Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois’ Cost per Workers’ Comp Claim Grew 1-3% Per Year: WCRI
Jun 4 2018 // The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois grew annually between 1 percent to 3 percent since 2012, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The growth was...
Workers’ Compensation Professionals Form Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire
Jun 4 2018 // Workers’ compensation professionals have created Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire, a 501c3 organization that provides scholarships for children of workers who are seriously injured or killed on the job. Sebastian...
Mass. SJC Rules Independent Contractor Statute Doesn’t Apply in Workers’ Comp Case
Jun 4 2018 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is an employee eligible for workers’ compensation benefits in a case...
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Jun 4 2018 // Morrison Mahoney LLP, a litigation firm, is expanding its Workers’ Compensation and General Liability Team in Providence, R.I., by adding two attorneys. Jonathan R. Myhre joined the team last December, and Joelle M....
North Carolina Steps Up Workers’ Comp Fraud Investigations, Fines for No Coverage
Jun 4 2018 // North Carolina has stepped up its efforts to identify businesses not complying with state workers’ compensation laws which it says has resulted in a significant increase in fines collected compared to the same time...
Court: No Coverage for N.C. Employee Injured While Smoking on Break
Jun 4 2018 // A North Carolina city employee isn’t owed workers’ compensation for an injury he suffered while smoking during a lunch break, the state appeals court ruled last month. A three-judge panel of the North Carolina...
California Workers’ Comp Directors and Officers Cleanup Law Takes Effect July 1
Jun 4 2018 // A new law that enables corporate directors and officers owning at least 10 percent of a business to opt out of workers’ compensation coverage goes into effect on July 1. The law is intended to reduce the threshold of...
Don’t Let Time Run Out on Your Employer Clients
Jun 4 2018 // “Time is on my side. Yes it is.” — The Rolling Stones Time might be on Mick Jagger’s side. But if your client is an employer with 10 or more employees, then the question as to whether time is on its...
Workers’ Comp : Healthy Underwriting Gain, Premium Growth Blockage
Jun 4 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurers are managing their premiums dollars better than they have in years, but those premium dollars are stagnating even as employment and wages are rising. In 2017, for the fourth consecutive...
Workers’ Comp Superior Performers
Jun 4 2018 // The best workers’ compensation insurers have similar characteristics. A new study released by ACORD identified a few of those similarities, including that they pay their agency partners more than their rivals do as a...
Insider Views on Workers’ Compensation
Jun 4 2018 // There is a lot to like about how the workers’ compensation market is doing. A robust economy is generally favorable for workers’ comp, as growing payroll and investments in workplace safety are helping, says...
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Jun 4 2018 // Doug Slape has been promoted to second-in-command at the Texas Department of Insurance. Slape has been at the agency since 1988 and has served as deputy commissioner for the Financial Regulation Division the past three...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Direct Written Premiums Fell
Jun 1 2018 // California workers’ compensation covered payroll rose last year, but the average premium rate charged to employers fell 10 percent, so total direct written premium in the system declined by $192 million to $12.77...
WCRI: Work Comp Costs per Claim High, Growing in Louisiana
May 31 2018 // Workers’ compensation total costs per claim in Louisiana were the highest in a recent study of 18 states conducted by Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), the organization...
New York Board Proposes 11.7% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
May 30 2018 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB), a non-governmental rate service organization, has proposed an 11.7% decrease in the overall loss cost level in New York State. The change was proposed in its 2018...
California Commissioner: Insurers Pocketing Comp Profits, Not Passing Savings to Employers
May 29 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday adopted a revised workers’ compensation insurance advisory pure premium rate by lowering the benchmark to $1.74 per $100 of payroll for workers’ comp. The...
Texas Mutual Names Ward as COO, Haugaard as Sr. VP-Policyholder Services
May 29 2018 // Austin-based workers’ compensation carrier, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, has appointed Jeanette Ward as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO) and Kim Haugaard as its new senior vice president of...
The Lowdown: The Long & Short of Marine Employers Liability Coverage
May 29 2018 // Need to brush up on marine employers liability coverage? Our sponsor, Worldwide Facilities, has prepared a paper on the ins and outs of marine coverage. This paper explains the differences between Longshore and Harbor...
California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 3 Medical Providers for Fraud
May 24 2018 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended three more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended to...
Workers’ Comp Claim Cost Changed Little in Indiana Since Reform Law Took Effect
May 24 2018 // The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana was stable in the years since the state enacted workers’ comp system reforms, according to a recent Workers Compensation Research Institute...
