Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former North Dakota Workers’ Comp Executive Challenges Firing
Sep 19 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation executive claims in a lawsuit that agency attorneys and board members plotted to fire him for talking to investigators about possible crimes at Workforce Safety and...
Hawaii Files for 11.6% Workers’ Comp Decrease
Sep 18 2008 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ (DCCA) Insurance Division announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed a request for a decrease of 11.6 percent in the...
Insurers Seek Veto of California Workers’ Comp Bills
Sep 17 2008 // The American Insurance Association says three measures on the way to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk should be vetoed because they will increase employers’ costs for workers’ compensation,...
Mo. Workers’ Comp Claims Decline, Sparks Debate Between Officials
Sep 17 2008 // The number of workers’ compensation claims has gone down since a 2005 Missouri law made it harder to prove workplace injuries. Insurance premiums also have declined for businesses. Republican Gov. Matt Blunt touts...
OSHA Cites Contractors in Deadly New York Crane Collapse
Sep 17 2008 // A federal agency hit three construction firms with penalties totaling $313,500 on Monday for safety violations that led to a tower crane collapse that killed seven people in March. The citations by the Occupational Safety...
Commissioner Rod Bordelon will present a Keynote Address at The Texas Workers’ Comp Forum
Sep 16 2008 // Dallas, TX, September 16, 2008 – Council on Education in Management (Council) announced that Division of Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Rod Bordelon will present a Keynote Address at the upcoming Texas...
105 New Workers’ Comp Providers Writing in West Virginia
Sep 16 2008 // Since West Virginia opened its workers’ compensation insurance market on July 1, 105 insurance carriers entered the field and wrote policies, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. When the workers’...
Texas Regulators Suspend Premium Payments for Ike Victims
Sep 16 2008 // In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Texas Department of Insurance has directed insurance carriers to “to provide prompt and immediate relief” to residents and policyholders impacted by the storm,...
California Legislative Session Positive on Insurance Issues
Sep 15 2008 // This year’s California legislative session has been a relatively positive one for property/casualty insurers and their customers, according to the Association of California Insurance Companies. Legislators generally...
Oregon Workers’ Compensation Costs To Decrease About 6%
Sep 15 2008 // Employers in Oregon will pay nearly 6 percent less on average for workers’ compensation coverage in 2009, the Department of Consumer and Business Services announced. The reduction in the workers’ compensation...
Workers’ Compensation Rates Expected to Drop in North Carolina
Sep 12 2008 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates will be dropping in North Carolina next year, for the first time in five years. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Sept. 10 the North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested...
North Dakota AG Says Workers’ Comp Board Talk Violated Law
Sep 11 2008 // North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says members of a North Dakota workers’ compensation panel broke the law with private discussions about raising their own pay. Stenehjem says an e-mail exchange between...
Texas Work Comp Division Encourages Crane Safety in Wake of Accidents
Sep 10 2008 // Recent construction crane accidents causing injuries and accidents in Texas and elsewhere have prompted the Texas Department of Insurance to urge employers and employees to use safety precautions when operating cranes. In...
New York Workers’ Comp Board Issues 1,000th Stop Work Order
Sep 9 2008 // Less than 14 months after it was granted the authority, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has issued 1,000 stop work orders to New York businesses that have failed to carry workers’ compensation...
California in Holding Pattern on Insurance Bills
Sep 9 2008 // With Democratic and Republican legislators unable to agree on a budget since California’s fiscal year began on July 1, 2008, many state services — as well as insurance bills — are at a standstill. Gov....
California Workers’ Comp Division Strengthens Judges’ Ethics Rules
Sep 9 2008 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted revised ethics regulations governing workers’ compensation judges. According to the DWC, the rules and regulations “are designed to enforce...
Bordelon Named Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation
Sep 9 2008 // In late August, Texas Gov. Rick Perry named Rod Bordelon of Austin as commissioner of the Workers’ Compensation Division at the Texas Department of Insurance, replacing outgoing commissioner Albert Betts....
Workers’ Comp Proposal to be on North Dakota November Ballot
Sep 9 2008 // North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger says a proposal to change how North Dakota’s workers compensation agency is run will be on the statewide ballot in November. Jaeger says he has reviewed petitions submitted...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Kentucky Good News for Employers
Sep 8 2008 // A 2008 filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows the third straight decrease in loss costs, Department of Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark announced. The...
Brooklyn Man Charged with $130K Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 8 2008 // A 60-year-old Brooklyn man who maintained that a workplace injury left him unable to stand, walk or drive has been arrested on charges that he fraudulently claimed $130,000 in lost wage benefits and medical expenses. Lev...
