Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Levels Will Not Increase
Jul 17 2001 // There will be no overall increase in workers’ compensation rates for the state of New York in the coming year, according to Superintendent Gregory Serio. Along with a decrease in the assessment, the net impact will...
Calderon Announces Candidacy for California Insurance Commissioner
Jul 16 2001 // Thomas M. Calderon, the chair of the Assembly Committee on Insurance, announced his candidacy for California Insurance Commissioner. Calderon’s press office said he has distinguished himself as a reformer of the...
California Workers’ Comp Carriers See
Jul 16 2001 // Trying to operate in a shaky market, a pair of California workers’ compensation carriers have seen their ratings drop from “A” to “A-” following review by analysts at A.M. Best. Both...
Oregon Legislature Wraps Up 2001 Session
Jul 13 2001 // Oregon’s legislature adjourned last weekend having once again considered a staggering number of bills during its biennial session, including dozens of insurance-related bills. Michael Harrold, Northwest regional...
NAII Encourages Flexible Approach to
Jul 12 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is urging a federal agency to take a more flexible, multi-level approach in its revision of the ergonomics standard. The ergonomics standard, which was developed to...
AIA Applauds Court Decision Reaffirming Workers’ Comp System as Exclusive Remedy in Calif.
Jul 12 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), late last week, the California State Supreme Court unanimously ruled that businesses hiring contractors to perform work are not liable if an employee of the contractor...
Report Deems Michigan Workers’ Comp Market Competitive
Jul 12 2001 // A competitive workers’ comp market remains in Michigan, avoiding major price increases experienced in other states according to a report released by the Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan who provides...
AIA Says Insurer Interests Not Addressed in HHS Privacy Materials
Jul 11 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), the first in a series of guidance materials intended to clarify key provisions of the new federal privacy protections for medical records and other personal health...
Kemper, UnumProvident Form Strategic Alliance
Jul 10 2001 // Kemper Insurance Companies announced a strategic alliance with UnumProvident Corporation and Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. that will offer employers an alternative for meeting their Integrated Disability Management (IDM)...
Mo. Adopts NAIC Privacy Model Without Health, Workers’ Comp Provisions
Jul 9 2001 // The Missouri Insurance Department has adopted an emergency consumer privacy regulation containing a third party claimant provision but excluding health and workers’ compensation insurance. National Association of...
Council to Hold WC Seminars
Jul 9 2001 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced plans for a series of seminars designed to help the insurance industry navigate through the Texas workers’ compensation system. The seminars will be held in Houston August 1,...
CNA Offers New Online Quoting, Work Management Functionality
Jul 5 2001 // CNA announced new features on CNA Central (www.cnacentral.com), its website for business insurance agents and brokers in North America. According to CNA, the new functionality includes quick and full quoting, as well as...
Administaff Announces New Carrier for Workers’ Comp Policy; The Hartford Selected to Underwrite Two-Year, Fully-Insured
Jun 29 2001 // Administaff, Inc., the nation’s leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO), today announced that it has selected The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. to underwrite the guaranteed-cost workers’...
A.M. Best Drops Ratings on Pair of Calif. Workers’ Comp Carriers
Jun 27 2001 // A.M. Best dropped the financial strength ratings on two California workers’ comp carriers–Encino-based Republic Indemnity Insurance Pool and Woodland Hills-based Zenith National Insurance Group– from...
Ore. Lawmakers Weigh Workers’ Comp Issues in Waning Days of 2001 Session
Jun 25 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) noted that as the 2001 Oregon legislative session rapidly approaches its conclusion, workers’ compensation issues continue to dominate the discussions. SB 485,...
Temp Could Do Time on Fraud Charges
Jun 25 2001 // CDI investigators arrested Martha Rodriquez of Riverside on charges of workers’ compensation fraud and perjury. Rodriquez, 37, also known as Graciela Castro, was booked into Riverside County Jail on a $5,000 felony...
PAULA, GNU Begin Process Toward Eventual Consolidation
Jun 25 2001 // Pasadena, Calif.-based PAULA Financial (PAULA) and the managing general agency Great Northern Underwriters (GNU) of Portland, Ore., recently entered into a partnership, the first step of which entails the incorporation of...
PA Insurers File Memo Supporting Workers’ Comp Consent Decree Reversal
Jun 21 2001 // A group of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation insurers has filed a memorandum in U.S. District Court supporting efforts to vacate the 1984 consent decree in the case of Richard Baksalary, et.al. v. Smith et.al.,...
Maine Governor Vetoes Workers’ Comp Bill
Jun 20 2001 // On Tuesday Maine’s Governor Angus King vetoed a workers’ compensation bill (LD 1175) that contained provisions which would have automatically entitled injured workers to full compensation during full-time...
AIA Backed Amendments Included in NH Workers’ Comp Bill
Jun 18 2001 // The new bill (H.230), which establishes scheduling criteria for workers’ compensation claims, signed last Thursday by New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, contained important amendments proposed by the American...
