Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Will Legal Weed in California Increase Demand for It from Injured Workers?
Nov 10 2016 // Just how legalized weed in California will impact workers’ compensation is still uncertain, but what is certain is that the insurance industry can soon expect to be grappling with issues around paying for marijuana...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Challenge to Florida Workers’ Comp System
Nov 10 2016 // The United States Supreme Court has refused to review a Florida case challenging the state’s entire workers’ compensation system, which could be seen as the state’s only reprieve on workers’ comp...
Arkansas Company Fined Nearly $125K for Repeat Workplace Hazards
Nov 9 2016 // Federal safety officials have cited Bekaert Corp. in Van Buren, Arkansas, after an employee suffered an amputation while trying to untangle moving wire at an Arkansas facility that manipulates and coats steel products. An...
Medical Care Readily Accessible for Injured Employees in Texas, Study Shows
Nov 9 2016 // Access to medical care for injured workers has greatly improved in Texas over the past 15 years, a study commissioned by the Texas Department of Insurance shows. A September 2016 study by TDI’s Research and...
Study: Los Angeles Has Highest Workers’ Comp Claim Costs in California
Nov 7 2016 // The Los Angeles area continues to be a drag on California’s overall workers’ compensation costs, according to a study out in late October from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The...
California Commissioner Wants Workers’ Comp Insurers to Reduce Rates
Nov 7 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a formal finding that costs to insurers in the workers’ compensation system are declining and he’s asking workers’ comp insurers to pass those cost...
New Mexico Workers’ Comp Costs May Drop in 2017
Nov 7 2016 // New Mexico employers could see a decrease in their insurance costs for on-the-job injuries and deaths. The state Office of Superintendent of Insurance says a key factor in calculating individual employers’...
Berkshire’s Workers’ Compensation Product Carries Risks of Innovation
Nov 4 2016 // David Miller is a stickler for safety at the Goodwill stores he runs in central California. So when Applied Underwriters offered his nonprofit a deal on insurance for workplace accidents if he could minimize injuries, he...
Court Rules in Favor of Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund in Workers’ Comp Suit
Nov 4 2016 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Boston, Mass., has ruled that the Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund is authorized to recover certain amounts paid by the fund in workers’ compensation benefits on...
Florida Police Union Says Officers With Zika Entitled to Workers’ Comp
Nov 4 2016 // Police union officials want Florida lawmakers to extend workers’ compensation to first responders with Zika. Florida Fraternal Order of Police President Bobby Jenkins said Tuesday that emergency responders should be...
Texas Company Hit with $224K in Fines for Workplace Safety Violations
Nov 3 2016 // A Mineral Wells, Texas-based manufacturer is facing more than $224,000 in fines levied by federal safety officials after an investigation found the company failed to protect workers from safety and health hazards. The U.S....
Ohio Manufacturer Faces Nearly $215K in Fines Over Workplace Hazards
Nov 3 2016 // Federal safety officials have alleged that for at least two years, an Ohio manufacturer of thermoplastic lining systems for truck bodies and trailers exposed workers to the risk of amputation and other serious injury by...
Workers’ Compensation Spending on Drugs Falls 8.7%: Study
Nov 2 2016 // An analysis of pharmacy cost data shows there was an 8.7 percent drop in spending on drugs in 2015 in workers’ compensation injury cases. The decline in 2015 is consistent with the overall downward drug cost trend...
Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Flatten in Indiana
Nov 1 2016 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana changed little from 2013 to 2014, a sharp contrast to the increases of the prior nine years, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research...
Connecticut Insurance Department Approves NCCI Workers’ Comp Rate Filing
Nov 1 2016 // Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced that the department has approved a rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) that decreases workers’ compensation...
Study Highlights Workers’ Comp Claim Differences in California’s Central Valley
Oct 31 2016 // Workers in California’s Central Valley have a distinctly different workers’ compensation claims experience than those in other regions in terms of notification and treatment lag times, mix of injuries, types of...
New York’s AmTrust Acquires AmeriHealth Casualty Insurance
Oct 31 2016 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc., a multinational insurance holding company headquartered in New York City, has entered into an agreement to acquire AmeriHealth Casualty Insurance Company from Independence Health Group Inc....
BrickStreet Mutual, Motorists Mutual Pursue Joint Venture
Oct 28 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced they have begun to formalize an affiliation agreement between the two companies. If approved by state regulators and closed as anticipated in July...
California Commissioner Wants Workers’ Comp Insurers to Reduce Rates
Oct 27 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a formal finding today that costs to insurers in the workers’ compensation system are declining and he’s asking workers’ comp insurers to pass those...
Study: Los Angeles Has Highest Workers’ Comp Claim Costs in California
Oct 25 2016 // The Los Angeles area continues to be a drag on California’s overall workers’ compensation costs, according to a study out today from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The WCIRB’s...
