Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer Urges Sale of Oklahoma’s CompSource
Oct 9 2009 // The state of Oklahoma could raise between $150 million and $200 million if it sold the agency that writes worker’s compensation insurance to the highest private bidder, officials of a Chandler-based insurance company...
California Commissioner Questions Workers’ Comp Increase
Oct 7 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is indicating that he may not support the state Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s (WCIRB) request to increase the Workers Compensation Cost Claims...
New York Deputy Sheriff Accused of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 7 2009 // A deputy sheriff has been accused of claiming an on-the-job injury when she actually was hurt by being thrown off her horse. The Putnam County deputy, Barbara Dunn, was indicted Monday on charges including grand larceny,...
Iowa OKs 2.3% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Oct 7 2009 // Iowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss has approved a request for a 2.3 percent overall rate increase for workers’ compensation insurance in that state. The filing was submitted by the National Council on...
California Workers’ Comp Group Expands to Country Clubs
Oct 6 2009 // Spurred by new member growth in September, the California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corporation (CRMBC) has eclipsed the $1.3 billion covered payroll mark. California’s largest self-insured group (SIG) says it now...
Massachusetts Launches Verification Site for Workers’ Comp
Oct 5 2009 // Public Can Now Check Coverage Online In a move designed to combat instances where employers lack coverage, Massachusetts has introduced a new Web site that allows anyone to see if a business has workers’ compensation...
People
Oct 5 2009 // David Daniel was named chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”). He will lead the organization as chairman for the 2009-2010 term. Daniel is president of Daniel &...
Colorado Considers Laws for Pinnacol
Oct 5 2009 // Colorado lawmakers have filed bills to require better oversight for the state’s workers’ compensation insurer, saying they can’t ignore problems uncovered during weeks of hearings this summer. The...
Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Comp Hits Second Generation
Oct 5 2009 // Once Available Only to Clients of PEOs, There Are Now Pay-As-You-Go Options for Agents to Offer Their Clients National payroll companies have made sure this workers’ compensation payment program [pay-as-you-go] is...
California Firm Seeks Dismissal of $70 Million in Workers’ Comp Charges
Oct 5 2009 // As part an agreement to resolve criminal charges, Premier Medical Management Systems Inc. of Los Angeles is asking a California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board judge to dismiss an estimated $70 million of medical...
Florida Hearing on 6.8% Workers Compensation Rate Drop Set for Oct. 6
Oct 2 2009 // There will be a public hearing in Tallahassee on Oct. 6 for the insurance industry’s proposed 6.8 percent workers’ compensation rate decrease for Florida employers. The National Council on Compensation...
Investigated California Medical Firm Forgoes $70M Workers Comp Claims
Oct 1 2009 // A Southern California medical management company accused of fraudulent workers’ compensation-related billing has dismissed $70 million worth of filed claims, the largest workers’ compensation mass dismissal of...
California Workers’ Comp CEO Frank Praised at Departure
Oct 1 2009 // The news that Janet D. Frank was leaving her position as CEO of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund occurred during a meeting of the board of directors of the California Workers’ Compensation...
Texas Publishes 3rd Annual Workers’ Comp Network Report Card
Oct 1 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group has published an annual report card on the performance of Workers’ Compensation Health Care Networks as required by...
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Insurer BrickStreet Free of Debt to State
Sep 30 2009 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance has remitted its final payment to West Virginia for funds it owes the state for aiding its transition from a state-run organization to a private carrier in 2006. Since the end of June when the...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Guaranty Fund Elects Directors
Sep 29 2009 // The Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association announces its newly elected / re-elected board of directors. Terms begin Oct. 1, 2009 and run through Sept. 30, 2013. Heading the FWCIGA board is Tom...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate for 4th Quarter
Sep 29 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the rate for any interest or discount provided for in state workers’ comp statutes at 3.88 percent for the period effective Oct. 1,...
New Mexico Farm Workers Sue for Coverage
Sep 28 2009 // New Mexico dairy worker Joe Griego says the worst part of being attacked by a bull at work has been finding out his injuries aren’t covered by state workers’ compensation benefits. So Griego and others are...
Ferachi Named Medical Director for Louisiana Office of Workers’ Comp
Sep 28 2009 // Dr. Larry Ferachi, a Baton Rouge board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who has served as team physician for the LSU football and basketball teams since 1995, has been named medical director for the Louisiana Workforce...
Kentucky Employers Mutual Lowers Workers’ Compensation Rates 6%
Sep 25 2009 // Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurance provider says it is lowering its rates for businesses around the state for the fourth consecutive year. The rate reduction by Kentucky Employers’ Mutual...
