Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Alleges $2.7 Million Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jun 14 2011 // Florida regulators have announced the arrest of a North Carolina man who allegedly collected more than $2.7 million in workers’ compensation premiums from a company by providing a fake policy. Florida Chief Financial...
Report: More Illinois Prison Workers’ Comp Cases Pile Up
Jun 14 2011 // New workers’ compensation claims have continued to pile up this year at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois despite ongoing probes by federal authorities, a newspaper reported on June 12. According to the...
Commercial Insurance Prices Still Flat But Workers’ Comp Moving Up
Jun 13 2011 // Commercial insurance prices were relatively flat for the ninth consecutive quarter, and new data confirm the deterioration of loss ratios in accident-year 2010. Price reductions continued for commercial property and...
North Carolina Lawmakers Agree on Workers’ Compensation Benefit Change
Jun 13 2011 // Consensus legislation to change limits on benefits for workers injured on the job in North Carolina has swept through the General Assembly and is moving to Gov. Beverly Perdue for her signature. The Senate agreed...
St. Paul Fire & Marine Sues Denver Broncos
Jun 10 2011 // St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Broncos and nine of its former players, saying its policies only covered claims in New Mexico for a “class of employee that did not include...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Total Temporary Disability Rates to Increase
Jun 8 2011 // New U.S. Department of Labor data shows California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose more than 2.4% from $979.90 to $1003.55 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2011, which the California Workers’...
Report: Locking Prison Cells Didn’t Injure Guards in Illinois
Jun 8 2011 // A newspaper’s ongoing investigation has found an expert report, commissioned by the state of Illinois, showed that locking and unlocking prison cells didn’t cause repetitive trauma injuries in guards. The...
Ohio: More than 2,000 Agents, Agencies Face $21.7 Million in Tax Liens
Jun 8 2011 // The Ohio Department of Insurance Fraud, Enforcement and License Division, with help from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office, has identified nearly 2,230 agents and agencies that owe the state of Ohio $21.7...
RMIS Picks Tobin To Lead Workers’ Comp Division
Jun 7 2011 // Fullerton, Calif.-based RMIS has added a new worker’s compensation insurance market through Tower Select, and has added Monica Tobin to its staff as the head worker’s comp underwriter. Tobin’s previous 17...
Missouri Fund for Injured Workers Stops Paying Claims
Jun 7 2011 // Fifty-five people permanently disabled from workplace injuries are owed money from a Missouri fund but are not getting paid because of the fund’s financial troubles. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the...
Revival of Illinois Workers’ Comp Bill a Tale of Persuasion
Jun 7 2011 // Everyone on the Illinois House floor was watching the vote climb. 56…57… In the waning hours of the legislative session, lawmakers were considering a huge overhaul of the state’s unwieldy workers’...
Court Approves Majestic Insurance Rehabilitation Plan
Jun 6 2011 // A San Francisco Superior Court has approved California Insurance Commissioner’s rehabilitation plan for Majestic Insurance Co., a failed workers’ compensation insurance carrier. Under the plan, Majestic’s...
Calif. State Fund Seeks to Offer Workers’ Comp in Other States
Jun 6 2011 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund is pursuing legislation to allow it to offer coverage to California employers who have out of state employees. Currently, California-based businesses insured with State fund...
New Hampshire Association Repaying $17M
Jun 6 2011 // A nonprofit that manages New Hampshire’s public employees’ health insurance risk pool is repaying the health insurance pool $17 million diverted to support a workers’ compensation program. The Local...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Reform Measure Signed Into Law
Jun 6 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin in late May signed a bill overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system. The 200-page measure – Senate Bill 878 – had bi-partisan support and emerged just three days...
Montana Cuts Workers’ Comp Costs
Jun 6 2011 // Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica Lindeen has approved a 22.4 percent reduction in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs, which will translate to lower premiums for employers. The lower...
Montana State Fund Cuts Rates 20%
Jun 6 2011 // As predicted by Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica Lindeen, the board of Montana State Fund, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, has cut its rates by 20 percent. The move is...
West Virginia Seeks Workers’ Compensation Bids
Jun 6 2011 // West Virginia is soliciting bids from workers’ compensation insurers to provide coverage for its state employees. The insurance department posted the request for proposals on its website on May 23. The winning bidder...
Colo. Governor Approves Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jun 6 2011 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation approving state workers’ compensation reforms. Senate Bill 11-199, sponsored in the House by James Riesberg, D, as well as sponsored in the Senate by Lois...
Finally, Wash. Legislators Agree on Workers’ Comp Reform
Jun 6 2011 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, House Speaker Frank Chopp, Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt and House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt announced the Legislature finally has come to an...
