Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Compensation Rates to Decrease in Idaho for 2020
Oct 7 2019 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has approved a proposal for a 6.2 percent overall rate decrease to Idaho workers’ compensation insurance effective Jan. 1, 2020. The proposed rate change was recommended by the...
Origami Risk Taps Bennett, Bentley to Lead New Operating Units in Chicago
Oct 7 2019 // Chicago-based Origami Risk, a risk and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, has formed two new operating divisions – Risk Solutions and Core Solutions – and appointed Earne Bentley and Christopher...
Workers’ Compensation Premiums Up 2.2% in First Half of 2019
Oct 7 2019 // In the aggregate, workers’ compensation insurers reported a modest increase in direct written premiums in the U.S. for the first six months of 2019 versus the same period 2018, up 2.2%. However, the 25 carriers with...
Study Examines California Workers’ Comp Hospital Inpatient Stays
Sep 30 2019 // The number of California workers’ compensation inpatient hospital stays fell 1.9 percent between 2017 and 2018, for a net decline of nearly 31 percent since 2010, a new study shows. A study from the California...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Appoints Roberts as Senior Production Underwriter
Sep 27 2019 // Benjamin Roberts has been appointed as a senior production underwriter by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group to support continued growth in the Vermont market. Roberts, a native of Vermont, previously...
ClearPath Mutual Hires Sellers as Production Underwriter in Tennessee
Sep 26 2019 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has appointed Kim Sellers as the company’s first production underwriter. Sellers will be based out of Burns, Tenn., and will handle agents in Kentucky and Tennessee. Kim Sellers As...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: 8 Fraud-Related Convictions Secured in August
Sep 26 2019 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported it secured eight fraud-related convictions in August, bringing 2019’s total to 63. BWC assisted in the investigation that led to the Aug. 30 sentencing of...
Found Guilty of Fraud, Former Deputy Sheriff Owes Ohio BWC $235K
Sep 25 2019 // A Zanesville, Ohio, man and former county deputy sheriff must reimburse the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) nearly $235,000 in restitution after being convicted on Sept. 23 on workers’ compensation...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Drop 5% in Oklahoma Next Year
Sep 24 2019 // A 5.1% percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs in Oklahoma for 2020 has been approved by Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready, the state insurance department announced. Loss costs are the...
Nichols Exiting Role as Workers’ Comp Manager at Insurance Council of Texas
Sep 23 2019 // Steve Nichols, manager of Workers’ Compensation Services at the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), is moving on to pursue other opportunities, the insurance trade organization reports. Nichols has been with ICT for 19...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Plans $1.5B in Employer Dividends
Sep 23 2019 // Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers tells employers to watch their mailboxes as it prepares to send out dividend checks totaling around $1.5 billion. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation says strong...
Massachusetts Man Indicted in Connection with $110K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 20 2019 // A Worcester, Mass., man who operated a temporary employment agency was indicted in connection with a scheme to evade more than $110,000 in workers’ compensation premiums, according to a press release issued by...
Drop in Workers’ Comp Rates in Washington Proposed for 3rd Straight Year
Sep 18 2019 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance in Washington would drop for the third year in a row under a proposal by the Washington Department of Labor & Industries. The L&I on Wednesday proposed a 0.8%...
Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud Must Repay $7.2K to Texas Mutual
Sep 18 2019 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ramon S. Flores of Kingwood on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Flores reported a job-related injury while working as a...
California Workers’ Comp 2020 Temporary Total Disability Rates to Rise
Sep 17 2019 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced that the 2020 minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates will increase on Jan. 1, 2020. The minimum TTD rate will increase from $187.71 to...
Chicago-Area Contractor Cited, Fined $250K for Fall, Scaffolding Hazards
Sep 17 2019 // A contractor has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration which says workers were exposed to fall and scaffolding hazards at a commercial building project in...
CopperPoint Acquires Alaska National Insurance Company
Sep 17 2019 // CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has agreed to acquire Alaska National Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary Alaska National Insurance Co., an Alaska-domiciled workers’ compensation and commercial insurance carrier. The...
Rochester Woman Arraigned for Defrauding Workers’ Comp System of More Than $5K
Sep 17 2019 // A Rochester, N.Y., woman has been arraigned on charges that she defrauded the workers’ compensation system of more than $5,000 by endorsing and cashing wage reimbursement checks intended for her deceased...
California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Falling, Report Shows
Sep 16 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Bureau of California on Monday its latest quarterly report on insurer experience as of June 30. The WCIRB report shows written premium for 2018 is 4% below that for 2017 and 6% below that...
PMA Companies Insurance Group Names Mitchell Claims AVP in Southeast
Sep 16 2019 // PMA Companies Insurance Group has named Sabrina Mitchell as Claims assistant vice president, Southeast Region. Mitchell will be responsible for leading PMA’s Southeast Region insurance claims operations and will...
