Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PURE Introduces Domestic Staff Workers’ Comp Coverage for Florida Members
Aug 4 2015 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer of high net worth individuals and families, has introduced Domestic Workers’ Compensation Insurance for members...
West Virginia to See Decrease in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 3 2015 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says employers in the state will see an estimated $43 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year. Tomblin says employers have saved more than $323 million since the...
Report on California Workers’ Comp Reforms Touts Successes
Aug 3 2015 // The Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation have released a report on progress implementing California’s workers’ compensation reforms. The report details increased...
SASSI Expands Workers’ Comp Program Into Additional States
Jul 31 2015 // SASSI, the Salon and Spa Specialty Insurance agency, has added an additional market for its workers’ compensation insurance program, enabling the agency to write this coverage in additional states. The program is...
Texas Company Fined $112K for Safety Violations at Energy Facility
Jul 31 2015 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southcross Energy Partners GP LLC for seven safety violations at its cryogenic natural gas processing facility in Gregory, Texas. Safety officials have...
Texas Approves 12 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Jul 30 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) renewed approval for 12 employers to self-insure workers’ compensation claims. Together, the companies employ about 45,000...
Louisiana-Based Workers’ Comp Insurer Expands Into Texas
Jul 30 2015 // LUBA Workers’ Comp, based in Baton Rouge, La., is now offering workers’ compensation insurance coverage to businesses in Texas. LUBA Workers’ Comp covers businesses in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi...
Texas Company Fined $424K for Trench Collapse
Jul 29 2015 // One minute he was working in the 8-foot trench below ground. The next, he was being buried in it. His co-workers came to his rescue, digging him out with their bare hands. Moments after they pulled the injured man to...
Report on California Workers’ Comp Reforms Touts Successes
Jul 23 2015 // The Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation have released a report on progress implementing California’s workers’ compensation reforms. The report details increased...
New Mexico Court Favors Worker in Medical Marijuana Case
Jul 20 2015 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a patient in the state’s medical marijuana program who was injured on the job must be reimbursed by an employer for the expense of marijuana used for treatment. The...
Small Number Causing California Workers’ Comp Review Excess
Jul 20 2015 // A small number of physicians are responsible for a large portion of the independent medical review of workers’ compensation cases in California, a process that could be costing payers in excess of $100 million, a...
Why Back Surgery Rates Vary by Location
Jul 20 2015 // The probability of injured workers getting back surgery depends on the area of the country in which they seek treatment for their back pain. According to a Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study, “Why...
Missing Word Leads to Reversal of Employee-Favorable Ruling in Nebraska
Jul 20 2015 // The omission of one word in a workers’ compensation court ruling favoring a co-op employee hurt during a company party led the Nebraska Supreme Court to reverse the ruling on July 10. The case stems from a 2010...
Opioid Abuse Rises in Construction, Manufacturing Sectors: CNA
Jul 20 2015 // CNA recently issued two new reports that examine the growing prescription opioid abuse epidemic and its effect on the U.S. workforce, focusing on the construction and manufacturing industries, which are particularly at...
Massachusetts Lowers Work Comp Assessment Rate
Jul 20 2015 // The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reduced the assessment that private employers pay to the state on workers’ compensation policies to 5.75 percent of the policy premium for the new fiscal...
Dallas-Area Steel Fabricator Fined $189K for Workplace Hazards
Jul 17 2015 // Federal safety officials have found that a Dallas-area steel fabricator has continued to put its workers in harm’s way, despite its awareness of hazards at its Farmers Branch facility. A recent federal inspection...
New York State Insurance Fund Launches New Online Medical Provider Portal
Jul 17 2015 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) announced on Thursday the launch of its new online medical provider portal. NYSIF said the new portal will allow registered providers and third party billers to retrieve claims...
New York Approves Average 5.9% Increase in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Jul 16 2015 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved an average 5.9 percent increase in workers’ compensation loss costs for new and renewal business to become effective on Oct. 1, 2015. The...
More Small Employers Using Video to Detect Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 15 2015 // Trust is hard to come by, and the proof for that cliché is now in the pudding – at least in the world of workers’ compensation. While roughly one-in-10 small business owners say they’re concerned that one of...
Florida Supreme Court Asked to Decide Constitutionality of Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2015 // A legal challenge to the constitutionality of Florida workers’ compensation system that was thrown out by a state appeals court may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. The plaintiffs in the case have asked the...
