (Zenith National) three insurance subsidiaries, Zenith Insurance Company (Zenith Insurance),...
Calif. Gov. Approves Legislation to Better Manage Solvency of WC Insurers
Sep 30 2002 // California Governor Gray Davis (D) has signed two measures to improve how the California Department of Insurance regulates the solvency of workers’ compensation insurers, the American Insurance Association (AIA)...
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,...
