Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Compensation Market: Challenges Remain Despite Recent Improvements
Sep 9 2013 // The market for workers’ compensation insurance is in a recovery phase of the underwriting cycle after several years of poor results. In particular, premium rates continued to increase meaningfully through the first...
Ohio Business Owner Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 9 2013 // A Cleveland, Ohio, man has been sentenced after a jury convicted him of failing to maintain workers’ compensation coverage for his business. Donald L. “Donnie” Schilling, owner of Cleveland Tire &...
Florida Workers’ Comp Writers Seek 1% Rate Bump
Sep 9 2013 // Florida’s employers can look forward to little, if any, change in their 2014 workers’ compensation rates as the state’s industry-backed rating agency has filed for a statewide average one percent rate...
West Virginia Court Caseload Drop Tied to Workers’ Comp Reform
Sep 9 2013 // The number of filings in the state Supreme Court was the lowest in more than 25 years in 2012, according to a report presented to West Virginia lawmakers. The report by court clerk Rory Perry says there were 1,524 cases...
Sum Named Acting Chief of Cal/OSHA
Sep 5 2013 // Juliann Sum has been named acting chief of Cal/OSHA. Sum will head the Division of Occupational Safety and Health following the resignation of Ellen Widess. Cal/OSHA is a division of the Department of Industrial...
Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Likely for California
Sep 5 2013 // A workers’ compensation rate hike looks to be in the works for California. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Actuarial Committee met Wednesday and reviewed the June 30 experience, which showed...
Oklahoma Governor Appoints First Workers’ Comp Commissioner
Aug 28 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has selected a longtime Oklahoma businessman as her first appointee to the new Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. Fallin announced she has chosen Troy Wilson Sr. for the post. The...
South Padre Island Water Park Fined Nearly $100K for Workplace Hazards
Aug 27 2013 // A popular water park on Texas’ South Padre island has been fined nearly $100,000 after a 20-year-old lifeguard died and a maintenance supervisor was severely injured at the facility. The U.S. Department of...
OSHA Proposes Silica Dust Limits
Aug 26 2013 // Federal regulators are proposing a long-awaited rule that would dramatically limit workplace exposure to silica dust. Officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration say the new limits would save nearly 700...
NYS Workers’ Comp Board to Begin Business Process Re-Engineering Project
Aug 23 2013 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board said it is launching a broad-based business process re-engineering project (BPR) designed to “significantly improve” the experience of injured workers and...
Mass.-Based PMC Insurance Names Director for Staffing Services Practice
Aug 23 2013 // PMC Insurance Group, a Needham, Mass.-based workers’ compensation wholesale broker, hired Bill Nagel to manage and lead PMC’s recently launched staffing services practice unit. Nagel brings to his new role over...
West Virginia Coal Contractor Charged in Workers’ Comp Scheme
Aug 23 2013 // A southern West Virginia coal company contractor has been charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government. Aracoma Contracting LLC of Williamson is accused of structuring cash withdrawals in increments of $10,000...
New Hampshire Court Outlines Drunk Defense in Workers’ Comp Claims
Aug 22 2013 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that intoxication must be determined to be the cause of an accident for it to be a defense against a workers’ compensation claim. The court sent Thomas Phillips’ case...
USG Expands Workers’ Comp Division in Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug 22 2013 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, announced the expansion of Allied American Underwriters (AAU) operations with the addition of Nathan Jackson as a new associate producer/broker specializing in...
Advanced Insurance Underwriters, CODA to Offer GL, WC Coverage to Contractors
Aug 22 2013 // Advanced Insurance Underwriters, a nationwide provider of commercial insurance, and CODA, the California Operator & Door Association, have collaborated to give contractors access to general liability coverage and...
Illinois Workers’ Comp Insurance Rate Down 4.5 Percent
Aug 21 2013 // The rate used to calculate workers’ compensation insurance premiums has dropped again, a direct result of reforms Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law in 2011, his aides said. The National Council on Compensation...
A Roundup of Maryland’s New Insurance Laws From 2013 Legislative Session
Aug 21 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration issued a bulletin this week summarizing new insurance legislation from the Maryland General Assembly’s 2013 session that have been signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley....
Executive Frets ACA Impact on California Workers’ Comp
Aug 21 2013 // Like many, Steve Festa, with Reno, Nev.-based EMPLOYERS, has some serious concerns about just how the Affordable Care Act will affect the insurance industry. And Festa’s biggest concern is how this sweeping change in...
West Virginia High Court Caseload Drop Tied to Workers’ Comp Reform
Aug 21 2013 // The number of filings in the state Supreme Court reached its lowest level in more than 25 years in 2012, according to a report presented to West Virginia lawmakers. The report by court clerk Rory Perry says there were...
Workers’ Compensation Benefits, Employer Costs Rise: Study
Aug 20 2013 // Both workers’ compensation benefits paid to insureds and costs for employers increased in 2011, a new study released today revealed. Total workers’ comp costs to employers rose by 7.1 percent to $77.1 billion,...
