Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Insurance Commissioner Seeks Disability Changes
Jan 21 2009 // For the second time in two months, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is being accused by his predecessor, Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, of proposing regulation changes that will weaken consumer protections. The latest...
Schwarzenegger Makes Three Workers’ Comp Insurance Appointments
Jan 21 2009 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced three workers’ compensation insurance-related appointments: Greg Aghazarian, Daniel Curtin and Steven Rank. Aghazarian, 44, of Stockton, has been appointed to the...
North Dakota Weighs Letting Firms Self-Insure for Workers’ Compensation
Jan 20 2009 // A North Dakota state agency is the only entity that can legally sell workers compensation insurance to businesses in the state. But Minot state Rep. Dan Ruby says it’s about time the Workforce Safety and Insurance...
Michigan Advances Ergonomics Rule Over Business Opposition
Jan 16 2009 // Michigan regulators have taken preliminary votes to advance mandatory workplace ergonomics standards for businesses in the state over the objections of the business community. The votes by the General Industry Safety...
Bell Appointed Chairman of Arkansas Workers’ Comp Commission
Jan 16 2009 // Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed A. Watson Bell of Searcy to chair the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. Bell replaces Olan W. Reeves, who was appointed to the commission by former Gov. Mike Huckabee in...
Workers’ Comp Claim on Wrong Eye Leads to Fraud Charges in New York
Jan 16 2009 // A New York man who hurt his eye on the job faces insurance fraud charges after authorities say he falsely filed for workers compensation benefits — on the wrong eye. Authorities say Clyde Stroman, 53, of Elmira,...
American Pinnacle Partners Launches Western Pinnacle Insurance Services
Jan 14 2009 // Seal Beach, CA and Fresno, CA, January 14, 2009 — American Pinnacle Partners, Inc. (“APP”), a holding company of specialty insurance companies, announced today that APP through a two-step transaction has...
Colorado Casualty Introduces Workers’ Compensation to Product Line
Jan 13 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced that it is adding workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line. Workers’...
Brickstreet Writes First Workers Comp Policy Outside West Virginia
Jan 12 2009 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance has written its first out-of-state policy. The policy, which went into effect Jan. 1, covers the employees of a West Virginia-based pipeline company working in the Commonwealth of...
Labor, Trial Lawyers Criticize Kansas Workers’ Compensation System
Jan 12 2009 // Every day thousands of Kansans, such as Delbert Young of Wichita, go to work and perform tasks that require physical labor. For Young, it was riding a bicycle from building to building at the vast Boeing Co. facility to...
It Figures
Jan 11 2009 // $7.5 Million Amount sought by a Pennsylvania woman in a lawsuit filed against shoemaker Crocs Inc. Kerry Burdick said her 6-year-old son injured his toe on an escalator while wearing a foam clog made by Crocs — a danger...
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director Convicted
Jan 11 2009 // In late December, North Dakota’s former workers’ compensation director was convicted on the more serious of two felony charges that he misspent public funds. It carries a possible 10-year prison term. Sandy...
S.C. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Data
Jan 11 2009 // A federal judge has ordered lawyers seeking to prevent the release of information to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on workers compensation awards and attorney fees to explain their stance. The State of Columbia...
Lifelines in the Storm: Pro-Policyholder Developments in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // In light of the enormous losses and cascading failures triggered by the financial crisis, companies across the United States will be looking to their insurance policies for loss mitigation. However, recent developments in...
People
Jan 11 2009 // National managing general agent Burns & Wilcox has promoted Anthony Cugini to manager of the company’s Houston office. He is responsible for increasing sales across all product lines, including professional...
Lifelines in the Storm: Pro-Policyholder Developments in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // In light of the enormous losses and failures triggered by the financial crisis, companies across the full spectrum of U.S. industry will be looking to their insurance policies for loss mitigation. Fortunately, developments...
California Workers’ Compensation Premiums Down in 2008
Jan 11 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through Sept. 30, 2008. WCIRB said: “California written premium (gross of...
Washington Workers’ Comp Insurance Premiums Increasing 3%
Jan 11 2009 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said premiums for workers’ compensation insurance will go up, on average, 3 percent in 2009. Individual employers could see their rates go up or down,...
Take Control of Your Workers’ Comp Costs
Jan 11 2009 // What’s happened to workers’ compensation reform in California? The 2003 legislation enacted strict medical guidelines, followed the next year with a compensation schedule for medical provider networks and it...
California Workers’ Compensation Insurers File for Rate Increases
Jan 11 2009 // The California Department of Insurance has approved rate increases for several workers’ compensation insurers. California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner had recommended a 5 percent increase in his rate...
