Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Sep 18 2017 // The Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered regional property and casualty insurance company, has promoted Ellen Mann to assistant vice president of human resources. Reporting to Gayle O’Connell,...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Fall 16.3% in Oklahoma Next Year
Sep 15 2017 // Workers’ compensation loss costs for 2018 will decrease by 16.3 percent in Oklahoma according to a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission...
California Worker’s Comp Insurer Written Premium Down 4% in First Half of 2017
Sep 15 2017 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has completed its report on statewide workers’ comp insurer loss and premium experience through June 30. The major findings of the report include: California...
Fines for Workplace Deaths in Nevada Reduced Often
Sep 15 2017 // Companies that contested Nevada workplace safety citations after an employee died on the job received reduced fines about half the time. An analysis of state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Study Shows California Workers’ Comp Medical Review Volume May Be Leveling off
Sep 14 2017 // The volume of workers’ compensation independent medical reviews in California appears to be tapering off, a new study shows. The IMR process was established by California lawmakers to resolve medical disputes. A...
CopperPoint Acquires Pacific Compensation Insurance in California for $150M
Sep 13 2017 // CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire California-based workers’ compensation carrier Pacific Compensation Insurance Co. from Alleghany Insurance Holdings LLC...
California Commissioner Issues Decision on Jan. 1, 2018 Worker’s Comp Filing
Sep 12 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Tuesday issued a decision regarding the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Jan. 1, 2018 regulatory filing, which was submitted to the California...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 5th Consecutive Year
Sep 12 2017 // Oregon employers will see a key portion of their workers’ compensation costs drop by an average of 14 percent in 2018, according to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. This marks the fifth year in a row...
New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates May Decrease for Sixth Year in a Row
Sep 12 2017 // New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers’ compensation insurance next year because of a filing that lowers the rates and loss cost factors insurers use to develop prices. This move would mark the...
Louisiana’s LCTA Acquires Risk Management Resources, Creates Specialty Insurer
Sep 11 2017 // Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurance provider, LCTA Workers’ Comp (LCTA), has acquired Risk Management Resources and created a new subsidiary, LCTA Specialty Insurance Co. Risk...
Riley Named Texas Workers’ Comp Deputy Commissioner of Compliance, Investigations
Sep 11 2017 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has hired Timothy P. Riley as the division’s new deputy commissioner of Compliance and Investigations. Riley most recently served as vice president of Special...
New Workers’ Comp Filing Submitted to California Department of Insurance
Sep 8 2017 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Friday submitted an amended Jan. 1, 2018 pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance. The amended filing was based on the WCIRB’s...
NCCI Files 12% Decrease for Tennessee Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 8 2017 // Workers’ compensation rates in Tennessee are going down again next year. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced this week that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is...
Charles Taylor Acquires Workers’ Comp Claims Admin Metro Risk in California
Sep 7 2017 // Charles Taylor plc has agreed to acquire Metro Risk Management LLC, a Southern California-based third-party claims administrator, from Nautilus International Holding Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MRM provides...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission Report Shows a 30% Drop in Premium Costs Since 2013
Sep 4 2017 // Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system seems to have benefited from reforms that were initiated in 2013, at least in terms of premium costs for businesses. By the end of 2016, employers in Oklahoma had seen a...
New York Bus Firms Seek Damages Over Handling of Workers’ Comp Claim
Sep 4 2017 // New York Bus Operators Compensation Trust (NYBOCT), a Bay Shore, N.Y.-based group self-insured trust created by a number of New York passenger bus companies, has filed a complaint against Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.,...
Report: Written Premiums for California Comp Insurers to Be Flat Through 2017
Sep 4 2017 // Written premiums from workers’ compensation insurers in California for the year are expected to be flat at $18.1 billion compared with 2016 thanks largely to rate decreases, according to analysts with the...
Illinois Governor Vetoes Workers’ Comp Bills Opposed by Insurers
Sep 4 2017 // Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed two workers’ compensation reform bills that were strongly opposed by the insurance industry. Rauner in August vetoed HB 2622 and HB2525, two bills that would have had profound...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Releases Disaster Guidelines for Insurers
Aug 31 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued guidelines for insurers concerning workers’ compensation claims filed by insureds in counties named in Gov. Greg Abbott’s...
South Dakota Company Fined $95K After Worker Buried in Trench Collapse
Aug 31 2017 // Federal safety officials have cited a South Dakota company for failing to protect its workers from trench collapse hazards. Fort Pierre-based First Dakota Enterprises Inc. faces proposed penalties of $95,064 imposed by the...
