Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wells Fargo Market Outlook Has Favorable News for Cyber Security
Jan 26 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Wells Fargo Insurance released its 2017 Insurance Market Outlook and Employee Benefits Outlook reports showing this year’s property/casualty insurance market will again be favorable to...
Report Finds New York Construction Fatalities, Regulatory Violations Rising
Jan 24 2017 // The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) found in its latest construction fatality report that construction worker deaths are rising in New York, and many construction employers across the state...
New CA Workers’ Compensation Laws 2017 Workshop
Jan 23 2017 // Santa Ana, CA, January 23, 2017- Registration for the Insurance Educational Association’s annual 3-hour seminar on the new workers’ compensation laws of California is now available on its website with seminars...
Judge: Oregon Must Reinstate Workers’ Comp Agency CEO
Jan 23 2017 // Oregon’s workers comp insurance agency must reinstate the chief executive it improperly fired in 2014, a judge has ruled. The ruling was a stunning victory for fired CEO John Plotkin and an embarrassing setback for...
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Jan 23 2017 // Property and casualty veteran Mark LaBour has joined Alliant’s growing Florida practice. As vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division, LaBour will deploy targeted risk management and...
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Jan 23 2017 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed Todd R. Johnson, senior vice president and property-casualty practice leader of the USI Insurance Services’ (USI) Massachusetts offices located in Woburn, Needham and...
Illinois Workers’ Comp Reform Proposal the Wrong Approach: Insurer Groups
Jan 23 2017 // Insurance industry lobbying groups have spoken out against a proposed amendment to an Illinois statute that would give insurance regulators in that state more control over workers’ compensation rates. Illinois House...
California Workers’ Comp Sees Sharp Increase in ALAE Costs, Report Shows
Jan 23 2017 // Allocated loss adjustment expense costs have increased sharply over the last several years despite implementation of many of the components of a workers’ compensation reform law intended to reduce total loss...
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Jan 23 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has named Charlie Rosson senior vice president. Rosson is based in San Francisco, Calif. He will work to develop RSG penetration with brokers on a national basis. He has 23 years of experience in...
Oregon’s New Fall Protections for Home Builders Much Stricter
Jan 23 2017 // A state regulation that took effect Jan. 1 requires Oregon construction contractors to make sure workers are protected from falls if work is done six or more feet above a surface. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health...
Lower Bay Area Workers’ Comp Claims Costs: California Report
Jan 23 2017 // A new report shows that San Francisco Bay Area residents account for 17.5 percent of California job injury claims but only 15 percent of claim costs. The report by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute...
Cost of Most Serious Workplace Injuries Falls: Liberty Mutual
Jan 20 2017 // Workplace injuries and accidents that cause employees to miss six or more days of work cost U.S. employers $59.9 billion in 2014, the most recent year for which statistically valid injury data are available, according to...
Trade Group: Workers’ Comp Reform Among Key Issues for Illinois Insurers
Jan 19 2017 // Workers’ compensation, commercial insurance purchasing rules and auto insurance verification are among key challenges for insurers in Illinois legislative session, a national insurance trade organization...
Regulators: Texas Workers’ Comp Attorney Fees Go Up Jan. 30
Jan 19 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) reported that the maximum hourly rates that may be charged by attorneys and legal assistants in the workers’ compensation system...
Comment Period on California Workers’ Comp Lien Claimant Rules Extended
Jan 19 2017 // California’s Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) has extended the public comment period for proposed rulemaking changes that require certain workers’ comp lien claimants to file a declaration that...
California Stays More than $1B in Liens Linked to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Jan 19 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has stayed more than 200,000 liens worth a combined claim value of more than $1 billion that are linked to 75 medical providers facing criminal fraud charges. The...
Oklahoma Company Fined More than $535K for Safety, Health Violations
Jan 18 2017 // An Oklahoma truck bed manufacturer was cited by federal safety officials for putting workers at risk and fined more than $500,000 after investigators identified multiple safety and health violations at the company’s...
Block Sworn in as Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court Judge
Jan 18 2017 // Dirk V. Block is the newest judge to serve on the bench of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. He was sworn in on Jan. 13. Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed Judge Block on Dec. 8, 2016. Block fills a vacancy left by...
Hearst Media Buys Work-Loss Data Institute
Jan 17 2017 // The giant media firm Hearst has acquired Work-Loss Data Institute (WLDI), a provider of healthcare data and guidelines to the workers’ compensation industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. WLDI will become...
California Workers’ Comp Division Names Whitcomb to Ethics Committee
Jan 13 2017 // Deborah A. Whitcomb, a workers’ compensation administrative law judge in Stockton, Calif., has been appointed to serve on the Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee. Whitcomb was appointed by George...
