Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Young Reappointed to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Board
Dec 5 2017 // Barbara F. Young has been reappointed to the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.’s (LWCC) board of directors. Based in Shreveport, Young is a self-employed consultant and serves as an at-large member. LWCC is...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 21 Medical Providers for Fraud
Dec 5 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 21 more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number of providers suspended...
Texas Mutual Builds New Workers’ Comp Health Care Network – WorkWell, TX
Dec 4 2017 // Workers compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., plans to launch of its own health care network for policyholders, called WorkWell, TX. Within this new network, all aspects of claims and care will be managed by...
Construction Firm Disputes OSHA in Work at New Hampshire Power Plant
Dec 4 2017 // A construction company says it will challenge violations and nearly $330,000 in fines proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over possible mercury exposure at Eversource’s Schiller Station in...
Drug Repackagers, Compounding Pharmacies Continue to Stress Workers’ Comp Systems
Dec 4 2017 // Although the number of physician dispensed prescriptions declined considerably from just a few years ago, the workers’ compensation industry continues to battle an adapting market seeking to maintain high prices by...
Small Businesses Want More Self-Service Workers’ Comp Tools: Survey
Dec 4 2017 // Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better...
Father and Son in California Sentenced in $400K Workers’ Comp Scheme
Dec 4 2017 // Jaime Rosario Del Real, 61, and son Israel Del Real, 37, have both pleaded guilty to four felony counts for their role in a $400,000 insurance fraud scheme denying workers’ compensation insurance and medical care for...
Workers’ Comp Carrier Guarantee Insurance Declared Insolvent by Florida Regulators
Dec 4 2017 // Florida insurance regulators have placed workers’ compensation carrier Guarantee Insurance Co. in receivership. According to documents from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), the company was materially...
Average Cost of Workers’ Comp in Washington Dropping in 2018
Dec 1 2017 // The price of workers’ compensation insurance will go down for many businesses in Washington next year. The state Department of Labor & Industries announced that the average amount employers and workers pay for...
Texas Company Agrees to Pay $545.1K Penalty Following Worker Fatality
Nov 30 2017 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Marshall Pottery Inc. in Marshall, Texas, have reached a settlement agreement including a penalty of $545,160, after the death...
New York Logging Company Owner Sentenced to Prison for $83K Theft
Nov 30 2017 // The former owner of an upstate New York logging company who stole more than $80,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to up to three years in prison. Fifty-six-year-old David Sigl, of Auburn, N.Y.,...
Safety National Awards 3 Safety First Grants
Nov 29 2017 // St. Louis, Missouri-based insurer, Safety National, has awarded its annual Safety First Grant to three policyholders for their creative risk control solutions. The first-place grant, in the amount of $10,000, was awarded...
Former Washington Insurance Agent Jailed in $233K Workers’ Comp Scam
Nov 29 2017 // A Lake Stevens, Wash. man who ran an insurance agency while claiming he was too disabled to work must serve jail time. The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries says 53-year-old James Kooy was sentenced...
Another Insurance Fraud Reminder
Nov 29 2017 // Two recent stories in Insurance Journal caught my eye and gave me this topic. Florida Puts Worker’s Comp Carrier Guarantee Insurance In Receivership Florida Keys Insurance Agent Accused of Defrauding Citizens...
Patriot National to Reorganize for Acquiring Lenders; Subsidiaries to File Chapter 11
Nov 29 2017 // Patriot National Inc., which provides technology, outsourcing and underwriting services to the insurance industry, has announced a plan of reorganization as part of a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with its lenders,...
Workers’ Compensation Still Under Pressure from Drug Repackagers, Compounding Pharmacies
Nov 27 2017 // Though the number of physician dispensed prescriptions has declined considerably from just a few years ago, the workers’ compensation industry continues to battle a market seeking to maintain high prices by changing...
Wisconsin Corn Milling Plant Fined over $1.8M After Fatal Grain Dust Explosion
Nov 22 2017 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $1,837,861 in fines against Didion Milling Inc. in Cambria, Wisconsin, following a May 31, 2017, explosion that killed...
California Workers’ Comp Department Suspends 9 Medical Providers for Fraud
Nov 22 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended nine more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
Small Businesses Want More Self-Service Workers’ Comp Tools: Survey
Nov 22 2017 // Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better...
Florida Puts Workers’ Comp Carrier Guarantee Insurance In Receivership
Nov 21 2017 // Florida insurance regulators have placed workers’ compensation carrier Guarantee Insurance Co. in receivership due to inadequate reserves. According to documents from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR),...
