Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AAI Labels Calif. Workers’ Comp Rating Bill ‘Regulatory Overkill’
May 13 2002 // A bill working its way through the California Assembly that would give the insurance commissioner greater authority over workers compensation rates is contrary to the state’s open competition rating law and will only...
TX HOME EXTERIORS CHARGED
May 13 2002 // A Travis County, Texas grand jury indicted Texas Home Exteriors Inc. and its vice president Derek Baker for falsifying a workers’ compensation claim to Texas Mutual Insurance Company—a third-degree felony. Texas...
TWCC Cuts Medical Reimbursements
May 13 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission adopted a new medical fee guideline (MFG) that cuts doctor reimbursement fees by an average of 15 percent to reduce claims for care of injured workers. Both the Houston...
Workers’ Comp
May 13 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Confluent Insurance is offering a workers’ comp program on a “Pay-As-You-Go” program that calculates premium each time an employer issues payroll. Effectively the workers’ comp...
State Fund Withdraws from Best’s Rating Process
May 13 2002 // “In essence, we’d like to assure all of our policyholders that we are solvent, that we’re still financially strong,” said Jim Zelinski, spokesperson for California State Compensation Insurance Fund,...
Committee Approves Bill for Protecting Solvency of Calif. Workers’ Comp Guaranty Fund
May 7 2002 // The California Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously approved a measure late last week that would retain the surcharge on workers’ compensation insurance premiums and protect an important safety net for injured...
Zenith Notes 1stQ Results
May 6 2002 // California-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported operating income after tax of $3.3 million, or $0.18 per share, for the first quarter of 2002 compared to an operating loss after tax of $0.2 million, or $0.01 per...
Study Finds Conn. Workers Comp Costs Among the Highest
May 1 2002 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) reported that the average prices for medical services to injured workers in Connecticut are among the highest of the eight states analyzed. The study...
Nev. Contractors Insurance Expands to Offer More Workers’ Comp
Apr 30 2002 // Nevada Contractors Insurance has expanded its operations to offer workers’ compensation to contractors in New Mexico. The company, which is Nevada’s second largest insurer for workers’ comp insurance,...
News Analysis: Commentary on Full Year 2001
Apr 29 2002 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return of negative 2.7 percent in 2001, down from 6.5 percent return for the year 2000. The results were released by the Insurance Services Office, Inc....
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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...
