Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report Shows California Workers’ Comp Medical Review Denials Still Rarely Overturned
Apr 9 2025 // The rate of California workers’ compensation medical treatment request denials being overturned was up slightly last year, but they are still a relatively rare occurrence, a new report shows. Denials were overturned...
Maine Approves 9.6% Decrease in Workers’ Compensation Costs
Apr 7 2025 // Maine has approved the insurance industry’s filing that will lower workers’ compensation insurance loss costs an average of 9.6%. The lower loss costs will go into effect for new and renewing policies as of...
California Delivery Company Must Repay $2M for Workers’ Comp Scheme
Apr 4 2025 // A Los Angeles, California, couple was sentenced after an investigation reportedly found they underreported more than $21 million in employee payroll for their delivery companies. John Nemandoust, 70, was sentenced to 60...
California Plumbing Contractor Ordered to Pay $1M for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 3 2025 // A plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of a workers’ comp fraud prosecution. Daniela G. Birdwell, 41, owner of GPS Plumbing, pleaded...
TDI to Adopt 11.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
Apr 2 2025 // The Texas Department of Insurance said in a March 28 bulletin that it accepted the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) advisory loss cost filing proposal of an overall average decrease of 11.5% to the current...
Connecticut Court Restores Administrative Law Judge’s Discretion in Workers Comp
Mar 25 2025 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that an administrative law judge has the discretion to award a workers compensation claimant, after he or she reaches maximum medical improvement, ongoing temporary partial...
Washington Dairy Worker Charged in $122K Workers’ Comp Scam
Mar 21 2025 // A Washington farmhand faces felony charges for reportedly stealing more than $122,000 workers’ compensation benefits. Efrain Alatorre Camarena was charged with felony theft for allegedly collecting workers comp...
Employee Whiffs on Workers Compensation Claim for TopGolf Injury
Mar 19 2025 // An employee who claims he injured his knee while swinging a club during an employer-sponsored TopGolf event has failed to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation...
Kentucky Bill to Trim State OSHA Agency Powers Now on the Governor’s Desk
Mar 18 2025 // The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, a non-profit advocacy group, is sounding the alarm about a Kentucky bill that was passed swiftly this month and is now on the governor’s desk. If signed into...
CannGen Launches Workers’ Comp Program Through Crum & Forester
Mar 13 2025 // CannGen Insurance Services LLC is now offering workers’ compensation coverage for the legal cannabis industry through specialty insurance provider Crum & Forster. The program is available in all 50 states....
Maryland Report Says Many Workers Misclassified, Costing $59M in Workers’ Comp
Mar 10 2025 // Worker misclassification in Maryland is widespread, leaving thousands of workers without injury protection and depriving insurance companies of more than $58 million in workers’ compensation premiums each year,...
Frito-Lay Employee’s Injury in Hoops Tourney Ruled Out of Bounds for Workers Comp
Mar 5 2025 // A forklift driver for Frito-Lay who injured his achilles tendon playing in a company basketball game is not covered by workers compensation. The Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (VWCC) upheld the denial of benefits...
Ohio to Cut Private Employer Workers’ Comp Rates by 6%
Mar 4 2025 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors announced a 6% rate cut for private employees effective July 1, 2025. The reduction follows a 7% rate cut for private employers last year. Ohio’s...
No Time Limit on Adding Dependent to Open Workers Comp Claim: NH High Court
Mar 4 2025 // Adding a dependent to an open workers’ compensation death benefits claim does not constitute a separate claim, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled last week. Furthermore, the court concluded, there is no statutory...
Maryland’s Largest Workers Comp Insurer Files for 8% Rate Cut
Mar 3 2025 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. has filed for an 8% net rate decrease with the Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) effective April 1, 2025. The nonprofit company, which is the state’s insurer of last...
Florida Contractor in Fatal Fall Incident Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 25 2025 // A Florida framing contractor has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and millions of dollars in fines and restitution after he failed to obtain workers’ compensation insurance and ignored safety practices, leading...
County Trash Collector’s Workers’ Compensation Claim Thrown Out
Feb 21 2025 // When the garbage truck stopped, the worker stepped down from the metal step on the back of the truck to run and retrieve a trash can. When his feet hit the ground, he heard a pop in his leg, felt pain in his knee, knelt...
People Moves: West Named Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division Administrator
Feb 20 2025 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services appointed Matt West as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division. West has more than 19 years of experience in the workers’ comp industry. He...
Cal/OSHA Cites Plumbing Companies $529K Following Trench Collapse
Feb 18 2025 // The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued citations totaling $529,640 to Smelly Mel’s Plumbing and Sewer Rat Plumbing following a trench collapse that seriously injured a construction worker in...
Renewal Rates Up YOY for All Commercial Lines Except Workers Comp: Ivans
Feb 14 2025 // Premium renewal rates increased year over year for all major commercial lines, except workers’ compensation, according to the January 2025 results of the Ivans Index. Month over month, commercial auto, business...
