Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif.’s 9th Circuit Hands Former NFL Player Worker’s Comp Loss
Aug 7 2012 // Retired National Football League offensive lineman Bruce Matthews’ attempt to collect workers’ compensation benefits in California was slapped down by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, which ruled he failed to...
ACE Accident & Health Introduces Accident Policy for Motor Carriers
Aug 7 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has launched a new occupational accident policy with optional contingent liability coverage. Designed for motor carriers, the policy provides occupational...
Amerisure Turns 100
Aug 6 2012 // Tightened Focus, Leaner Agency Force Leads Insurer into its Next Century Evaluate, evolve, sharpen focus, create value. That’s how a group of executives at one Midwest-based property/casualty insurance company...
New York to Lower Workers’ Comp Rates by 1.2%
Aug 6 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on July 17 that New York State employers will see a reduction in workers’ comp premium rates. The governor said rates to policyholders will see a decrease of 1.2 percent in the...
Report: Calif. Head and Spine Injuries Cost $500M in 10 years
Aug 6 2012 // Head and spinal injuries cost California’s workers’ compensation insurers more than $500 million over 10 years, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute’s “Injury Score...
NCCI Proposes 9.1% Cut in West Virginia Workers’ Comp Rates
Aug 3 2012 // West Virginia employers can look forward to another reduction in their workers’ compensation rates after state officials welcomed a National Council on Compensation proposed statewide average 9.1 percent decrease in...
NFIB, EMPLOYERS Expand Workers Comp Program to New Jersey
Aug 2 2012 // The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has extended discounted workers’ compensation coverage benefits to its members in New Jersey through EMPLOYERS. Based on the latest expansion, EMPLOYERS offers...
Va. Court: Waiter’s Choking on Quesadilla Didn’t Arise Out of Employment
Aug 1 2012 // A Virginia court recently ruled that a waiter who was injured while attempting to swallow “a piece of quesadilla that was too big for his esophagus” can not collect worker’s comp benefits. Court of...
Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Check Fraud Efforts Produce Results
Aug 1 2012 // Just months after Florida lawmakers enacted a new law designed to target the role of check cashing companies in the construction industry, state officials announced a string of arrests netting more than $140 million in...
OSHA Urges W.Va. Outdoor Workers to Stay Safe, Prevent Heat Illness
Aug 1 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking employers to make sure their workers are taking necessary precautions to prevent heat illness while working in hot...
Private Claims Firm Saves Louisiana’s Risk Management Agency $1.4M
Jul 30 2012 // A private company based in Mandeville contracted to run much of the claims processing and management handled by Louisiana’s Office of Risk Management has been producing results ahead of schedule, legislative auditors...
Fines, Penalties, Back Wages Add Up for Louisiana Seafood Company
Jul 30 2012 // A Louisiana seafood company is facing nearly $250,000 in fines, penalties and back wages for exposing workers to hazards and underpaying employees. The U.S. Department of Labor issued findings from investigations of...
Ohio Injured Workers Fund Battling Painkillers
Jul 30 2012 // Nearly a third of the prescriptions the state’s insurance fund for injured workers paid for last year were for powerful narcotics, part of a 37 percent increase in the use of such drugs — mainly addictive...
Liberty Mutual: Much More Rate Hikes Needed to Correct Underpricing
Jul 26 2012 // The upward pricing trends are continuing in the U.S commercial lines, but much more rate increases are still needed to correct the chronic underpricing in the industry, Liberty Mutual CEO David Long remarked. “In...
Report: Calif. Head and Spine Injuries Cost $500M in 10 years
Jul 25 2012 // Head and spinal injuries cost California’s workers’ compensation insurers more than $500 million over 10 years, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute’s “Injury Score...
Pennsylvania Firm Fined $117K for Safety Violations at Houston Plant
Jul 23 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited King of Prussia, Pa.-based Arkema Inc. with 12 serious, one repeat and one other-than-serious violations for exposing workers to...
First Quarter Premium Up 4% for P/C Companies
Jul 23 2012 // Homeowners, Private Passenger Auto and Workers’ Compensation Lines Impact Premium Growth Through the first quarter 2012, total direct premium written (DPW) for all property/casualty insurers is up 4 percent compared...
Carolina Sheriff’s Shooting Stress Not Covered by Comp
Jul 23 2012 // A deputy sheriff is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his mental distress that followed his shooting of a suspect in the course of his job, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court said...
N.J. Court Rules on Workers’ Comp Occupational Stress Claim
Jul 23 2012 // A New Jersey court struck down recently a claim by a former bank employee who sought workers’ comp disability benefits for what the claimant described as a psychological illness caused by occupational stress. The...
N.C. Workers’ Comp Data Dispute Resolved
Jul 23 2012 // North Carolina officials have found a way to resolve media groups’ concern over public access to some employers’ workers’ compensation information while maintaining the confidentiality of other...
