Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CALIF. WORKERS’ COMP TRENDS INCREASE
Jun 10 2002 // A study by the Washington-based National Academy of Social Insurance revealed that California’s workers’ compensation benefits have increased 13.9 percent to $8.9 billion in 2002, signaling the end of a decline...
WASH. L&I REFUNDS WORKERS’ COMP PREMIUMS
Jun 10 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is returning more than $78 million in workers’ compensation premiums to Washington employers and associations enrolled in retrospective rating plans. Twenty-nine...
A Full-Service Cleaner
Jun 10 2002 // Thomas Gary Myers was arrested at his place of business in Irvine, Calif., pursuant to a warrant issued by Orange County Superior Court Judge Donna Crandall. Myers, 62, is charged with two felony insurance fraud violations...
Ark. Workers’ Comp Costs Decline
Jun 10 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens reported a 4.5 percent loss decrease in the state’s workers’ compensation voluntary insurance market. Workers’ comp costs have declined for eight straight...
HNC Decision Manager for Claims
Jun 10 2002 // HNC Software Inc., a New Orleans-based decision management software provider, has unveiled HNC Decision Manager for Claims, an automated claims management system for workers’ compensation carriers. Hindered by Sept....
Calif. Commissioner Sends Warning to State Fund
Jun 7 2002 // In an unprecedented move, California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low has disclosed a letter to the public that he sent to the president of the California State Compensation Insurance Fund. The letter, dated May 29, and...
Workers’ Compensation Fund Installs HNC Claims Advisor for Subrogation
Jun 3 2002 // San Diego-based HNC Software Inc., a provider of high-end analytics and decision management software, announced that Workers Compensation Fund, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has installed HNC Claims Advisor for...
Orange County Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 27 2002 // Noel DeSota of Orange County was arrested by CDI fraud investigators and was sentenced to serve 60 days in Orange County Jail, complete 120 hours of community service, three years probation, and pay a $200 court...
Caliber One Exiting E&S Lines; Calif., Texas Were Top 2 States of Business
May 27 2002 // Saying the move will allow the company to devote all of its financial resources and managerial attention to its best performing businesses, PMA Capital has decided to withdraw from the excess and surplus (E&S) lines...
Wash. LnI Refunds $78 Million in Workers’ Comp Premiums
May 27 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is returning more than $78 million in workers’ compensation premiums to Washington employers and associations enrolled in retrospective rating plans. 29 professional...
Doctor Files Fraudulent Workers’ Comp Claims
May 27 2002 // The CDI arrested a Redding man on six felony counts of insurance fraud, six counts of grand theft and one count of conspiracy. Richard W. Powell, M.D., 43, was arrested at his office in Redding, Calif. and booked into the...
LA Civilian Employee Convicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 27 2002 // A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) civilian employee, pled no contest to one count of felony insurance fraud for allegedly filing a false workers’ compensation claim. Richard Montellano...
Insurers Focused on Credit Scoring During 2002 Missouri Legislative Session
May 27 2002 // Outside of credit-based insurance scoring, which was the subject of extensive negotiations, the state legislative session that concluded last week passed few matters of concern to the insurance industry, according to the...
Court Cripples Insurers’ Med. Bill Audits
May 27 2002 // A Texas appellate court has ruled that insurers have no authority to audit medical bills, a move that could hobble their ability to prevent fraud and keep down workers’ compensation costs, according to the American...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Trends Increase
May 22 2002 // A study by the Washington-based National Academy of Social Insurance revealed that California’s workers’ compensation benefits have increased 13.9 percent to $8.9 billion in 2002, signaling the end of a decline...
Oakland Man Accused of Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 22 2002 // William Hall, 65, of Oakland, surrendered to authorities on 23 counts of insurance fraud. Hall was arrested and booked into the Alameda County Jail, but later released on $10,000 bail, according to the California...
Study Says Mich. Retailers Fund Outperforms Other Workers’ Comp Insurers
May 17 2002 // The Michigan Retailers Association (MRA), based in Lansing, Mich., announced that its self-funded workers’ compensation insurance program, Retailers Fund, is doing a significantly better job than other workers’...
Travelers Completes Workers’ Comp Information Update
May 16 2002 // Travelers’ Property Casualty has finished its second phase in offering information on workers’ compensation directly to injured workers—via the Internet at www.mywcinfo.com. With its introduction last...
Ventura Co., Calif. Man Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 16 2002 // Following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, Todd Owen Balcom was arrested at his residence in Port Hueneme pursuant to an arrest warrant...
NCCI Holdings Inc. Says Workers’ Comp Market Remains Difficult
May 14 2002 // NCCI Holdings, Inc., delivered its “State of the Workers Compensation Insurance Line” presentation to an estimated 500 insurance executives at the NCCI Annual Issues Symposium (AIS) in Orlando, Fla., claiming...
