Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Appoints Regional Business Development Managers
Jan 15 2013 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer has appointed four regional business development managers to help employers benefit from BWC’s safety and claims management...
Obesity and Workers’ Comp Costs
Jan 14 2013 // Health care reform has been at the top of the political agenda through the past two presidential elections, and with it has come greater awareness of the need for wellness and prevention to counter growing medical problems...
Del. N.J., Conn. Approve Workers’ Comp Rate Hikes
Jan 14 2013 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced on Jan. 4 the approval of an amended filing submitted by the Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau Inc. (DCRB) which proposed an overall average increase of 14.6...
Montana Court: Hutterites Must Pay Workers’ Compensation
Jan 14 2013 // A divided Montana Supreme Court says forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers’ compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion. The 4-3 decision...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Jan 14 2013 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Ohio Expands List of Approved Medical Providers for Injured Workers
Jan 14 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has expanded the list of providers who can treat injured workers and strengthened certification requirements for those providers. Rules that took effect at the BWC on...
N.Y. Gov.: New Workers’ Comp Legislation Will Offer Relief to Businesses
Jan 11 2013 // New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week his administration plans to introduce new legislation to continue to improve the workers’ compensation system and provide relief to thousands of businesses. N.Y. Gov....
Plea Expected in Baton Rouge Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case
Jan 11 2013 // A former Prairieville, La., resident is accused of stealing more than $215,000 from workers’ compensation cases and a service firm that managed those cases for insurance companies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cam T. Le...
Harmful Contaminants at Sandy Cleanup Sites Still Within Permissible Limits
Jan 11 2013 // The levels of harmful contaminants at Superstorm Sandy cleanup sites in New York and New Jersey have so far not exceeded federal workplace exposure limits, officials said Wednesday, Jan. 9. The Occupational Safety and...
Florida Doctors Dispute Workers’ Compensation Drug Cost Claim
Jan 10 2013 // Florida doctors are disputing a state report saying drugs dispensed by physicians directly to patients are raising workers’ compensation rates. The Florida Medical Association said in a statement issued that doctors...
Oklahoma State Senators Look to Arkansas for Workers’ Comp Answers
Jan 10 2013 // Oklahoma Senators Anthony Sykes and Josh Brecheen are looking to Arkansas for ideas for reforming their states’ workers’ compensation system. Workers’ compensation reform is among the top priorities in...
Virginia Approves Changes to Workers’ Comp Premium Levels
Jan 9 2013 // Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced on Jan. 8 that the commission has approved revisions to the premium levels charged for the state’s workers’ compensation insurance. The National...
Ohio Expands List of Approved Medical Providers for Injured Workers
Jan 7 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced it has expanded the list of providers who can treat injured workers and strengthened certification requirements for those providers Rules that took effect at...
Delaware OKs 14.6% Hike in Workers’ Comp Voluntary Market Loss Costs
Jan 4 2013 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart today announced action taken with respect to workers’ compensation insurance rates and loss costs effective Dec. 1, 2012. Commissioner Stewart approved an amended...
DIR Gets Ball Rolling on California Workers’ Comp Reform
Jan 4 2013 // The Department of Industrial Relations on Friday announced its new regulations implementing provisions of California’s workers’ compensation reform law. The law, Senate Bill 863, will take effect in several...
Midwestern Taps Laughlin for California Workers’ Comp Expansion
Jan 4 2013 // Midwestern Insurance Alliance LLC named Keith Laughlin vice president of underwriting for its California workers’ compensation division. Laughlin will be part of MWIA’s expansion into the California...
Oklahoma Business Group Urges ‘Administrative Approach’ to Workers’ Comp
Jan 4 2013 // The Oklahoma State Chamber says shifting the state’s court-based workers’ compensation system to an administrative model will be one of its top priorities for the upcoming legislative session. The powerful...
Maine Adopts Uniform Standard for ‘Independent Contractor’ Classification
Jan 3 2013 // Maine has adopted a new, uniform standard for who can be classified as an “independent contractor” for worker’s compensation and other employment-related cases. The change went into effect on Dec. 31,...
Bangs, Stiltner Promoted by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.
Jan 3 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted William B. Bangs IV to senior vice president of Policyholder Services and Agency Relations, and Michael Stiltner to vice president and general...
Montana Court: Hutterites Must Pay Workers’ Compensation
Jan 2 2013 // A divided Montana Supreme Court says forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers’ compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion. Monday’s 4-3...
