Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Western Region Could See Action on Disaster Mitigation, Independent Contractors, Workers’ Comp
Jan 7 2019 // Most eyeballs were on California during the midterm elections in November, with polar opposite candidates facing off in the race for governor as well as the office of insurance commissioner. As in most years, Democrats...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, and Distracted Driving
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
2018 Agents of the Year
Jan 7 2019 // Jacob Barzivand Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, California Jacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable...
Missouri Insurance Department Backs 3.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
Jan 4 2019 // The Missouri Department of Insurance in December recommended a 3.5 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2019. This marks the fifth year in a row that average workers’ compensation...
Florida Roofer Arrested for Stealing Nearly $50K from Homeowners, Insurance Fraud
Jan 3 2019 // A Florida roofing company owner was arrested last month after allegedly attempting to defraud multiple homeowners out of more than $49,000 and working without workers’ compensation insurance, according to a statement...
Kentucky Gov Appoints Collins to State Workers’ Comp Funding Commission
Jan 2 2019 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Brenda Collins as a member of the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission. Collins, of Alvaton, is a benefits distributor for Constellium-UACJ. She will represent...
‘Barista Wrist’ Among Restaurant Industry’s Highest Lost Time Injuries
Dec 28 2018 // Restaurant workers miss about a month from work from a variety of injuries, on average, but for coffee shop workers, wrist injuries are the biggest danger. In fact, Barista Wrist, can keep café workers sidelined for more...
Death in the Oilfields: Boom Brings Mounting Risk of Death, Injuries
Dec 28 2018 // Parker Waldridge had worked in the Oklahoma oilfields since he was 16 and acquired the traits that make a good driller: fortitude, intellect and a healthy respect for the power of a runaway gas well. And so, when...
Nebraska Dairy Faces $78.8K in OSHA Penalties Following Grain Bin Death
Dec 21 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it cited Thiele Dairy in Nebraska for failing to develop and implement safety and health programs related to grain bin...
Louisiana Has Second Lowest Non-Fatal Work Injury Rate, Officials Say
Dec 20 2018 // Louisiana is second only to Washington, D.C., with the lowest non-fatal work-related injury rate in the country, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced. A recent Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) report showed...
California Hits 2 Companies with $4.3M Fine for Improperly Selling Workers’ Comp
Dec 19 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday imposed a $4.3 million penalty on American Labor Alliance and CompOne USA for selling workers’ compensation and liability policies to employers of farmworkers...
North Carolina Gov’s Pick for Workers’ Comp Panel Rejected, Again
Dec 18 2018 // Republican legislators have rejected another candidate from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for the North Carolina Industrial Commission. The House voted 34-59 on Thursday against confirming Judge Robby Hassell of...
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Approves Mid-Year Workers’ Comp Filings
Dec 17 2018 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved two mid-year workers’ compensation loss cost filings, effective January 1, 2019. The fillings are from the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB), an...
Reuters Special Report: J&J Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades
Dec 17 2018 // Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a...
Emerging Issue in Texas: Firefighter, EMT Cancer-Related Workers’ Comp Claims — and Denials
Dec 17 2018 // How to process cancer-related workers’ compensation claims filed by firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) is developing into an emerging issue, Texas workers’ compensation system regulators...
Report: Return on Net Worth for California Workers’ Comp Insurers Rose
Dec 17 2018 // A new report shows the average return on net worth for California workers’ compensation insurers rose to 9.9 percent in 2017, the fourth consecutive increase. The report comes from the National Association of...
Chiropractor in California Pleads Guilty in $150M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Dec 17 2018 // A Los Angeles, Calif., chiropractor has pleaded guilty to taking part in a $150 million workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Paul Turley of Granada Hills pleaded in early December to conspiracy to commit insurance...
Southwest Ohio Business Owner Convicted of $425K Workers’ Comp Fraud Gets Prison Time
Dec 17 2018 // A federal judge has sentenced the owner of a now-defunct southwest Ohio payroll services company to six months in federal prison and a $10,000 fine after being found guilty of workers’ compensation insurance...
Feds Cite Missouri Demolition Company After 2 Workers Die
Dec 14 2018 // A Missouri demolition company has been cited by federal safety regulators for failing to provide fall protection after two employees suffered fatal injuries at a demolition site in St. Louis. The U.S. Department of...
Latest Edition of AMA Guides Lowers Impairment Ratings in Workers’ Compensation
Dec 14 2018 // For workers injured at work, the amount of compensation they receive depends on which edition of the medical guidelines on evaluating impairments is used. The American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of...
