Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp Insurers to Play Integral Role in Tragedy’s Aftermath
Sep 19 2001 // As the heroic rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks continue, workers’ compensation insurers will have an important role in repairing the economic damage resulting from the...
Study Finds Conn. Workers Comp Very Efficient
Sep 19 2001 // A study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has singled out the State of Connecticut’s handling of benefits to injured workers as particularly efficient in comparison with other state programs. The...
Inland Empire Sizzling with Fraud Division Activity
Sep 19 2001 // Two individuals were arraigned on felony grand theft charges stemming from an embezzlement scheme uncovered by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division. If convicted, each...
Davis Signs Bill to Protect Solvency of Workers’ Comp Insurance Guarantee Fund
Sep 17 2001 // California Governor Gray Davis has signed legislation to raise the assessments on workers’ compensation insurers and protect an important safety net for injured workers, the American Insurance Association (AIA)...
Terrorist Attack Paralyzes Economy; Insurers Face Largest Catastrophe Ever
Sep 17 2001 // The coordinated terrorist attacks in New York’s lower Manhattan and Washington, D.C., last week targeted indisputable symbols of American prestige and military power: the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The...
TEXAS LEADS IN WC COSTS
Sep 17 2001 // Texas had the highest average total cost per workers’ compensation claim ($14,465) of eight states reviewed in an independent study released by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI),...
CDI Criminal Investigations Net Arrests
Sep 11 2001 // A pair of individuals were arraigned on felony grand theft charges as a result of an embezzlement scheme which was uncovered by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division. The...
AIA Applauds Passage of Bill Protecting Important Safety Net for Injured Workers
Sep 10 2001 // The California State Senate and Assembly voted to approve a measure that will raise the surcharge on workers’ compensation insurance premiums to protect the solvency of the workers’ compensation account within...
WORKERS’ COMP BILL FALLS SHORT
Sep 10 2001 // According to Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West), SB 71 (Burton & Calderon), a bill moving through the California Legislature, doesn’t go far enough in attempts to reduce costs to reform the...
Bill to Increase Workers’ Comp Benefits Doesn’t Solve System’s Problems, AIA Says
Sep 7 2001 // A bill approved by the California State Assembly does not go far enough to balance benefit increases with cost-saving reforms to California’s workers’ compensation system, according to the American Insurance...
Wisconsin Sees 4% Gain in Overall Average of Workers’ Comp Rates
Sep 5 2001 // Following four consecutive years of decreasing overall premium rates, Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Connie L. O’Connell announced the approval by her office of a 4-percent increase of the overall average...
Mass. Rejects Eastern Bid To Raise Workers Comp Rates
Sep 4 2001 // Eastern Casualty Insurance Co.’s bid for an individual 11.6 percent increase in Mass. workers compensation rates has been rejected by the State’s Insurance Commissioner Linda Ruthard on the grounds that the...
Majority of U.S. Businesses Report Workplace Safety Pays Off
Aug 31 2001 // Ninety-five percent of business executives report that workplace safety has a positive impact on a company’s financial performance, according to the findings of “The Executive Survey of Workplace Safety”...
Attempts at Workers’ Comp Reform Could Hurt Agents, Small Business
Aug 30 2001 // According to Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West), a workers’ compensation bill moving its way through the California Legislature doesn’t go far enough in attempts to reduce costs to reform the...
AIA Comments on Legislative ‘Highlights’ of Calif. Session’s Final Weeks
Aug 27 2001 // As the West Coast heads into the “dog days of summer,” the California Legislature commenced the final four weeks of its 2001 session on Aug. 20. To mark the occasion, the American Insurance Association (AIA)...
Fear of the Unknown: The Mold Issue Raises More Questions Than Answers, Part I
Aug 27 2001 // Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series dealing with the rising issue of toxic mold claims. These days, an Internet news search on the word “mold” will bring up numerous articles testifying...
AIA Defends California’s Competitive Rate Law
Aug 23 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low’s call for legislative changes to California’s competitive rate law is unwarranted, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). AIA’s analysis shows...
Calif. Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Scheme
Aug 20 2001 // Five felony counts of insurance fraud, tax fraud and money laundering led to the sentencing of a San Mateo, Calif. man last week. Laurence Bennett Guy, owner of Guy’s Roofing in Redwood City, received a one-year...
Workers’ Compensation Lawsuit Given Class Action Status
Aug 20 2001 // Houston-based U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued a ruling Aug. 8 conferring class action status on a lawsuit involving claims of overcharging for workers’ compensation coverage by Reliance National Indemnity...
Utah Workers’ Comp Fund Gets ‘A-‘ from A.M. Best
Aug 17 2001 // A.M. Best Company reaffirmed Workers’ Compensation Fund’s “A-” rating. According to A.M. Best, the rating reflects the mutual insurance company’s excellent financial strength, strong reserving...
