Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Physicans Mull Workers’ Compensation-Like Plan for Medical Malpractice
Nov 20 2012 // Georgia physicians are debating whether to push for a state constitutional amendment to reinstate a $350,000 cap on medical malpractice non-economic damages or scrap the current tort driven system in favor of a scheme...
Maine Approves Decrease in WC Loss Costs; $3.5M in Savings Expected
Nov 19 2012 // Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa announced last week that the state’s Bureau of Insurance has received, reviewed and approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s 2013 loss cost filing...
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Board Seeks Changes to Medical Treatment Guidelines
Nov 19 2012 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has proposed new regulations to improve the medical treatment guidelines adopted in 2010. The proposed regulations, announced last week, aim to expedite the best medical...
Texas Mutual’s General Counsel Awarded for In-House Counsel Excellence
Nov 19 2012 // Mary Barrow Nichols, senior vice president and general counsel for Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has been awarded the 2012 Magna Stella Award for Major Litigation from the Texas General Counsel Forum. The Magna Stella Awards...
Texas Energy Services Company Fined $246K for Safety Violations
Nov 19 2012 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Vann Energy Services LLC in Nixon, Texas, with 13 safety and health violations including two willful and three repeat for exposing...
American Masonry in Chicago Cited for Exposing Workers to Lead Dust
Nov 19 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Waclaw Cilulko, doing business as American Masonry Inc., for seven alleged willful health violations of OSHA’s lead...
Iowa Commissioner Approves Workers’ Comp Rate Hikes
Nov 19 2012 // Iowa’s top insurance regulator has approved a rate filing that increases workers’ compensation premium rates in that state beginning Jan. 1, 2013. Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss OK’d a filing by the...
AIG Introduces OSHA Assist for Construction Clients
Nov 14 2012 // American International Group, Inc. has introduced OSHA Counsel Assist (OSHA Assist), an enhancement to general liability programs for construction clients that provides policyholders with legal support and additional...
Arrowhead Names Cruz to Workers’ Comp in Southern California
Nov 14 2012 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead Wholesale Insurance Services named Jose Cruz Jr. an account executive of Worker’s Compensation. Cruz, who will be headquartered in San Diego, will be responsible for brokering...
South Carolina Man Sentenced in Ohio for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 14 2012 // A South Carolina man has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $140,000 for holding several jobs and concealing earnings while receiving permanent disability benefits, BWC...
Study: Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Costs Among Highest in Nation
Nov 14 2012 // Despite reform attempts, Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation insurance rates continue to be among the most expensive in the country, according to a recent study. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business...
Indiana’s Ronk: Agents Enjoy a Healthy Insurance Environment in State
Nov 14 2012 // The current business environment for independent insurance agents in Indiana is pretty good thanks to the hard work and legislative involvement of agents and other industry professionals, according to one longtime agent...
Pricing Improved in 2011 But Workers’ Compensation Still Challenged: A.M. Best
Nov 13 2012 // The troubled workers’ compensation line of business got a break in 2011 as employment and payrolls stabilized and overall net premiums written increased by 10 percent, according to an A.M. Best report. However, A.M....
Texas Manufacturer Faces $64K Fine for Workplace Hazards
Nov 9 2012 // A Belton, Texas-based cabinet manufacturer has been cited by federal regulators for safety violations in the workplace and faces a fine of $64,800. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Iowa Commissioner Approves Workers’ Comp Rate Hikes
Nov 8 2012 // Iowa’s top insurance regulator has approved a rate filing that increases workers’ compensation premium rates in that state beginning Jan. 1, 2013. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss on Nov. 6 issued an...
NYS Workers’ Comp Board: E-Claims Reporting on Schedule for 2013
Nov 7 2012 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board announced this week the “eClaims,” the electronic reporting of workers’ injuries, is on schedule for a 2013 implementation. The Board said it released...
Morrison Appointed Chief Legal Officer at Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Nov 6 2012 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer has appointed Sarah Morrison as chief legal counsel. Morrison will be a member of BWC’s executive staff responsible for coordinating...
Risk Innovations to Acquire Work Comp Business of TAS Insurance Group
Nov 6 2012 // Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations LLC announced it will acquire the workers’ compensation book of business of TAS Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. The deal is scheduled to close effective...
Texas Sees Reduction in Average Cost of Work Comp Claim
Nov 6 2012 // The average cost of a workers’ compensation claim in Texas declined recently, following several years of growth, according to a new study, Monitoring the Impact of Reforms and Recession in Texas: CompScope 13th...
Georgia Govenor Names Gobeil to Workers’ Compensation Board
Nov 5 2012 // Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed the wife of a high-ranking state official to the Board of Workers’ Compensation. Deal released an executive order Friday naming Elizabeth Gobeil to replace former GOP state Rep....
