Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Spicer Joins Oklahoma Agents Group as Workers’ Comp Program Account Manager
Dec 13 2018 // Nikki Spicer has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAO) as the association’s new workers’ compensation program account manager. She will be working alongside Susan Starr and is replacing...
Report: Workers’ Comp Premiums in California for First 9 Months of the Year Down 3%
Dec 12 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau of California issued its quarterly experience report on Wednesday showing premium for the first nine months of 2018 was 3 percent below the same period for 2017. The WCIRB...
Ohio Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for $425K Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 11 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...
WCRI: Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Costs Per Claim Decreased Since 2014
Dec 10 2018 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Texas decreased from 2014 to 2016 for claims with more than seven days of lost time, evaluated as of 2017, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation...
Chiropractor in California Pleads Guilty in $150M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Dec 10 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 last week to conspiracy to commit insurance fraud,...
How to Deliver Restaurants from Risks of Take-Out Boom
Dec 10 2018 // With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular are increasingly ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants. As more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must...
AAU Adds Connally to Workers’ Comp Division in Florida
Dec 10 2018 // Allied American Underwriters (AAU), a division of USG Insurance Services, Inc., has hired Stan Connally as producer/broker for Workers Compensation in the Tampa, Fla., branch. Connally joins AAU with 36 years of experience...
Report: Return on Net Worth for California Workers’ Comp Insurers Rose
Dec 7 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...
Texas DWC: Firefighters’ Cancer-Related Workers’ Comp Claims – and Denials – an Emerging Issue
Dec 7 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...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Go Down in Louisiana
Dec 5 2018 // Rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana next year, the state insurance department announced. Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved a rate filing from the National Council on...
Oklahoma Ruling Could Set Precedent for Marijuana Use in Work Comp Cases
Dec 3 2018 // A recent Oklahoma court ruling that permits an injured worker to receive workers’ compensation benefits with a positive drug test could set a precedent for such cases at a time when medical marijuana may soon be...
How States Differ in Responding to Coverages and Their Application
Dec 3 2018 // I have done a tremendous amount of errors and omissions (E&O) work over the years, including serving as approved and accredited auditor for two major E&O carriers, a certified E&O instructor, an author of an...
Declarations
Dec 3 2018 // Critical Operating Cost “Workers’ compensation insurance is a critical operating cost for business owners and the 13.8 percent rate decrease approval will allow employers to better support Florida’s...
Mass. Appeals Court Rules Medical Device Manufacturer Illegally Fired Employee
Dec 3 2018 // A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Dielectrics, a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer, illegally fired Ileana Bermudez after she collected workers’ compensation benefits and filed a lawsuit...
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Plans Review of 2 Workers’ Comp Filings
Dec 3 2018 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has received two mid-year workers’ compensation loss cost filings with a proposed effective date of Jan. 1, 2019, from the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB). The...
N.Y. Man Charged With More Than $15K in Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 3 2018 // A New York man has been arrested on charges that he defrauded the workers’ compensation system by claiming he was out of work due to an injury while continuing to work at his family business. Jeffrey Smalt of Bath,...
Insurtech Oyster Opens up Its Pay-as-You-Go Workers’ Comp Model in California
Nov 29 2018 // A new insurtech wants to provide pay-as-you-go workers’ compensation to as many small businesses in California as possible, and it hopes to use the momentum it’s built following a quiet launch in the East...
OSHA Fines Alabama Steel Firm $320K Over Safety Hazards
Nov 27 2018 // An Alabama steel company is being fined more than $320,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over hazardous working conditions. Al.com reports OSHA announced the fine Nov. 13 for Montgomery-based Sabel...
