Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission to Hire External Consultant for Fee Schedule Review
Jun 14 2019 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reports that as a result of the passage of legislative revisions to 2013 workers’ compensation reforms, it is required to review and update the schedule of...
Everest Insurance, All Risks Expand Workers’ Comp Coverage for Marine Risks
Jun 12 2019 // Everest Insurance has joined with All Risks, Ltd. to expand its workers’ compensation capabilities for the marine industry. Through this program, brokers will have access to workers’ compensation, United States...
Nebraska Family Dollar Store Faces $302K in Fines for Workplace Hazards
Jun 11 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have proposed $302,147 in penalties against a Family Dollar Store in Omaha, Nebraska. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited...
How the Workers’ Compensation Industry Is Embracing Telemedicine
Jun 10 2019 // The use of telemedicine may be in its nascent stages within the workers’ compensation system, but the starting line has definitely been crossed with employers and workers’ comp insurers embracing the ability to...
Digital Workers’ Compensation Agency Pie Enters 5 More States
Jun 4 2019 // Pie Insurance said it has been approved to sell workers’ compensation insurance in Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, South Carolina and Virginia. Pie sells directly to small business and promises them they can get a...
States with Fee Schedules Have Lower Medical Costs for Injured Workers, WCRI Finds
Jun 4 2019 // Medical treatment for injured workers costs more and prices are growing faster in states that don’t have fee schedules, concludes a new study. The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute studied 30 states...
Illinois Women Plead Guilty in $1.7M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 3 2019 // Two Chicago, Illinois, women have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) of $1.7 million by falsely billing for services on...
Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Must Pay $26.4K to Texas Mutual
Jun 3 2019 // A man sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud must repay Texas Mutual Insurance Co. more than $26,000, a Travis County district court said. According to Texas Mutual, Ricky Allen Martinez of Sugar Land, Texas,...
Direct Written Premium Fell in California Workers’ Comp System in 2018
Jun 3 2019 // Total direct written premium in the California workers’ compensation system fell for the second consecutive year in 2018, declining 3.8 percent to less than $12.3 billion as nine of the 10 largest insurer groups in...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Workers’ Comp Reform Legislation
Jun 3 2019 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that makes changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system that lawmakers say preserve and strengthen reforms adopted in 2013. An increase in benefits paid to...
OSHA Calls for Review of Machine Safety Rule in Age of Robotics
May 29 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is considering an update to the rules governing the use of machines in the workplaces in light of the increasing use of robotic...
Texas Rubber Company Faces $530K in Penalties for Safety Violations
May 29 2019 // Federal safety officials have levied more than a half a million dollars in penalties against a Texas rubber products company for multiple workplace safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Increasing Physician Prices Doesn’t Produce Better Results for Injured Workers
May 29 2019 // When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care they want but no significant improvement in physical function or speedier return to...
Glatfelter Updates, Expands Workers’ Compensation Product
May 28 2019 // Glatfelter Program Managers has unveiled a new workers’ compensation program now available in most states. The new program gives clients and agents access to Glatfelter’s industry-specialized risk management...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Workers’ Comp Reforms; Bill Goes to Governor
May 23 2019 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that makes changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system that lawmakers say will preserve and strengthen reforms adopted in 2013. An increase in benefits paid...
McDonald’s Workers in Chicago Asking OSHA to Look into Pattern of Violence
May 22 2019 // Every 36 hours on average, American local news outlets deliver a new report on violence at a McDonald’s. A group of employees in Chicago say workers bear the brunt of such incidents, enough to constitute a pattern of...
WCRI: Average Total Cost of Penn. Workers’ Comp Claims Highest of Studied States
May 22 2019 // The average total cost of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim is among the highest of 18 states studied, with litigation costs a key driver of higher overall benefit delivery expenses, according to a recent...
Company Cited, Fined $106K After Employees Injured in Nebraska Trench Collapse
May 22 2019 // Federal safety officials cited an excavation company after two employees suffered serious injuries when a trench collapsed at a construction site in Lincoln, Nebraska. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Direct Written Premium Fell in California Workers’ Comp System in 2018
May 20 2019 // Total direct written premium in the California workers’ compensation system fell for the second consecutive year in 2018, declining 3.8 percent to less than $12.3 billion as nine of the 10 largest insurer groups in...
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May 20 2019 // National Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Baptiste Ossena, global product leader of Hull and Marine Liabilities (HML), is assuming additional responsibility as the North American regional head...
