Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Grand Jury Report Recommends Changes to Prevent Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 26 2014 // New York’s Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. announced Tuesday that a New York State Supreme Court grand jury has issued a report examining the vulnerability of New York’s workers’...
Injured Worker Cost Per Claim Rises in Texas
Mar 25 2014 // Payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers in Texas grew nearly 8 percent in 2011, largely the effect of price increases from earlier reforms, according to a 16-state study by the Workers Compensation...
Workers’ Compensation Fraud and the Insurance Producer
Mar 24 2014 // There are essentially two types of workers’ compensation fraud — premium fraud and claimant fraud — and insurance producers can play a role in the discovery and resolution of both, according to one investigator...
Rascia Named Acting Secretary at Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission
Mar 24 2014 // Ronald Rascia has been appointed acting secretary of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC). Rascia joined the commission in April 2011 as chief legal counsel. He holds a BA in Economics from DePaul,...
Mass. DOI Reaches Settlement to Keep Workers’ Comp Rates at Current Levels
Mar 21 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) announced Friday it has reached a settlement with the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office to...
ACE, ESIS Launch Programs for Construction Industry Addressing OSHA
Mar 21 2014 // ACE has launched specialized servicing capabilities designed for the construction industry through ESIS, Inc., a risk management services company owned by ACE Group. These services are available for general contractors,...
Mass. Biz Owner Charged in Connection With Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 20 2014 // Massachusetts Attorney General’s office announced a Lowell, Mass., businessman has been indicted on charges he failed to accurately report his total payroll and number of employees and understated the number of jobs...
Small Workers’ Comp Carrier Exits California
Mar 18 2014 // Public Service Mutual Insurance Co.’s exit from California’s workers’ compensation market isn’t a reflection of the health of the state’s workers’ comp system, according to the...
Conn. Legislators Propose Workers’ Comp Coverage for Mental Trauma
Mar 13 2014 // The Newtown, Conn., Police officer who has not yet returned to work since the 2012 school massacre because of post-traumatic stress disorder urged Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday to expand the state’s workers’...
Workers’ Comp Needs to Catch Up with Healthcare Changes: Economist Gruber
Mar 12 2014 // Workers’ compensation must align itself with the rest of the changing healthcare system to avoid increased cost-shifting by workers and medical providers, according to an economist involved in the Massachusetts and...
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud; Ordered to Repay $806K
Mar 12 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that Howard Douglas Whiddon of Dripping Springs pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges in a Travis County district court. The court sentenced Whiddon to 10...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Declares Record Policyholder Dividend
Mar 12 2014 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has declared a 2013 dividend of $69.1 million, bringing the cumulative total dividend over the past 11 years to more than $300 million. The dividend, the...
Hospitality Workers’ Compensation Insurance Costs and Solutions
Mar 10 2014 // The worst kind of pain is self-inflicted pain. A large majority of the workers’ compensation injuries in the hotel and hospitality business are from the housekeeping department, and more specifically...
Report: Texas Accounts 40% of U.S. Oil Field Deaths
Mar 10 2014 // Texas accounted for about 40 percent of the 663 workers the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said were killed nationwide in oil field-related industries between 2007 and 2012, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation...
Travelers: Strain Is Most Common Workplace Injury in Texas
Mar 10 2014 // The four most common workplace injuries among Texas employers in 2013 were strains, sprains, fractures and contusions, according to a recent analysis of Travelers’ 2013 workers’ compensation claim...
CWCI and WCIRB: SB 863 Lowered Surgical Center Payments in California
Mar 10 2014 // Average facility fee payments to ambulatory surgery centers fell 26 percent per episode and 28 percent per procedure since fee schedule changes mandated by Senate Bill 863 were adopted last year. That’s according to...
Effort to Put House in Order Paying Off: Meadowbrook Insurance CEO
Mar 10 2014 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group, based in Southfield, Mich., has struggled with many challenges during the past couple of years but the “strong remedial measures” implemented to correct unacceptable results are...
SeaWorld Files Complaint Against OSHA Investigator
Mar 10 2014 // SeaWorld has filed a complaint alleging that an Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigator who probed a SeaWorld trainer’s death engaged in unethical conduct by fraternizing with makers of a...
Cost Savings in California Workers’ Comp Reform May Fall Short
Mar 7 2014 // California’s sweeping workers’ compensation reform is working for the most part, but some of the savings may not materialize thanks to pressure on the system, according to Dave Bellusci, executive vice...
Betts To Lead Insurance Council Of Texas
Mar 7 2014 // Albert Betts will become executive director of the Insurance Council of Texas on April 1. Betts, who had served as general counsel to ICT since 2009, will replace Rick Gentry. Gentry is retiring after 17 years as the...
