Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Division of Workers’ Comp Names Appointees to Ethics Advisory Committee
Dec 8 2010 // California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) acting Administrative Director Carrie Nevans has appointed the Hon. Alice Vilardi as chair of the workers’ compensation ethics advisory committee, and...
E-Comp Offers Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Comp Program
Dec 7 2010 // Pleasanton, Calif.-based E-Comp has released a wholesale broker program called E-Comp that allows brokers to compete in the pay-as-you-go marketplace with a workers’ compensation insurance program. Workers’...
Texas High Court Reverses Denial of Work Comp for at Home Worker
Dec 7 2010 // An insurance company improperly denied workers’ compensation coverage for a woman injured while traveling in a company car from one workplace to another, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled. Liana Leordeanu, a...
Texas Supreme Court Declines to Review Workers’ Comp Stop-Loss Case
Dec 6 2010 // The Texas Supreme Court has put an end to a case involving the amount some hospitals marked up workers’ compensation-related bills under rules in effect until 2008, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced. In June 2010,...
New York Eases Some Workers’ Compensation Policy Rules
Dec 5 2010 // New York has eased some workers’ compensation insurance requirements for out-of-state businesses that do only occasional, non-construction work in the Empire State. The rule change comes after years of lobbying by...
Audit: South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Board Delayed Deposits
Dec 5 2010 // The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission broke state law by not depositing fines because it worried legislators would use the money for something else, according to a state audit. The commission collected...
California Self-Insured Group Declared in Default
Dec 5 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
Dec 5 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...
Illinois Workers’ Comp Commissioners Assigned to Panels
Dec 3 2010 // The chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced commissioner panel assignments that become effective Jan. 1, 2011. Chairman Mitch Weisz realigned two panels: Panel A will consist of...
Retailers Casualty Insurance to Offer Workers’ Compensation in Texas
Dec 2 2010 // Baton Rouge, La.-based workers’ compensation insurer Retailers Casualty Insurance Co. announced it will begin offering workers’ compensation coverage in Texas. Retailers Casualty, which is managed by Summit...
New York Eases Some Workers’ Compensation Policy Rules
Nov 30 2010 // New York has eased some workers’ compensation insurance requirements for out-of-state businesses that do only occasional, non-construction work in the Empire State. The rule change comes after years of lobbying by...
Calif. Regulators Announce 2011 Workers’ Comp Assessment Rates
Nov 30 2010 // The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has calculated the 2011 assessments that state law requires workers’ compensation insurers collect from policyholders to cover the budget of the state Division...
Audit: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Board Delayed Money Deposits
Nov 29 2010 // The state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission broke state law by not depositing fines as it worried legislators would use the money for something else, according to a state audit. The commission collected but...
Gov.-Elect Kasich Names Sen. Buehrer to Head Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau
Nov 24 2010 // Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich named Senator Steve Buehrer as administrator of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Buehrer, a Republican from Delta, becomes the fourth agency director of the Kasich...
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...
