Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
E&O Insights: Restaurant and Tavern Risks
May 30 2013 // Chances are just about every town in the United States has a restaurant, tavern or pizza parlor. Pursuing this type of risk, then, is common. Yet before taking that first step, do your homework to help you understand that...
N.Y. Compensation Insurance Rating Board Seeks 16.9% Hike in WC Loss Costs
May 24 2013 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) said it submitted to the state’s Department of Financial Services last week a loss-cost filing for an overall average loss cost change of +16.9 percent. A...
Ohio Firm Launches Program Aimed at Opioid Abuse in Workers’ Comp
May 24 2013 // Lewis Center, Ohio-based Modern Medical announced the nationwide roll out of a program designed stop the rise of opioid abuse in the workers’ compensation industry. Opioid Defense Manager (ODM) was launched in...
Schinnerer Introduces Stand-Alone Workers’ Comp
May 24 2013 // Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. has introduced a new stand-alone workers’ compensation program. Schinnerer will serve as a program access point for retail agents and brokers. The stand-alone...
Ex-Alaska Worker Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 23 2013 // A former Alaska state employee and his supposed masseuse are accused of worker’s compensation fraud. Scott A. Groom and Laurayne K. Fischer are charged with 93 counts including perjury, theft and falsification of...
R.I. Nightclub Owners Say They Didn’t Know Part-Timers Needed WC Coverage
May 23 2013 // The owners of the Station nightclub say they didn’t know they needed to buy workers’ compensation insurance for the club’s part-time employees. Michael and Jeffrey Derderian are asking Rhode...
Mills of Willis Joins AmWINS Workers’ Compensation Unit, American Equity
May 22 2013 // Andrea Mills has joined American Equity Underwriters (AEU) in Mobile, Alabama as senior vice president and director of Strategic Business Development. AEU is a division of wholesale broker AmWINS Group, based in Charlotte,...
Utah Workers Comp Fund Distributes $8 Million Dividend
May 21 2013 // The board of directors for Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund declared a dividend to be distributed to a majority of policyholders in May. Policyholders can expect to receive 5 percent of their 2012 earned premium....
Texas, Oklahoma Battle Opioids With Legislation
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states...
Ohio, Indiana Struggle with Impact of Opioids on Injured Workers
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp In the Midwest the multitude of jobs in the automotive and...
New York, Pennsylvania Rank High for Opioids Among Injured Workers
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp The epidemic of opioid abuse and its impact on workers’...
Injured Workers Opioid Use on Rise in California, Washington
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp Washington and California are among states in the U.S. Western...
Accident Fund, Olivet College Offer Certified Authority on Workers’ Comp
May 20 2013 // Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has partnered with Olivet College, a mid-Michigan based college, to create the Certified Authority on Workers’ Compensation (CAWC) program. This program offers a unique...
Oklahoma Completes Workers’ Compensation Overhaul
May 20 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on May 6 signed a measure to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system, one that was backed by Republican lawmakers, the state’s top insurance regulator and insurance...
E&O Insights: Restaurant and Tavern Risks
May 20 2013 // Chances are just about every town in the United States has a restaurant, tavern or pizza parlor. Pursuing this type of risk, then, is common. Yet before taking that first step, do your homework to help you understand that...
Industry Results Show Positive Signs for Workers’ Comp Line, NCCI’s Chief Economist Says
May 20 2013 // For the workers’ compensation market, 2012 turned out to be a much better year than 2011, according to NCCI’s Chief Economist Harry Shuford. As the National Council on Compensation Insurance prepared for the...
Bill Limits California Workers’ Comp for Pro Athletes
May 20 2013 // Professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states would no longer be able to file workers’ compensation claims in California under a bill that has passed the state Assembly. Supporters...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Fund Plans to Return $1 Billion to Employers
May 20 2013 // Ohio’s governor and the state workers’ compensation fund want to return $1 billion in dividends to Ohio businesses, bolster workplace safety initiatives and modernize the way employers pay into the fund. A...
Tennessee Approves Workers’ Compensation Changes
May 20 2013 // Tennessee’s workers’ compensation system is going to undergo its most significant changes in decades including the creation of a new administrative court system to handle workers’ compensation...
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp
May 17 2013 // Prev Next Drug Overdose Death Rates Drug overdose death rates in the U.S. more than tripled since 1990. In 2008, more than 36,000 people died from drug overdoses, and most of the deaths were caused by prescription drugs....
