Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
San Antonio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 23 2014 // Travis County district court sentenced Anthony Coleman Garza of San Antonio on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Co. The court sentenced Garza to...
Missouri Settles with Nationwide Insurance over Workers’ Comp Inconsistencies
Jan 17 2014 // Missouri insurance regulators announced a settlement agreement with Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Co. and Farmland Mutual Insurance Co. following a market conduct examination into the companies’ handling of...
Michigan Counties’ Workers’ Comp Fund Returns More than $2.5M
Jan 15 2014 // The Michigan Association of Counties Workers’ Compensation Fund announced the 2013 surplus premium totaled $2,581,929. It has been distributed to members of the fund. With over 70 public entities, the fund...
California Workers’ Comp IMR Working: Study, Government
Jan 14 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-Based Safety National Casualty Realigns Management Team
Jan 14 2014 // Safety National Casualty Corp., based in St. Louis, Mo., has announced management changes and realignment of responsibilities that are scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2014. Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilhelm will...
Company Denies Negligence in Explosion at Oklahoma Propane Plant
Jan 14 2014 // A McAlester, Okla., propane company has denied wrongdoing in civil lawsuits filed over an explosion at a Eufaula plant that killed one man and injured another. Two lawsuits have been filed in McIntosh County District Court...
Workers’ Comp Law Firm ATB Opens Office In Los Angeles
Jan 13 2014 // Adelson, Testan, Brundo, Novell & Jimenez, a national law firm focusing on workers’ compensation defense, opened an office in Los Angeles and has named Michelle Y. Wu as managing partner in the new office. The...
Husband of Oklahoma Gov. Won’t Practice Before Workers’ Comp Panel
Jan 13 2014 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin’s husband has announced that he will not work as a lawyer before the new workers’ compensation commission to avoid any appearance of impropriety. First gentleman Wade Christensen, 59,...
Penn. Court: Caregiver Mother Stabbed by Son Deserves Workers’ Comp
Jan 10 2014 // A 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 slashing her...
Workers’ Compensation Called Bar to Ex-Felons Getting Jobs in Mississippi
Jan 10 2014 // Mississippi lawmakers say they want to reduce the number of former inmates who return to prison after serving time. However, one state representative said ex-felons could have trouble finding jobs because of workers’...
Massachusetts Schedules Hearing on 7.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Request
Jan 9 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced Tuesday a hearing will be held on Jan. 30 to consider the request of the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIB). WCRIB is a...
Liberty Mutual Selling Workers’ Comp Unit Summit Southeast to American Financial
Jan 9 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it has agreed to sell Summit Holdings Southeast Inc. and its related companies to American Financial Group (AFG) in an all-cash transaction valued at $250 million. Based in Lakeland, Florida,...
Legislation Filed in Illinois Would Nix Workers’ Comp for Non-Work Accidents
Jan 8 2014 // Illinois lawmakers will consider legislation this spring that aims to clarify who is responsible for injuries sustained in a traffic accident on the way to work. Lee Enterprises Newspapers in Illinois reported that Sen....
ProAssurance Completes Acquisition of Eastern Insurance Holdings
Jan 3 2014 // Medical professional liability insurer ProAssurance Corp. announced Thursday that its previously announced acquisition of monoline workers’ compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings was completed effective Jan....
Commissioner: Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Decrease
Dec 31 2013 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana effective May 1, 2014. Commissioner Donelon recently approved a 5.1 percent decrease...
Ohio Business Owner Must Pay $55K in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Dec 31 2013 // A Cincinnati, Ohio, business owner has been sentenced to pay nearly $55,000 in unpaid premiums owed to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Todd Bittner, owner of Bittner Construction, pleaded guilty in...
Sharks, Beer Among Most Popular Headlines in West
Dec 27 2013 // For years newshounds have endeavored to figure out a way to predict what stories will prove most popular with readers. While a few web news aggregators have had some measure of success and have steadily drawn in readers...
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Board to Transition Established UEF Claims Management to Triad Group
Dec 27 2013 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board recently announced it will transition the management of established Uninsured Employers’ Fund (UEF) claims to the Triad Group, LLC effective Jan. 13, 2014. Triad...
2 Companies Cited After Texas A&M Structure Collapse
Dec 24 2013 // Federal officials have fined two construction companies for safety violations related to this summer’s collapse of a barn frame at Texas A&M University’s $80 million equestrian complex. The Occupational...
Missouri Regulator Shaves Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Hike to 10.1%
Dec 24 2013 // The Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 10.1 percent increase in workers’ compensation loss costs for next year, a lower increase than that suggested by the National Council on Compensation...
