Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Baker: California’s Workers’ Comp Reform Showing Signs of Progress
Oct 3 2013 // Ten months after “historic reforms” were made to California’s workers’ compensation system there is evidence that the changes are taking hold, however bad actors continue to find ways to game the...
Texas Workers’ Compensation Health Care Networks Show Improvements
Oct 3 2013 // Workers’ compensation networks certified by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) continued to show improvements in medical costs, return-to-work outcomes, and health outcomes in the latest annual report card...
OSHA: Bedbug Whistleblower in Ohio to Get Back Pay
Oct 2 2013 // A federal court has ordered S.E.M. Villa II Inc., a nonprofit corporation that operates S.E.M. Terrace, a retirement facility in Milford, Ohio, to pay a former resident manager $20,000 in back wages in a whistleblower...
Fort Worth Manufacturer Cited for Serious Safety Violations; Fined $88K
Oct 2 2013 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Fort Worth F&D Head Co. for 18 serious safety violations, carrying $88,200 in proposed penalties, for exposing workers to...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Awards More Than $258K to Support Workplace Safety
Sep 30 2013 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has awarded more than $258,000 in safety intervention grants, split among nine employers. “We have more money available for safety-minded businesses this year, thanks...
Montana Man Sentenced For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 30 2013 // A 76-year-old Havre, Mont. man has been ordered to pay nearly $84,000 in restitution in a workers’ compensation fraud case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen also sentenced...
OSHA Levies $175K in Fines in Fatal Arkansas Crane Accident
Sep 29 2013 // A federal safety agency has levied $175,000 in fines against a crane company, Entergy and other firms over a fatal crane accident at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. The Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration...
MarketScout Expands Workers’ Comp Specialty Division
Sep 29 2013 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced staff promotions related to the expansion of its Workers’ Compensation Specialty Division. Brian...
Workers’ Comp Costs Could Rise for Missouri Businesses
Sep 27 2013 // Missouri businesses could face significantly higher costs for workers’ compensation insurance next year, due partly to a new law that seeks to shore up a financially troubled state fund for disabled...
Neither Rain Nor Sleet But Dog Bites: Post Office Workers’ Injury Claims
Sep 27 2013 // The cost of workers’ compensation for the United States Postal Service (USPS) for fiscal year 2012 was $3.7 billion, a 68 percent increase from the $2.2 billion reported in fiscal year 2009. There were 32,213...
Idaho Fly Shop Owner Gets Jail Time On Workers’ Comp Law
Sep 26 2013 // A state judge has ordered a Coeur d’Alene, Idaho fly shop owner to serve five days in jail for violating a court order stemming from allegations he failed to provide workers’ compensation insurance. The Idaho...
Work-Related Fatalities Decline in Louisiana in 2012
Sep 24 2013 // The number of work-related fatalities in 2012 in Louisiana declined to 106, according to a preliminary count by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. This is down slightly from the...
Maryland’s IWIF to Convert to Private, Not-for-Profit Insurer on Oct. 1
Sep 24 2013 // On Oct. 1, IWIF, Maryland’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, will launch a new name and corporate structure as a private, not-for-profit company. As a result of legislation passed by the...
ProAssurance to Acquire Workers’ Comp Insurer Eastern Holdings
Sep 24 2013 // Medical professional liability insurer ProAssurance Corp. said it is acquiring monoline workers’ compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. in an all-cash transaction that values Eastern at $24.50 per...
Nebraska Company Fined $194K for Trench Collapses, Worker Injuries
Sep 23 2013 // Taylor’s Drain and Sewer Service in Nebraska has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 10 safety violations, including two willful, and proposed...
Anticipation
Sep 23 2013 // The fight against insurance fraud never ends. And despite efforts to combat fraud most insurers anticipate an increase in fraud. One in three U.S. and Canadian insurers do not feel adequately protected against fraud,...
2.7 Percent Workers’ Comp Hike Sought for Washington in 2014
Sep 23 2013 // The Washington Department of Labor & Industries has proposed an average 2.7 percent rate increase for 2014 workers’ compensation premiums. Over the past two years, workers’ compensation surveys have shown...
After Suggested Workers’ Comp Rate Hike California Employers Hope Reform Kicks In
Sep 23 2013 // The reaction from an employers’ group to a suggested hike in California’s advisory workers’ compensation rates of nearly 7 percent was – surprisingly – cautiously optimistic. The insurer and public...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Task Force Reconvenes
Sep 23 2013 // Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Task Force reconvened earlier this month for its first meeting since Gov. Jack Markell signed the group’s recommendations into law on June 27, 2013. The task force will...
Critics Say It’s Time for N.Y. to End 1885 Scaffold Law
Sep 23 2013 // Years before skyscrapers, when New York City’s tallest building was still the 281-foot spire of Wall Street’s historic Trinity Church, state lawmakers passed the Scaffold Law, which made property owners and...
