Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Chiropractor Must Pay Nearly $70K for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 10 2014 // A Fairfield (Butler County) chiropractor was sentenced to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution and investigation costs to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Tariq Arif pleaded guilty Jan. 13 in the Franklin...
N.H. Gov.: Businesses Need Relief From Rising Workers’ Comp Costs
Feb 8 2014 // New Hampshire’s businesses need relief from rising workers’ compensation costs and more access to capital investment partners. That’s the message from New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan who urged lawmakers...
Commercial Insurance Markets Looking Favorable for Buyers in 2014: Marsh
Feb 7 2014 // The ample capacity and competition that helped temper firming of U.S. commercial insurance rates in 2013 is expected to continue into 2014, unless catastrophe losses turn out higher than expected, according to a report by...
California Psychologist Sentenced In Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 6 2014 // A psychologist apologized Tuesday in a Los Angeles court for defrauding the federal government with inflated and fraudulent workers’ compensation claims. Dr. Arnold P. Nerenberg of Whittier said Tuesday he was...
11 Companies to Approved to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
Feb 4 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance-Division of Workers’ Compensation has approved 11 companies self-insure for workers’ compensation claims. To qualify, a company must have a minimum workers’ compensation...
Keep Away from Small Farms, Lawmakers Tell Safety Agency OSHA
Feb 4 2014 // Small farms have been off-limits to the federal agency that oversees workplace safety for decades. But lawmakers in North Dakota and other states have grown sufficiently concerned that they’re warning the Obama...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp Cracks Down on Pain Pills
Feb 2 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said it has stepped up monitoring of the millions of doses of pain pills prescribed to injured workers every year as the agency tries to control costs and fight rampant...
NAMIC Frets Over Workers’ Comp Bills in Hawaii
Jan 30 2014 // There are several workers’ compensation-related bills moving through Hawaii state legislature that one trade group is watching closely. The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is keeping its eye on...
N.J. Commissioner Offers Insurance Purchasing Tips for Small Businesses
Jan 30 2014 // Making the right insurance choices can have significant impact on the small business owner’s operation costs. With that in mind, New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski offered some...
Walsh Named Deputy Workers’ Comp Commissioner in Iowa; Walleser, Rasey Retiring
Jan 29 2014 // Joseph L. Walsh has been hired as a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner with the Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation. Walsh previously was in private practice as a workers’ compensation and...
Ohio Chiropractor Owes nearly $70K for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 28 2014 // An Ohio chiropractor was sentenced to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution and investigation costs to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Tariq Arif pleaded guilty Jan. 13 in the Franklin County Court of...
OSHA Findings Contested in Williams Olefins Explosion in Louisiana
Jan 27 2014 // Officials say Williams Olefins is contesting six workplace safety violations and $99,000 in civil penalties federal regulators proposed for a fatal explosion June 13 at the company’s Ascension Parish, La., plant. The...
Small Increase in Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs In 2014
Jan 27 2014 // Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about 3.2 percent. Nevada employers...
Missouri, Nationwide Insurance Settle over Workers’ Comp Inconsistencies
Jan 27 2014 // Missouri insurance regulators have settled with Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Co. and Farmland Mutual Insurance Co. following a market conduct examination into the companies’ handling of workers’...
Court: Caregiver Stabbed by Son Deserves Workers’ Comp
Jan 27 2014 // A Pennsylvania state appeals court ruled on Jan. 8 that a western Pennsylvania woman who was paid to help care for her disabled adult son in her home deserves workers’ compensation after he tried to kill her by...
Massachusetts Schedules Hearing on 7.7% WC Rate Hike Request
Jan 27 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance is scheduled to hold a hearing on Jan. 30 to consider the request of the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIB). WCRIB is requesting a...
California Workers’ Comp IMR Working: Study, Government
Jan 27 2014 // A key part to California’s sweeping workers’ compensation reform is working, according to a new study and the people running the system. More than 95 percent of workers’ comp medical treatment requests...
Missouri Settles with EMC Insurance Cos. over Workers’ Comp Market Exams
Jan 26 2014 // Missouri insurance regulators have forged a settlement agreement with EMCASCO Insurance Co. and Employers Mutual Casualty Co. after market conduct examinations into their handling of workers’ compensation...
Casino Dealer Prevails in Workers’ Comp Dispute in New Jersey
Jan 24 2014 // New Jersey’s appellate court affirmed a ruling that an employee who got injured in a traffic accident while driving out of her employer’s premises is entitled to worker’s compensation benefits. The court...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Prescription Formulary Saves over $20M
Jan 24 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that changes made to its pharmacy management program in recent years have resulted in a reduction in prescriptions of some of the most commonly overused drugs...
