Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Senate Votes to Keep Workers’ Compensation Rating System
Dec 19 2008 // The Ohio Senate has signed off on preserving a workers’ compensation rate system that many businesses say is unfair and detrimental to the economy. The Senate voted 31-1 on Dec. 15 to preserve the current group...
Trial of North Dakota’s Former Workers’ Comp Director Wrapping Up
Dec 19 2008 // Attorneys are preparing their final arguments in the felony trial of former North Dakota workers’ compensation director Sandy Blunt. Prosecutors finished presenting their case with testimony from the top attorney at...
Risk Reducers Expands into California; Names Chupp as Producer
Dec 18 2008 // Risk Reducers, a division of Swett & Crawford which specializes in placement of workers’ compensation coverage, has expaned into the California market with plans to expand nationally, the company said. Brian...
Summit Releases Online Workers Compensation Tool for Southeast
Dec 18 2008 // Summit, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance services in the southeastern states, has released web-based WriteNow Risk Eligibility Tool, a complementary feature to the company’s WriteNow Online Quoting...
Testimony in Former N. D. Workers’ Comp Chief’s Trial Focuses on Grant
Dec 17 2008 // A lawyer for North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency says former director Sandy Blunt offered a $150,000 grant to a firefighters group before a grant program was in place. Anne Green testified at the trial...
Florida Hears 18.6% Workers Comp Rate Hike Bid Today
Dec 16 2008 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a hearing today to consider a proposed 18.6 percent workers compensation rate increase. The proposal made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on...
California Workers’ Compensation Premiums Down in 2008
Dec 16 2008 // 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...
Kentucky Man, Already in Prison, Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Dec 16 2008 // A Kentucky man already in prison on federal charges related to unlawful harboring and employment of illegal aliens has pleaded guilty to an insurance fraud charge after lying to his workers’ compensation carrier...
Trial Begins for Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director
Dec 16 2008 // During the last two years, former North Dakota workers’ compensation Director Sandy Blunt has been the focus of criticism from auditors, legislators and advocates for injured workers. Starting this week, a group of...
Jury Selections Underway in North Dakota Workers’ Comp Director’s Trial
Dec 12 2008 // Court officials say jury selection is under way in the trial of former North Dakota workers’ compensation Director Sandy Blunt. Blunt is accused in Burleigh County of misspending Workforce Safety and Insurance funds...
New York City Construction Worker Injured by Concrete
Dec 12 2008 // A construction worker is in critical condition after concrete fell on him as he worked in a pit at New York City’s Times Square. The worker was taken to Jacobi Hospital after the early accident Thursday morning in...
California Workers’ Comp Insurers to Raise Rates
Dec 11 2008 // 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...
Massachusetts Companies Settle with OSHA in Worker’s Death
Dec 9 2008 // Two Massachusetts companies cited for safety violations in the death of a 31-year-old Londonderry, New Hampshire construction worker have reached settlements with the federal government. Robert Augeri died June 3 when a...
California Court: Workers’ Comp Doesn’t Bar Independent Contractor’s Claim
Dec 9 2008 // Workers’ compensation does not bar a worker injured at a construction site from bringing a tort claim when the worker is an independent contractor, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. According to court...
Vermont Workers’ Comp Rates Likely to Go Down
Dec 8 2008 // Officials say Vermont businesses should be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance. The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 13 percent drop in rates in Vermont. If state regulators...
Illinois Workers’ Comp Commission to Hear Changes to Medical Fees
Dec 8 2008 // Changes to the medical fee schedule proposed rules were submitted to the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) on Dec. 1 and will be heard at the Jan. 13, 2009 JCAR hearing at 9 am in Springfield, Ill. in...
Ohio Lawmakers Continue Workers’ Comp Rating System Dispute
Dec 5 2008 // GOP lawmakers say want to preserve a system used by the state to set job-injury insurance rates. A Cuyahoga County judge earlier this month ordered the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to create by July a new and...
Texas Regulators: Extend Pilot Return-to-Work Program
Dec 5 2008 // In a report to the Texas Legislature, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation is recommending the extension of a pilot return-to-work (RTW) program for small employers. The program was...
CLARIFICATION: Public Entity Claims Growth Due to Jump in Members
Dec 5 2008 // The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit research institute, wishes to correct a conclusion about its public entity claims database, the PERI Data Exchange, published by Insurance Journal recently. The...
Washington Workers’ Comp Insurance Premiums Increasing 3%
Dec 4 2008 // 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,...
