Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri Tort Victims Receive Millions from Workers’ Comp Division
Jul 17 2009 // The Missouri Labor Department’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently announced it has issued more than $2.4 million from the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund to 62 tort victims who filed claims...
Beloten to Head New York Workers’ Comp Board
Jul 17 2009 // Robert E. Beloten has been named chairman of the New York Workers’ Compensation Board. He replaces Zachary Weiss, who announced his resignation last month. Beloten was named to the board in May after having been a...
Tennessee Medical Fee Schedule Cuts Workers’ Compensation Costs: Study
Jul 16 2009 // The implementation of a medical fee schedule in Tennessee after reforms passed in 2004 has helped save employers $1,300 per workers’ compensation case, according to a study by a research group. The study by he...
Continental Marine Insurance Offers Workers’ Comp Program
Jul 14 2009 // Continental Marine Insurance Services of Lodi, Calif., is now offering a worker’s compensation program designed for marine risks with USL&H and maritime employer’s liability available. Marine contractors,...
Missouri Court Blocks Firing of Workers’ Comp Judges
Jul 13 2009 // A Missouri judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the firing of three administrative law judges who decide workers’ compensation cases. Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration had said the dismissals were...
Lawmakers Told Montana’s Workers’ Comp Costs Too High
Jul 10 2009 // A new study given to lawmakers shows that Montana’s workers’ compensation costs are among the most expensive in the country. The National Council on Compensation Insurance report says that Montana ranked near...
ICW Group Now Offers Workers’ Compensation Insurance in Illinois
Jul 10 2009 // San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group Insurance Companies is now offering workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois. The ICW’s Illinois workers’ compensation office is led by Suzanne Lysak. Lysak has more...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Commission Summarizes New Law
Jul 9 2009 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has posted on its Web site a summary of changes to workers’ comp regulations as a result of the passage of Act 237 during the 2009 legislative session. According to...
Wyoming Raises Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Jul 8 2009 // Wyoming’s workers’ compensation law is changing — raising some benefits for the first time in 20 years. The changes include higher benefits for the survivors of workers killed on the job and a...
Louisiana Governor Vetoes Workers’ Comp Claim Filing Bill
Jul 8 2009 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would expand the time for filing a workers’ compensation claim from two to three years. Jindal issued the veto of the bill by Alexandria Rep. Chris Roy on July...
California Commissioner Rejects Workers’ Comp Bureau Rate Increase
Jul 8 2009 // Citing testimony that self-insured employers have been able to reduce overall workers’ compensation costs, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has rejected the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
West Virginia Touts Switch to Private Workers’ Compensation System
Jul 7 2009 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline says her state’s one-year old privatized workers’ compensation system is offering better claims administration, lower costs for employers and better treatment...
OSHA to Investigate Monorail Death at Florida’s Disney World
Jul 7 2009 // A federal agency has opened an investigation into the death of an operator of Walt Disney World’s monorail train in Florida. The investigation launched Monday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
South Carolina Insurance Chief Faults Legislative Audit of Department
Jul 6 2009 // A report by the auditing arm of the South Carolina Legislature has concluded that the state insurance department overall does a good job regulating insurance companies and their rates but it could do a better job of...
Head of New York Workers’ Compensation Board Stepping Down
Jul 6 2009 // No Replacement Named Zachary Weiss, chairman of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, will resign from his post later this month to become a federal administrative law judge. Weiss became chairman of the...
North Dakota Employers’ Workers’ Comp Bills Likely to Rise
Jul 6 2009 // Eight months after North Dakota voters gave Gov. John Hoeven the final word on state workers’ compensation rates, employers’ insurance bills are likely to rise due to the recent bleak market for...
Florida Workers’ Comp Lawyers Retained Business After 2003 Reforms
Jul 6 2009 // After Florida limited the fees insurers had to pay to attorneys in workers’ compensation cases in 2003, attorney involvement in cases fell only slightly, according to new research. In fact, a significant proportion...
Citizens, Work Comp Bills OK’d in Louisiana
Jul 6 2009 // The Louisiana Legislature adjourned June 25, approving two bills of importance to the insurance industry late in the session, but bypassing several tort reform measures that some insurance and business trade groups had...
People
Jul 6 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt named Dan Persha director of environmental risk management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy casualty,...
Consider the Crisis
Jul 6 2009 // Insurance is no doubt used in times of crisis — to recover from such events as a house fire, when a driver is in an accident, or a business suffers a loss, for example. But recently, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...
