Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
E&O Insights: How Well Do You Know Your Workers’ Compensation Risk?
Sep 22 2014 // The workers’ compensation class of business results in upwards of 10 percent of all errors and omissions (E&O) claims every year. While this may not seem like a lot, it is a class agents must be sensitive to for...
OSHA Revises Severe Injury Reporting Rule
Sep 22 2014 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss...
N.H. Gov. Creates Workers’ Comp Commission
Sep 22 2014 // N.H. Gov. Maggie HassanNew Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan on Sept. 4 issued an executive order creating a new commission to recommend ways to reduce the state’s workers’ compensation medical costs. The executive...
California Workers’ Comp Kaleidoscope Through Conference-Goers’ Eyes
Sep 22 2014 // Rick Hudson was sitting at his booth at the California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference held earlier this month scanning emails on his smartphone during a slow period when he was asked what the most...
S. Dakota Director: No Work Comp Premiums for True Independent Contractors
Sep 22 2014 // Merle Scheiber, director of South Dakota’s Insurance Division, issued a reminder to workers’ compensation insurers that bona fide independent contractors are not required to carry workers’ comp insurance...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Declining Again in Oklahoma
Sep 22 2014 // For the second straight year, workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers to determine rates for employers will show an overall decrease in Oklahoma. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates for Coming Year
Sep 19 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for dates of injury from Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015 has...
Oklahoma Plating Company Fined $341.5K for Workplace Safety Violations
Sep 19 2014 // Pride Plating Inc. in Grove, Okla., was cited on Sept. 4 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to cancer-causing health hazards from hexavalent chromium....
Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Filed on Utah Man
Sep 19 2014 // A Utah man who suffered a knee injury while working at the Montana State Prison is charged with defrauding the state worker’s compensation fund by collecting total disability benefits while running a construction...
Ryan to Head Research for Marsh’s Workers’ Compensation Center
Sep 19 2014 // Tom Ryan has been named market research leader at Marsh’s Workers’ Compensation Center of Excellence. Tom Ryan Ryan been with Marsh Risk Consulting for the past 20 years. Most recently, he was the Northeast...
Texas Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 18 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Rodney Williams of Seabrook, Texas, for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Williams to deferred...
ICW Group Names McAdam Western Regional Director
Sep 17 2014 // San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group has added Stacey McAdam to a director-level position on its workers’ compensation executive team. McAdam will oversee business development, underwriting and agent outreach...
EMPLOYERS Launches Work-Related Injury Hotline for Florida Small Business Clients
Sep 16 2014 // Small business insurer EMPLOYERS has launched Coventry/NT24, a 24-hour hotline staffed by registered nurses who provide medical guidance over the phone for work-related injuries or illnesses. The service is available to...
California Workers’ Comp Kaleidoscope Through Conference-goers Eyes
Sep 12 2014 // Rick Hudson was sitting at his booth at the California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference on Thursday scanning emails on his smartphone during a slow period when he was asked what the most significant change...
OSHA Revises Reporting Rule for Worker Injuries
Sep 12 2014 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss...
4 New Workers’ Comp Arbitrators Appointed in Illinois
Sep 9 2014 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn appointed four new arbitrators to the Workers’ Compensation Commission: Maria Bocanegra is an attorney at Katz Friedman, specializing in workers’ compensation. She previously worked as a...
4 Strategies for Restoring Workers’ Compensation Profitability
Sep 9 2014 // Selling workers’ compensation comes at a price. In 2013, underwriters generated a loss of one percent for every premium dollar written. As such, agents also face many financial constraints, making this line of...
S. Dakota Director: Don’t Charge Work Comp Premiums for Independent Contractors
Sep 9 2014 // Merle Scheiber, director of South Dakota’s Insurance Division, has issued a reminder to workers’ compensation insurers that bona fide independent contractors are not required to carry workers’ comp...
9/11 Responders Urged to Register for N.Y. Workers’ Comp Benefits
Sep 8 2014 // Elected officials and union activists in New York are urging Sept. 11 responders to sign up for New York worker compensation benefits. They say that those who worked around the World Trade Center site should enroll with...
Report: 1-in-6 Construction Workers in California Part of ‘Informal Economy’
Sep 8 2014 // A report by the nonprofit research group Economic Roundtable released over the Labor Day holiday found that one-in-six construction workers in California fell into the state’s “informal economy,” costing...
