Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Paragon Launches Nationwide Workers’ Comp Program
Sep 4 2019 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC, a national multi-line specialty MGA (managing general agency) based in Avon, Conn., has added a new nationwide workers’ compensation insurance program. Available to their eligible...
Report Examines First-Year Impact of California’s New Drug Formulary
Sep 3 2019 // A new report shows that an evidence-based drug formulary put into effect by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation over a year ago may be working. The formulary went into effect Jan. 1, 2018. It was...
Miami Contractor Arrested Over $737K in Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 2 2019 // A Florida contractor was arrested this month for an alleged workers’ compensation fraud scheme totaling nearly $737,000, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis. Norma Lopez...
New Empire Underwriters Standalone Workers Comp Offering Targets Staffing Firms
Aug 30 2019 // Empire Underwriters, a national insurance wholesaler, excess and surplus lines facility and program manager has released a standalone workers comp program for staffing companies available nationwide and backed by several...
Texas Insurance Regulators Outline New Workers’ Comp Laws
Aug 29 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin providing summaries of selected bills enacted by the 86th Legislature that affect workers’ compensation and may be relevant to individuals and entities...
New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease for Eighth Year in a Row
Aug 29 2019 // New Hampshire employers will pay less for their workers’ compensation insurance next year because of an approved filing that lowers the loss costs insurers use to develop prices. The New Hampshire Insurance...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Report Shows Written Premium Falling
Aug 27 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Bureau of California on Tuesday issued its latest quarterly report on insurer loss and premium experience valued as of March 31. The report shows written premium for 2018 is 4% below that...
Philadelphia Factory Owner Fined More Than $1M in OSHA Retaliation Case
Aug 27 2019 // A suburban Philadelphia factory owner found guilty of retaliating against employees who cooperated with federal safety inspectors has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in back wages and punitive damages. The...
Insurer Not Responsible for Workers’ Comp Claim Due to Overdose Death
Aug 26 2019 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has affirmed a decision by the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (CAB) denying an estate’s request that its insurer pay workers’ compensation benefits to the estate as a...
Miami Contractor Arrested Over $737K in Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 23 2019 // A Florida contractor was arrested this month for an alleged workers’ compensation fraud scheme totaling nearly $737,000, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis. Norma Lopez...
California State Fund Declares $105M Dividend for Workers’ Comp Policyholders
Aug 22 2019 // The board of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced plans to distribute a $105 million dividend to qualifying policyholders with policies that took effect between Jan. 1 and Aug. 19. This dividend...
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company Appoints Madden to Board of Directors
Aug 21 2019 // Martin G. Madden, a former senior advisor to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan from 2015 to 2017, was appointed to the board of directors of Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, effective June 1, 2019. Madden will...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Submits Lower 2020 Pure Premium Rate Filing
Aug 20 2019 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Tuesday submitted its Jan. 1, 2020, pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance, proposing advisory pure premium rates that...
The MEMIC Group Appoints Wilson as Senior Production Underwriter in Georgia
Aug 20 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Kim Wilson to the role of senior production underwriter to support continued growth in the Georgia market. Wilson has more than 15 years of experience in...
West Bend Mutual Insurance Promotes Dunn, Ertmer, Jacques, Schwalen and Tighe
Aug 20 2019 // West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. in West Bend, Wisconsin, has promoted five company executives. Heather Dunn is now senior vice president, as well as chief financial officer, a position she’s held since 2017. Dunn...
California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes
Aug 19 2019 // for Drop in 2020 Pure Premium Filing The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee voted earlier this month to authorize the WCIRB to submit a Jan. 1, 2020, advisory pure...
OSHA Fines Contractors in Death of Delaware Port Worker
Aug 15 2019 // Federal safety regulators have cited two contractors following the death of a worker at Delaware’s port of Wilmington earlier this year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Enerfab Process...
Pennsylvania Makes Changes to Reduce Chances of Workers’ Comp Rate Filing Errors
Aug 14 2019 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman and Labor & Industry Secretary Jerry Oleksiak announced agreements with two insurers and the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) to protect Pennsylvania...
New Louisiana Injured Worker Compensation Weekly Amounts Effective Sept. 1
Aug 13 2019 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration has published the new weekly minimum and maximum compensation rates for injured workers that are effective Sept. 1. The new...
Empire Underwriters Expands Workers Comp Coverage to Various Trucking Classes
Aug 12 2019 // Empire Underwriters, a leading national insurance wholesaler, excess and surplus lines facility and program manager has released a new workers comp program for truckers, tow truck operators, and delivery companies backed...
