Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Governor Appoints Moreland to Workers’ Comp Advisory Board
Sep 8 2008 // Kimberly Moreland, vice president of Rising Medical Solutions, a medical-financial organization, was named one of nine governor-appointed seats on the State of Illinois Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Advisory...
OSHA Offers Gustav Recovery Help
Sep 4 2008 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it will be offering the full resources of the agency to assist in protecting workers in the recovery effort in the wake of...
Florida Approves AmCOMP Merger, Wants $8.4 Million Refund
Sep 2 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty approved the merger of AmCOMP with Employers Holdings Inc. and required AmCOMP to repay $8.4 million in excessive profits to its Florida policyholders. AmCOMP ‘s insurance...
Arizona Insurers Seek 7.9% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Sep 2 2008 // Arizona workers compensation carriers have filed for a 7.9 percent rate increase to take effect Oct. 1, 2008, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. By industry group, the rate increase would include...
Liberty Mutual Sues New York over Workers’ Comp Law Changes
Sep 1 2008 // Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. has filed a federal lawsuit challenging several recent amendments to New York State’s workers’ compensation law as unconstitutional. The suit alleges that changes...
Conn. High Court: Smoking Lowers Workers’ Comp Benefits
Sep 1 2008 // Smoking kills. And in Connecticut, it also changes the apportionment of workers’ compensation benefits, the state’s top court has ruled. Last month, Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled in an asbestos case...
South Carolina Governor Drops Workers’ Comp Payment Fight
Sep 1 2008 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has backed away from efforts to force the state Workers’ Compensation Commission to accept new injury payment standards, accepting a settlement agreement that would end months of...
The Rise… and Fall… of Workers’ Compensation Second Injury Funds
Sep 1 2008 // Second (or subsequent) injury funds (SIF’s) have been abolished in 19 states. Alabama and Maine began this movement in 1992, with Arkansas and New York being the most recent converts; each ending its respective...
Declarations
Sep 1 2008 // Agent-Broker Duties “It’s important to understand this bill doesn’t change anything for brokers that want to continue doing business as usual. Yet it really creates an opportunity for producers to have a...
California Proposes 16% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Sep 1 2008 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California indicated it plans to submit a filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending a 16 percent increase in pure premium rates effective...
People
Sep 1 2008 // General Star Management Co. appointed Gregory J. Diorio chief operating officer and Joseph L. Majsak chief marketing officer. Diorio will oversee all underwriting divisions while Majsak will oversee the new marketing...
Premium Growth: Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Companies
Sep 1 2008 // Workers’ compensation direct premiums written (DPW) for calendar year 2007 exceeded $46 billion. This represented a slight decline from year-end 2006’s $47.2 billion. However, using 2003 as a reference point,...
Maryland Workers’ Compensation Costs Drop 5.4%
Aug 29 2008 // Maryland workers’ compensation carriers will be able to lower their rates an average 5.4 percent under a loss cost filing approved by the state’s regulator. The Maryland Insurance Administration this week gave...
Former North Dakota’s Workers’ Comp Director Pleads Not Guilty
Aug 28 2008 // Former North Dakota workers compensation director Sandy Blunt pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of misspending agency funds, almost two months after the state Supreme Court ruled Blunt should go on trial. South...
Liberty Northwest Returns More Than $3.7 Million To Oregon Restaurateurs
Aug 28 2008 // Portland, Ore.-based Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced strong return results for its Liberty Northwest/Oregon Restaurant Association (LNW/ORA) workers’ compensation...
North Dakota Attorney General Says Workers’ Comp Meeting Illegal
Aug 27 2008 // North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says directors of the state’s workers’ compensation agency broke the law by meeting in a restaurant without public notice. Stenehjem ordered the Workforce Safety...
Kentucky Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Reduction of 5.1%
Aug 27 2008 // A 2008 filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows the third straight decrease in loss costs, Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark announced. The loss cost...
New York Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop 5 Percent
Aug 27 2008 // Premiums for workers’ compensation insurance in New York will drop 5 percent in 2009, said Gov. David Paterson, marking the second straight annual decline since landmark reform legislation was passed in 2007. The...
Florida Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop For 6th Consecutive Year
Aug 27 2008 // The latest workers’ compensation filing in Florida calls for an overall average rate decrease of 14.1 percent statewide, which would produce a savings of more than $465 million for Florida employers, according to...
California Drop Lowers U.S. Workers’ Compensation Payments
Aug 26 2008 // U.S. workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers disabled by workplace injuries or diseases declined in 2006, according to a study released by the National Academy of Social...
