Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Panel Delays Vote on Workers’ Comp Reform
Mar 28 2013 // A scheduled Oklahoma House committee vote on a Republican-backed plan to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system has been delayed to allow legislators more time to review the bill. The 260-page...
OSHA Fines Nevada Energy $43K After Worker’s Death
Mar 28 2013 // Federal officials have fined NV Energy $43,000 after investigating a fall that killed a 29-year-old Nevada employee in September. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
How Obamacare Could Affect P/C Insurance
Mar 28 2013 // The key changes in federal health care reform remain months away but property/casualty actuaries are already trying to determine what impact they will have on their own lines of business, particularly workers’...
House Committee to Consider Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Bill
Mar 27 2013 // A Republican proposal to shift Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system from a court system to an administrative system is scheduled to be heard in a House committee. Senate Bill 1062 sponsored by Republican...
WCRI Says Medical Care Costs for Injured Workers Low in Michigan
Mar 27 2013 // The costs of medical care for injured workers in Michigan is the lowest of any state in a 16-state study conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). While medical payments in Michigan were lower than...
Latz Appointed Chairman of Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission
Mar 26 2013 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has named Michael Latz as chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC), effective March 25, 2013. Chairman Latz has served as a commissioner since October 2011. Before...
Oklahoma Independent Agents Express Support for Work Comp Bill
Mar 25 2013 // Leadership at a statewide association of independent agents in Oklahoma has issued statements publicly supporting workers’ compensation system reform legislation. Dan Ramsey, president and CEO of the Independent...
Florida Insurers, Employers Scrambling After Court Ruling on Workers’ Compensation Benefit
Mar 25 2013 // A Florida district court judge’s ruling that declared unconstitutional a 104-week limitation on injured workers’ temporary benefits left insurers and employers scrambling to come up with a legislative...
Bill Changes Arizona Pro Athletes Workers Comp
Mar 25 2013 // A House committee has approved a bill already passed by the Senate that would bar pro athletes in Arizona from filing for workers’ compensation in other states. Republican Sen. John McComish says professional teams...
2012 Insurance M&A Snapshot
Mar 25 2013 // Here is a snapshot of the property/casualty insurance industry merger and acquisition activity reported byInsurance Journal in 2012. Major carrier transactions included Nationwide’s acquisition of Harleysville, The...
Judge Awards Ohio Employers $860M for Workers’ Comp Overcharges
Mar 22 2013 // Ohio employers are collectively owed $860 million after being overcharged for nearly a decade by the state insurance fund for injured workers, a Cleveland judge has ruled. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Richard...
NYCIRB Examines N.Y.’s Proposed Workers’ Comp Reform Bills
Mar 22 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s workers’ compensation reform proposals are expected to bring overall net savings to employers, according to analysis from the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board...
Medical Care Costs for Injured Workers Rising in Indiana: Report
Mar 20 2013 // The costs of medical care for injured workers in Indiana have been growing rapidly at an annual rate of 8 percent, a faster growth rate than most states, according to a 16-state study by the Workers Compensation Research...
Tennessee Aims to Change How Workers’ Compensation Disputes Are Settled
Mar 20 2013 // Tennessee lawmakers have advanced a workers’ compensation reform bill that could change how injured workers’ claims disputes are handled. Governor Bill Haslam has been looking to reform the state’s...
Ohio Investigations Result in 9 Work Comp Fraud Convictions in February
Mar 18 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced nine individuals were convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system in February. The court...
New Rule Allows Injured Michigan Workers to be Paid Electronically
Mar 18 2013 // Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Steve Arwood announced that injured Michigan workers receiving workers’ compensation payments may now receive weekly payments...
Ohio Metal Stamping Plant Hit with 21 OSHA Citations
Mar 15 2013 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it has issued 21 health and safety citations against a northern Ohio metal stamping company that produces automotive parts after a complaint that a...
Oklahoma Senate Votes to Privatize CompSource Agency
Mar 14 2013 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation to privatize the state’s nonprofit workers’ compensation agency. The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 36-11. It heads to the House, where a similar bill is...
Insurance Weighs in on Working from Home
Mar 13 2013 // Working from home has become a hot topic following Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer’s announced plans in late February to bring telecommuters back into the office, and the issue is being taken up by some insurance firms,...
Ohio Physician Ordered to Repay $16K-Plus for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 12 2013 // A Dayton, Ohio, physician who was banned from treating injured workers in 2009 pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after he was caught using the information of another physician in order to receive...
