Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
