Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Employers Now Can Report Workers’ Comp Status Online
Nov 24 2010 // State law requires Texas employers who do not carry workers’ compensation insurance coverage to report their non-coverage status and work-related injuries and illnesses to the Texas Department of Insurance, Division...
Black Friday, Cyber Monday: Holiday Shopping Rush Brings Risks
Nov 23 2010 // Americans’ spending hits a fever pitch during the holidays and two days in particular – “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” – leave retailers and consumers vulnerable to different...
Florida Retail Workers’ Comp Fund Becomes Stock Company, RetailFirst
Nov 23 2010 // The Florida Retail Federation Self Insurers Fund reported that a majority of its members has voted in favor of converting to RetailFirst Insurance Co., a stock insurance company within a mutual holding company system. The...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Administrator Ryan Resigns
Nov 22 2010 // Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator Marsha Ryan has resigned, effective Jan. 9, 2011. Ryan was appointed by Governor Ted Strickland and has served as BWC’s administrator since May 2007....
California Self-Insured Group Defaults
Nov 19 2010 // The Contractors Access Program of California (CAP), a self insured group, has been declared in default due to insufficient funding required for continued operation, California’s Department of Industrial Relations...
Calif. Commissioner Rejects Increase in Workers’ Comp Cost Benchmark
Nov 19 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has rejected – for the third consecutive time – a workers’ comp rate filing submitted on behalf of insurers by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Hiscox/Employers Partner to Provide Workers’ Comp to Small Businesses
Nov 18 2010 // Hiscox USA and Reno, Nev.-based Employers have joined forces to provide small businesses workers’ compensation insurance through Hiscox Small Business Insurance. The offering is direct-to-small business, online...
Employer Leave of Absence, Return-to-Work Process a Potential Minefield
Nov 17 2010 // Managing multiple leaves of absence and the return-to-work process may require navigating a maze of complementary and conflicting requirements. Yet it’s important to manage these decisions properly, as appropriate...
Amerisafe to Acquire Book of Business from Cooperative Mutual
Nov 17 2010 // DeRidder, La.-based Amerisafe Inc., a specialty writer of hazardous workers’ compensation insurance, announced it plans to acquire the workers’ compensation business of Cooperative Mutual Insurance...
Rhode Island Launches Online Worker’s Comp Verification
Nov 16 2010 // Rhode Island is the latest New England state to launch an online system that lets businesses and consumers verify whether an organization has workers’ compensation insurance coverage. The verification site is a...
Venture Insurance Launches Hotel and Casino Programs
Nov 16 2010 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national program administrator has launched Concierge, a hotel insurance program, and SafeBet, a casino insurance program, both offering all lines of coverage. Conciergeprovides all lines of...
Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bureau Manager Quit Amid Ethical Questions
Nov 15 2010 // A manager at Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers has resigned amid ethical questions about whether his private side business benefited from connections he made while on the state payroll. Documents provided to...
Feds Rap 2 Firms for Scaffold Collapse at New York College
Nov 14 2010 // Federal workplace safety officials say they’ve cited two contractors for the scaffolding collapse that injured six workers at a construction site last June at Binghamton University in New York. The Occupational...
Massachusetts Revises Workers’ Comp Paperwork Snafu
Nov 14 2010 // Bowing to pressure from insurers and agent groups, Massachusetts safety regulators have eased new workers’ comp paperwork requirements for some out-of-state contractors. At issue is a form used by inspectors to...
It Figures
Nov 14 2010 // $7 Million The amount North Carolina employers’ stand to save on workers’ compensation over what the industry requested under a settlement reached with the state. The settlement orders a 0.6 percent increase...
Washington Voters Reject Privatization of Workers’ Compensation System
Nov 14 2010 // Voters in the state of Washington have rejected a measure to inject private insurer competition into the state’s workers’ compensation system. The insurance industry hoped to open up the state’s...
Some Question North, South Carolina Injured Worker Data
Nov 14 2010 // A new federal job safety study finds North and South Carolina among the country’s safest states in which to work. But some experts doubt whether the rates accurately reflect which states are safer. North...
America First Insurance Honored for Work Comp Performance in Arkansas
Nov 12 2010 // America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation regional company, announced it was recently recognized by the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) for its superior claims handling and injury...
Texas Work Comp October Enforcement Actions Include Hefty Fines
Nov 12 2010 // Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) in October include fines of up to $153,000, the department announced. Commissioner of Workers’...
Pinnacol CEO Recognized by City Business Journal
Nov 12 2010 // Ken Ross, president and CEO of Denver-based Pinnacol Assurance, has been selected as the 2010 Denver Business Journal Power Book recipient in the Health Care Category. The Power Book recognizes top business leaders in 13...
