Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp
Apr 29 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Florida-based AdvanTech Solutions(SM), a professional employer organization (PEO) specializing in technologically advanced human resource services, has obtained a new workers’ compensation program....
Study Finds Mass Still Has Lowest Workers’
Apr 26 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that, despite the fact that the average cost per claim for the medical care of injured workers in Massachusetts has risen “significantly in...
AIR Conference Offers Look at Risks in Changing Environment
Apr 26 2002 // Frank Coyne, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office (ISO), feels that independent agents’ biggest challenge in 2002 is sending the message to policyholders that the market is stable despite...
Study Finds Penn. Workers’ Comp Gives More Services for Less Cost
Apr 24 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that lower than average prices for medical services in Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system offset the higher utilization of...
Wash. LnI cracks down on unregistered residential wood framers
Apr 24 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has stepped up its efforts to sign up residential wood framers in the Washington workers’ compensation program, appealing to homebuilders and general contractors to...
IBA West Summarizes Issues Future Commissioner Will Face
Apr 22 2002 // IBA West recently outlined the major issues the successful candidate for California Insurance Commissioner will face in the coming years and outlined its goals for the future of insurance regulation in the state. IBA West...
Trio of Workers’ Comp Bills Aim to Aid Employers
Apr 18 2002 // Three bills (AB 1808, 1809, 2611) geared toward helping employers with workers’ compensation have been introduced in the California Legislature, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Written by Assemblyman Keith...
SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Brokerage Offers Workers’ Comp Seminar May 9
Apr 18 2002 // Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Brokerage is offering a seminar on workers’ compensation cost containment training on Thursday, May 9. The event will focus on safety management and risk reduction...
Ariz. Legislature Approves AIA-Sponsored Measure to Streamline Insurers’ National Operations
Apr 17 2002 // The Arizona Legislature has unanimously approved an American Insurance Association (AIA)-sponsored bill that streamlines how Arizona insurers manage deductible workers’ compensation policies. HB 2276, authored by...
Wis. Workers’ Comp Payments Rose Consistently in Recent Years
Apr 16 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) shows that the average medical payment paid to injured workers in Wisconsin under the state’s workers’ compensation system rose consistently in...
FREMONT GENERAL SEES PROFIT, CONSIDERS SALE
Apr 15 2002 // California-based financial services company Fremont General Corp. has reported a fourth-quarter profit, moving from a loss from a year earlier, when it recorded large losses in its workers’ compensation insurance...
Wash. couple charged with fraud
Apr 15 2002 // A Washington couple faces an excess of criminal charges, including the alleged falsification of payroll records to avoid paying workers’ compensation premiums, among others. Clark County prosecutors have filed...
Workers’ Comp, Truckman Class
Apr 15 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Interline Insurance Services Inc. has available a program for workers’ compensation, truckman class. Available by appointment only. Endorsements — Standard. Not written mono-line. Dollars: Policy...
The Illusion of Protection: Terrorism, War and Workers’ Compensation
Apr 15 2002 // The impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11th on the property/casualty insurance industry can hardly be overstated—the largest catastrophe loss ever; an unprecedented convergence of coverages, creating a...
Discrimination and Wrongful Termination
Apr 15 2002 // Although workers’ compensation coverage affords insurance for injuries and disease incurred in the employment relationship, it does not extend to other employment-related claims, such as claims of discrimination or...
AIA Files Appeal with Calif. Board of Equalization on Retroactive Workers’ Comp Tax
Apr 11 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA), American International Companies and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company have filed an appeal with the California Board of Equalization (BOE), the state’s highest tax policy...
AAI Says OSHA Taking Correct Approach on Ergonomics
Apr 9 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers has voiced its support for the broad outline of the Bush Administration’s ergonomics program announced in the last week. Voluntary guidelines and targeted enforcement actions have...
AAI Says Neb. Workers’ Comp Bill Would Hurt Policyholders
Apr 5 2002 // A bill that would transfer money from Nebraska’s Compensation Court Cash Fund to the general operating budget is part of a trend of bad public policy that will ultimately hurt policyholders, according to the Alliance...
Joint ‘I’ Day Focuses on Hard Market
Apr 5 2002 // “Submissions are coming in by the truckload. Renewals obviously are something that we’re very concerned about, said Derek Borisoff at this year’s Joint ‘I’ Day in Universal City,...
EQECAT Developing Compensation Loss Cost Models for WCIRB
Apr 4 2002 // EQECAT Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop the earthquake loss costs for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) of California. The loss costs are to be incorporated into their rate filing...
