Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp TV Show Begins Filming
Jun 6 2011 // Hollywood thinks workers’ compensation can be funny. Workers’ Comp, a half-hour TV comedy about crazy employees handling absurd and often-fraudulent insurance claims from injured workers, began filming pilot...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Bureau Declines Again to Make Mid-Year Filing
Jun 6 2011 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Governing Committee has decided, again, not to make a mid-year rate filing for a pure premium rate increase – even though its data shows...
Colo. Court: Insurer Can’t Be Sued By Another Insurer for Failing to Cancel Policy
Jun 6 2011 // A Colorado Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurer cannot file suit against another insurer for its failure to cancel a policy. According to First Comp Insurance v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of...
Senate-Approved Workers’ Comp Overhaul Rejected by Illinois House
Jun 6 2011 // A major overhaul of the state’s costly workers’ compensation system failed in the Illinois House on May 29, raising the possibility that lawmakers would push to entirely abolish a system that handles tens of...
Florida Firm Inspires Workers’ Comp TV Sitcom
Jun 6 2011 // Lights…Camera…Action” is not a phrase often used within the insurance industry. That’s about to change thanks to a new television show created to document the comedic aspect of adjusting...
Workers’ Comp TV Show Begins Filming
Jun 6 2011 // Hollywood thinks workers’ compensation can be funny. Workers’ Comp, a half-hour TV comedy about crazy employees handling absurd and often-fraudulent insurance claims from injured workers, began filming pilot...
Nevada OSHA Encourages Employers to Ban Texting While Driving
Jun 3 2011 // The Nevada Occupational Health & Safety Section (OSHA) of the Division of Industrial Relations is hoping to stop one of the most dangerous forms of distracted driving. That’s why it is encouraging employers to...
Insurer Group Says More Workers’ Comp Reform Needed in Illinois
Jun 3 2011 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn plans to sign a major overhaul of Illinois workers’ compensation system that he said will mean “significant saving” for the state, but at least one insurance carrier trade group...
Pinnacol Audit Finds No Impropriety
Jun 2 2011 // An audit committee has found no evidence of impropriety in Pinnacol Assurance’s incentive, expense and pay policies, but nevertheless recommended the Colorado-based workers’ compensation insurer “maintain...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau President Retires
Jun 2 2011 // After more than 42 years of service to the California workers’ compensation community, Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau President and CEO Robert Mike announced that he will retire effective Dec. 1,...
As More Workers Go Mobile, Workers’ Compensation Exposure Grows
Jun 1 2011 // Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while using the device when off-site or off the...
Wash. Seeks Comment on Workers’ Comp Policy on For-Hire Drivers
Jun 1 2011 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries is seeking comment on proposed rules to implement legislation requiring workers’ compensation coverage for certain for-hire vehicle operators such as taxi and...
Reversing Itself, Illinois House Passes Workers’ Comp Legislation
Jun 1 2011 // In a reversal, the Illinois House of Representatives has passed a measure that aims to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system just days after it rejected a previous version of the legislation. The...
North Carolina House Passes Workers’ Compensation Changes
Jun 1 2011 // The North Carolina House of Representatives has approved changes to rules governing workers’ compensation claims. The House chamber voted Tuesday in support of a consensus bill whose chief sponsor said came together...
Senate-Approved Workers’ Comp Overhaul Rejected by Illinois House
May 31 2011 // A major overhaul of the state’s costly workers compensation system failed in the Illinois House on May 29, raising the possibility that lawmakers would push to entirely abolish a system that handles tens of thousands...
Workers’ Comp Reform Approved in Illinois Senate
May 31 2011 // A plan to overhaul workers’ compensation to cut business costs and curb corruption emerged May 28 and was approved by the Illinois Senate. The measure, which came after six months of negotiations and now heads to the...
Colo. Governor Approves Workers’ Comp Reforms
May 27 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, and sponsored in the Senate by Lois Tochtrop, D:...
Colo. Court Awards $18M to Worker Injured by Telephone Pole Collapse
May 27 2011 // The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld an award of $18 million in exemplary damages to an Xcel Energy lineman who was injured when a Qwest Communications International Inc. telephone pole that he was working on...
Illinois Agency Fighting Release of Workers’ Comp Settlement Details
May 26 2011 // The Illinois agency that processes workers’ compensation claims is challenging the state attorney general’s order that it release details tied to millions of dollars in settlements. The Central Management...
Third Coast Underwriters Expands in Gulf Region
May 24 2011 // Third Coast Underwriters, which provides workers’ compensation insurance for underserved markets that have complex risks, is expanding facilities in Louisiana and Texas, and adding the availability of workers’...
