Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Workers’ Comp Premium Up 11% in 2014; Combined Ratio Still Exceeds 100
Apr 20 2015 // California written premium for calendar year 2014 was roughly $16.5 billion, 11 percent above the total in 2013 and 88 percent above the written premium reported for 2009, according to a report from the California...
Patriot National Buys Software Firm, Vikaran, and India Development Unit
Apr 20 2015 // Florida-based workers’ compensation outsourcing services firm Patriot National Inc. has acquired Vikaran Solutions, a Chicago-based insurance technology company, and its Pune, India-based software development center,...
Cracking Under Pressure: Answers to the Workers’ Compensation Quiz
Apr 20 2015 // We gave you the questions on Friday; you have had all weekend to ponder your responses. Here are the answers for which you have been waiting. Good luck, we hope you do well. 1. What country was the first to implement a...
Illinois Gov. Wants Lower Workers’ Comp Costs
Apr 20 2015 // High on the list of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative priorities is reducing the amount employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance. Illinois currently has some of the highest workers’ comp...
N.H. Court: Worker Entitled to Benefits for ‘Mixed Risk’ Injury
Apr 20 2015 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled in March that a worker who fell asleep while driving a company truck and hit a utility pole in the course of his employment is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for the...
Cracking Under the Pressure of Workers’ Compensation: Testing Your Workers’ Compensation Knowledge
Apr 17 2015 // Test your knowledge of workers’ compensation by answering 21 questions covering the most important workers’ compensation facts and concepts. A wide array of work comp-specific topics is tested in this article:...
NCCI Named Plan Administrator for Tennessee Workers Comp Insurance Plan
Apr 17 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has chosen the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new plan administrator for the Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance Plan...
CDI: True Religion Subcontractor Underreported $78M in Payroll
Apr 16 2015 // The owners of sewing companies subcontracted by True Religion Brand Jeans were arrested this week on 18 felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud totaling more than $11 million in losses. Businesses Sung...
It’s Insurance Buyers’ Market Now But Risk Challenges Ahead: Willis
Apr 16 2015 // Due in part to reduced catastrophe losses and the increased supply of capital, property/casualty insurance buyers can expect to face friendly market conditions on most lines of business for the remainder of 2015. But...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop
Apr 15 2015 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced a decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective July 1, 2015. The overall loss cost decrease in the voluntary market is 2.1 percent, while the overall decrease in rates...
Washington Contractor Hit for $1M in Workers’ Comp Premiums and Penalties
Apr 15 2015 // A former drywall contractor in Walla Walla, Wash. must pay more than $1 million in delinquent workers’ compensation premiums and penalties. The Washington State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals recently held...
N.Y. Nixes 57 Nuisance Fees Including Fees on Some Work Comp Disputes
Apr 15 2015 // New York is eliminating dozens of small fees the state had imposed on such random things as potato inspections, ski lifts and workers’ compensation disputes involving podiatrists. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s...
Audit Problems Leading to Additional Premiums
Apr 15 2015 // Let’s dispense with the niceties and all attempts to eloquently ease into a discussion on the troubles surrounding workers’ compensation audits. Rather let’s jump right into the problem — assignment of...
NGM Insurance Brings Expanded Work Comp Program to Vermont
Apr 14 2015 // The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Co. has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program in Vermont via its network of independent insurance agents across the state. NGM’s expanded...
Long Named Director of Michigan Workers’ Comp Agency
Apr 14 2015 // Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Mike Zimmer announced the that Mark Long has been appointed director of the Michigan Workers’ Compensation Agency (WCA). Long, who had been...
How Media Portrayals Influence Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Apr 14 2015 // The depiction of workers’ compensation fraud by the media has affected the public’s perception of the crime, according to claims experts. While workers’ comp fraud is often depicted in a comedic way, that...
Workers’ Compensation Claims Skyrocket in North Carolina City
Apr 14 2015 // Gastonia may have to tap into its savings account to pay for skyrocketing workers’ compensation claims. The Gaston Gazette reports that the city has nearly spent all of its $538,000 for claims and may end up eating...
Illinois Governor Looks to Reduce Worker’s Comp Costs
Apr 13 2015 // High on the list of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative priorities is reducing the amount employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance. Illinois currently ranks 7th nationwide for the highest cost per...
Audit Rules and Guidelines – Part II
Apr 13 2015 // Part I of this two-part audit rules and guidelines article presented the section of the work comp policy making the audit possible. It also presented what remuneration was included and what was excluded for premium audit...
Audit Rules and Guidelines – Part I
Apr 10 2015 // Workers’ compensation coverage is initially priced on an estimated basis. The insured estimates payrolls (and sometimes class codes) at the beginning of the policy period for the upcoming year on which the insurance...
