Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. WC Assessments Remain Highest in Nation
Sep 24 2012 // A surcharge added to workers’ compensation costs for all New York State employers remain the nation’s highest, according to a new report. It is nearly five times the average of the same surcharge imposed in...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Reform Law at ‘Halftime’
Sep 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles to look at California’s workers’ compensation reform law in detail and what must be done to implement that law by Jan. 1, 2013. When Gov. Jerry...
Maine State Worker Guilty of Workers Comp Fraud
Sep 20 2012 // A state Transportation Department worker has been convicted of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of workers compensation benefits by doing strenuous activities at his home when he was supposedly too hurt to...
Gunshot Claim Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Settlement: Georgia Supreme Court
Sep 20 2012 // A worker who unintentionally shot a co-worker can be sued in civil court since his actions were outside the scope of his normal duties and despite the fact the employer treated the shooting like a workers’...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Reform Dominates Conference
Sep 19 2012 // Senate Bill 863, or the more popular usage “SB 863,” was the phrase at the beginning, end or middle of many-a-conversation during the California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference on...
Brown Signs Calif. Workers’ Comp Bill
Sep 18 2012 // California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill to increase disability benefits for injured workers while taking a bite out of the rising cost of workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Lawmakers approved the...
Mississippi Workers’ Comp Drug Testing, Benefits Changes Go Into Effect
Sep 17 2012 // Insurers and employers in Mississippi now have greater latitude to conduct alcohol and drug tests on employees following a workplace accident and reduce benefits for workers with pre-existing conditions. Those changes are...
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Assessments Remain Highest in Nation: Report
Sep 14 2012 // A surcharge added to workers’ compensation costs for all New York State employers remain the nation’s highest, according to a new report. It is nearly five times the average of the same surcharge imposed in...
7 Companies Cited for Exposing Workers to Asbestos in San Antonio
Sep 12 2012 // Federal safety regulators have cited seven construction companies for exposing workers to asbestos hazards at a San Antonio construction work site. Proposed penalties total $148,000. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
N.J. Workers’ Comp Division Proposes 2% Raise in Weekly Benefit Rates
Sep 12 2012 // New Jersey’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has recently proposed an amendment that would increase the 2013 maximum weekly benefit rates from $810 to $826. The rates would be applicable for temporary...
Guarantee Insurance Co. Now Writing Workers Comp. in Ore., S.D.
Sep 11 2012 // Patriot National Insurance Group, a provider of workers’ compensation coverage, has announced its subsidiary Guarantee Insurance Co. is now licensed to write workers’ compensation insurance in Oregon and South...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Costs Fall
Sep 10 2012 // Workers’ compensation loss costs in Kentucky are down for the seventh consecutive year. The loss cost figures show an average reduction of 7.9 percent for the 590 industrial classes used in Kentucky. These classes...
Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Insurers Grow Premium 29.8% Based on June 30, 2012 Results Versus June 30, 2011
Sep 10 2012 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2012 data, as reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, shows that industry workers’ compensation direct written premiums continued to...
Workers Comp by a (Big) Nose
Sep 10 2012 // With the last minute workers’ compensation reform bill for California racing to the end of legislative session then passing resoundingly, I felt it would be interesting to look back at what some people had to say in...
Florida Names 7 Workers’ Comp Judges
Sep 10 2012 // Florida Governor Rick Scott has reappointed seven judges on the state’s court that handles workers’ compensation claims. Judge W. James Condry II, 54, of Orlando, has been a judge of Compensation Claims for the...
Employers’ Workers’ Comp Costs, Workers’ Benefits Continue to Fall: Study
Sep 10 2012 // Workers’ compensation benefits declined to $57.5 billion in 2010, according to a report by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). The drop in workers’ compensation benefits was largely due to a 2.1...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Writers Seek Rate Hike Again
Sep 10 2012 // Florida workers’ compensation insurers are seeking a statewide average 6.1 percent rate hike. If approved, the filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) would mark the third consecutive...
Navy Cited By OSHA For Mishandling Toxic Materials
Sep 7 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the Navy has violated worker safety standards at an aircraft hangar in Southern California that exposed workers to toxic materials...
Missouri’s High Court Favors Insured in Question of Policy Ambiguity
Sep 6 2012 // Is a person hired to perform seasonal, part-time tasks for a company owner, based on a referral from an employee of the company, an employee or a temporary worker? It depends, according to Missouri’s high court...
WCIRB May Reduce Rate Increase to 11.6%
Sep 6 2012 // Committees for the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau looking at data based on the savings promised by a bill to reform the state’s workers comp system may be recommending an adjustment to WCIRB’s...
