Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Passing of Torch at CWCI
Mar 11 2013 // Workers’ compensation wonk Alex Swedlow will become the fourth president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute following the announced retirement of J. Michael Nolan as president of the...
Oregon Report: Workers’ Comp Increases Coming
Mar 11 2013 // More data is power, but then again knowledge goes only so far – especially in workers’ compensation. A report out in late February shows continued workers’ comp rate decreases on average countrywide through...
California Bill Battles Workers’ Comp Claims from Athletes
Mar 11 2013 // A California legislator has introduced a bill that would address a “loophole” in which pro athletes, mostly National Football League players, are getting workers’ compensation benefits despite having...
North Carolina Auditor Hits Lax Workers’ Comp Enforcement
Mar 11 2013 // The North Carolina agency that rules on compensation for workplace injuries does a poor job of making sure companies carry insurance as they are required to do under law, according to the state’s government...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Bill Passes Senate, House Wants to Make It ‘Stronger’
Mar 11 2013 // House Speaker T.W. Shannon says a Senate bill to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system could undergo changes in the House. On Feb. 27, senators voted 34-12 for the Republican-backed bill, mostly...
Bill Changes Arizona Pro Athletes Workers Comp
Mar 8 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...
Ex-Southern California Firefighter Sentenced For Fake Workers’ Comp
Mar 8 2013 // Prosecutors say a Los Angeles city firefighter has been sentenced to probation for filing workers’ compensation claims at the same time he was competing in mixed martial arts fighting. The district attorney’s...
Connecticut Lawmakers Create Fund for Newtown Workers
Mar 8 2013 // Connecticut lawmakers created a special charitable fund on Wednesday to help cover the mental health costs of first responders, educators and other workers traumatized by the Newtown school massacre. Both chambers of the...
Eastern Insurance Holdings Opens Gulf South Regional Office
Mar 7 2013 // Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. has opened a Gulf South regional office in support of subsidiary Eastern Alliance Insurance Group (EAIG), a domestic casualty insurance group specializing in workers’ compensation...
Florida Judge: 104-Week Limit on Temporary Disability Benefits Unconstitutional
Mar 7 2013 // A Florida district court judge’s ruling that declared unconstitutional a 104-week limitation on injured workers’ temporary benefits has left insurers and employers scrambling to come up with a legislative...
OSHA Orders Norfolk Southern to Pay 3 Workers
Mar 5 2013 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Norfolk, Va.-based Norfolk Southern Corp. to pay more than $1 million to three workers who were fired after they reported on-the-job injuries. The order stems...
Passing of Torch at California Workers’ Compensation Institute
Mar 4 2013 // Workers’ compensation wonk Alex Swedlow will become the fourth president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute in 50 years following the announced retirement on Monday of J. Michael Nolan as...
Oklahoma Speaker Eyes Ways to Make Workers’ Comp Bill ‘Stronger’
Mar 4 2013 // House Speaker T.W. Shannon says a Senate bill to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system could undergo changes in the House. The Senate voted 34-12 for the Republican-backed bill on Feb. 27, mostly...
Simpson Named VP of Underwriting, Marketing for CompWest in California
Mar 4 2013 // CompWest Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Accident Fund Holdings Inc., named Gene J. Simpson vice president of underwriting and marketing. Simpson recently joined CompWest’s senior management team and is responsible...
Connecticut Bill Applies Worker’s Comp to Mental Trauma
Mar 2 2013 // Lawmakers pressed ahead Thursday, Feb. 28, with legislation requiring Connecticut’s worker’s compensation system to cover treatment costs for mental illnesses stemming from future workplace trauma, and planned...
California Bill Battles Workers’ Comp Claims from Athletes
Mar 1 2013 // A California legislator has introduced a bill that would address a “loophole” in which pro athletes, mostly National Football League players, are getting workers’ compensation benefits despite having...
BrickStreet Auditor, 4 Others Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 1 2013 // A U.S. attorney has charged five men including an insurance company auditor with engaging in a fraudulent scheme that included bribery and the under-reporting of payroll by certain employers and cost West Virginia’s...
GOP-Backed Workers’ Comp Plan Clears Oklahoma Senate
Mar 1 2013 // A Republican-backed plan to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system has been approved by the state Senate, despite concerns that the cost savings in the bill come at the expense of those injured on the...
Bipartisan Optimism As Sweet As Maple Syrup at Workers’ Comp Conference
Feb 28 2013 // The political stalemate in Washington regarding the deficit and sequestration is not as dire or depressing as most people and pundits proclaim, and is in fact a positive sign that the country is grappling with important...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Policyholder Dividend Largest-Ever
Feb 27 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has declared a 2012 dividend of $48.7 million, the company’s largest dividend ever. It will be paid to qualifying policyholders in March and April, bringing...
