Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
R.I. Officials Ask Court Not to Delay WC Fine Against Former Nightclub Owners
May 17 2013 // Rhode Island labor officials have asked the state Supreme Court not to review the $1 million fine levied against the former owners of the Station nightclub. Michael and Jeffrey Derderian are appealing the fine, levied for...
Missouri Senate Backs Bill to Bolster Second Injury Fund
May 17 2013 // More than a thousand disabled workers could finally begin receiving payments for their job-related injuries if the Missouri House gives final approval to legislation intended to replenish an insolvent state fund. SB 1,...
Missouri Bill Would Create Workers’ Comp Database
May 17 2013 // The Missouri Legislature has voted to create an online database allowing businesses to check whether job applicants have a history of filing workers’ compensation claims. The House gave the bill final approval on a...
Workers’ Comp Sees Encouraging Signs in 2012 Results: NCCI
May 16 2013 // The workers’ compensation market is seeing encouraging signs. Premiums grew for the second consecutive year, the combined ratio declined and claim frequency continued to improve at a pace slightly greater than its...
Delaware Workers’ Comp Task Force Issues Report, Recommendations
May 15 2013 // Delaware’s state task force charged with examining Delaware’s workers compensation insurance rates published a report and 18 recommendations to address double-digit rate increases in recent years. The task...
Workers’ Comp Refund Plan Would Return $113M to Ohio Schools, Cities
May 15 2013 // Local governments and schools in Ohio could see almost $113 million in rebates from the state insurance fund for injured workers under a proposal from the governor. Gov. John Kasich’s office released a breakdown of...
Michigan Pair Charged with Embezzling $2.6M from Work Comp Firm
May 14 2013 // Michigan’s attorney general has charged the former CEO and a bookkeeper with embezzling millions from a workers’ compensation insurance-related organization. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced...
Oklahoma’s Midlands MGA Joins Trusted Choice
May 14 2013 // Oklahoma-based managing general agent, Midlands, is the newest member of the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Tennessee Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Bill
May 9 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...
Oklahoma Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Overhaul
May 8 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...
