Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Worker Finger Amputation Leads to $137K in Fines for Missouri Glass Plant
Sep 20 2013 // Piramal Glass USA Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 21 safety and health violations after a worker lost a finger while repairing a machine at the...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Challenge New Workers’ Comp Law
Sep 20 2013 // Two Oklahoma lawmakers and a firefighters’ organization are challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. A lawsuit challenging the new statute was filed with the Oklahoma...
Brokers Urge Renewal of ‘Essential’ Federal Terrorism Insurance
Sep 19 2013 // The federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) is a “model” for public-private cooperation and should be renewed, insurance broker Marsh told lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Peter J. Beshar, executive vice...
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, Announces the Addition of Full Service Underwriting Staff to Knoxville Office
Sep 18 2013 // San Diego, CA, 9/18/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, is pleased to announce two new additions to the Knoxville dedicated marketing office. The Knoxville office welcomes...
2.7 Percent Workers’ Comp Hike Sought For Washington In 2014
Sep 16 2013 // The 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 an increase...
After Suggested Workers’ Comp Rate Hike California Employers Hope Reform Kicks In
Sep 13 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...
Veto Sustained On Missouri Workers’ Comp Database
Sep 13 2013 // Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto has been sustained on legislation calling for the creation of an online database of workers’ compensation claims. Senators supported the override 25-9 on Wednesday. But the House vote of...
Insurers Expect Increase in Personal Lines, Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Sep 13 2013 // One in three U.S. and Canadian insurers does not feel adequately protected against fraud and more than half expect personal lines and workers’ compensation fraud to increase this year. The survey by FICO, a...
Oklahoma Governor Makes Workers’ Comp Team Appointment
Sep 12 2013 // Gov. Mary Fallin is announcing the appointment of Oklahoma Commerce Department executive director Jonna Kirschner to a transition team to establish a new workers’ compensation system. The new system was authorized by...
Mississippi County Employee Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Sep 11 2013 // A Jasper County, Miss., man has been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud. Attorney General Jim Hood said 55-year-old David Myrick Cox, of Louin, surrendered to investigators with his office’s...
Manufacturer to Pay $1.3M in Penalties, Fines for Worker Death in South Dakota
Sep 10 2013 // Federal officials announced that Adams Thermal Systems Inc. has agreed to pay more than $1.33 million to resolve criminal penalties and fines in a prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S....
WCRI Study of Penn., Md. Finds Vicodin Much Costlier When Dispensed by Doctors
Sep 9 2013 // A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) says the average price paid for physician-dispensed Vicodin — a commonly dispensed narcotic pain medication in Pennsylvania and Maryland — was...
California Senate Oks Limits On Workers’ Comp For Pro Athletes
Sep 9 2013 // The state Senate has approved a bill to prevent professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states from filing workers’ compensation claims in California. AB1309, by Democratic...
Wife Nabbed For Allegedly Cashing Dead Hubby’s Workers’ Comp Checks in California
Sep 9 2013 // Rosa Maria Barajas, 68, of Huntington Park, Calif. was arrested for allegedly receiving workers’ compensation benefits of her dead husband. The arrest was made by California Department of Insurance detectives with...
Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Going Down Again in Kentucky
Sep 9 2013 // Workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers in figuring rates to charge employers are going down for the eighth straight year. The loss cost figures show an average reduction of 7.9 percent for the 590...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Task Force Reconvenes
Sep 9 2013 // Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Task Force reconvened last Friday for its first meeting since Gov. Jack Markell signed the group’s recommendations into law on June 27, 2013. The task force will now hold...
Oklahoma Sees Double Digit Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 9 2013 // An annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation insurance shows a dramatic decrease in loss costs, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced. The overall loss...
Workers’ Comp Premiums Jump 8.1% in First Half of 2013
Sep 9 2013 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2013 data, as recently reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), shows three straight years of growth in workers’ compensation...
Commercial Insurance Rate Hikes Continuing; Workers’ Comp Profit Ahead in 2014: Moody’s
Sep 9 2013 // Moody’s expects property/casualty commercial insurance rate hikes to continue for the balance of the year, making 2013 the third straight full year of rising rates for commercial lines carriers, according to a...
Workers’ Compensation Benefits, Employer Costs Rise: Study
Sep 9 2013 // Both workers’ compensation benefits paid to insureds and costs for employers increased in 2011, a new study revealed. Total workers’ comp costs to employers rose by 7.1 percent to $77.1 billion, while...
