Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
CompWest, Align General Insurance to offer Debit Experience Modification Program
Dec 23 2013 // CompWest Insurance Co., part of the Accident Fund Holdings family, has partnered with Align General Insurance Agency to write workers’ compensation insurance in California for high-quality risks with a debit...
New York Issues $370M in Bonds to Resolve Workers’ Compensation Claims
Dec 23 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last Friday the state issued $370 million in bonds to assist businesses in failed group self-insured trusts fulfill their obligations to their injured workers. The bonding is made...
Rail Car Services Cited for Safety, Health Violations in Kansas City
Dec 23 2013 // Rail Car Services LLC has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 11 safety and health violations, including eight repeat, at its Kansas City rail car...
New Jersey Roofer Indicted for Alleged Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Dec 22 2013 // Authorities have charged the head of a central New Jersey roofing company with stealing more than $265,000 through alleged insurance fraud. The state attorney general’s office says Charles Kelcy Pegler Sr., was...
Clingman to Join Workers’ Comp Research Group in Oklahoma
Dec 20 2013 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that Michael Clingman will be joining WCRI in January as a regional director. He will be based in Oklahoma. Clingman most recently served as administrator of the...
R.I. Woman Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud, Ordered to Pay $10K
Dec 20 2013 // A 76-year-old Providence, Rhode Island, woman must pay $10,000 in restitution on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses for allegedly collecting workers’ compensation benefits while she was employed. The...
Tennessee County Official Vows to Carry Out Own Workers’ Comp Drug Test
Dec 20 2013 // An East Tennessee official who refuses to enforce a county drug-testing policy says he’ll implement his own. Hawkins County Property Assessor Jeff Thacker told the Kingsport Times-News that he still disagrees with...
Over $9.4M in Safety Rebates Awarded by Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Dec 19 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that thousands of Ohio employers are receiving more than $9.4 million in savings for their participation in one of 78 safety councils sponsored by BWC’s...
Tyson Foods Fined $147K for Safety Violations at Kansas Plant
Dec 18 2013 // Tyson Foods Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for four workplace safety violations at the Hutchinson, Kan., prepared foods manufacturing plant after a...
Rate Hikes in California Workers’ Comp: SNL Financial
Dec 18 2013 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. hiked rates by 15 percent on its California workers’ compensation business in 2013, and it is not alone. SNL data shows multiple companies took rate during the first half of 2013. The...
Worker’s Head Injury Leads to $90K Fine for Ohio Manufacturer
Dec 18 2013 // Ohio-based McNeil Group, doing business as Pinnacle Metal Products, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker suffered a serious head injury that...
