Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study: Massachusetts Workers Comp Claims Costs Grew Rapidly
Mar 24 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Massachusetts were typical among 14 study states, but grew rapidly in four out of five study years, including a nearly 10 percent increase in 2005 claims evaluated in...
Gov. Patrick’s Appointment to Mass. Workers’ Comp Board Delayed
Mar 21 2008 // An expected vote on the nomination of a former senator to be a judge at the Department of Industrial Accidents was delayed this week after one member of the Governor’s Council accused her of lacking the necessary...
Wyoming To Study Workers’ Compensation
Mar 21 2008 // Wyoming’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee is set to study Wyoming’s workers’ compensation program this year. According to the state legislature, the committee will conduct a...
Are Punitive Damages Insurable in Texas? High Court: Definitely Maybe
Mar 20 2008 // In Fairfield Insurance Co. v. Stephens Martin Paving, LP, the Texas Supreme Court addressed, for the first time, whether punitive damages were insurable in Texas. No. 04-0728, 2008 Tex. LEXIS 123 (Tex. Feb. 15, 2008). The...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Nominees Vow to Go by Law, not Gov.’s Orders
Mar 20 2008 // South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s nominees to the Workers’ Compensation Commission say they would follow what the law requires and not bow to executive orders issued by a governor. The Senate Judiciary...
Mass. Insurers Seek 2.3% Workers’ Comp Hike; Hearing Scheduled
Mar 19 2008 // Massachusetts officials will conduct a public hearing on April 3 to consider an industry request for an average 2.3 percent increase in workers’ compensation rates. The Workers Compensation Rating and Inspection...
Louisiana Work Comp Rates Dropping
Mar 18 2008 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that rates for workers’ compensation insurance are decreasing in Louisiana, based on a recent report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Six Seek Interim Director Position at North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency
Mar 18 2008 // Six people, including a one-time Fargo mayor and a former vice president at Montana’s workers’ compensation fund, have applied to be the interim chief executive officer of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety...
N. D. Workers’ Comp Report: Details of Management Turmoil Overlooked
Mar 17 2008 // When a consultant’s report about the management of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency was published, legislators welcomed its conclusions that it was generally doing well at serving its injured...
3 Top Officials at N. D. Workers’ Comp Agency Dismissed in Shakeup
Mar 14 2008 // Three top officials in North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency have been fired and the jobs of two others eliminated as part of a shake-up at Workforce Safety and Insurance, attorneys and agency officials...
S&P: U.S. Workers’ Comp Insurers Face Weakening Rates
Mar 14 2008 // The U.S. workers’ compensation insurance business is not for the faint of heart, according to an article published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. The article, titled “Weakening Rates Could...
Carpenter Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas
Mar 13 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Donald Miller of Yoakum on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Miller received one year of probation and was ordered to pay $2,132...
North Dakota’s Workers’ Comp Audit Manager Fired
Mar 13 2008 // An Associated Press story is reporting that the internal audit manager at North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has been fired. Kay Grinsteinner had questioned whether the agency’s board of...
Massachusetts Workers Comp Claims Costs Grew Rapidly, Study Finds
Mar 13 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Massachusetts were typical among 14 study states, but grew rapidly in four out of five study years, including a nearly 10 percent increase in 2005 claims evaluated in...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Insurer Pays $2.8 Million to Policyholders
Mar 13 2008 // The Board of Governors of the Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange (ATIE), a policyholder owned workers’ compensation insurance company, is paying a $2.8 million dividend to its members based on their performance in...
Zurich Services Corp. Partners with OSHA Fast Fix for Workplace Safety
Mar 13 2008 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich Services Corp.’s risk engineering division recently announced that it is collaborating with OSHA Fast Fix to help Zurich customers improve workplace safety, address the causes of...
Former N.D. Work Comp Exec, House Leader Want CEO Job
Mar 12 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director and a one-time state House majority leader are among those interested in serving as a temporary chief executive at Workforce Safety and Insurance, agency directors...
Arizona House Considers Workers’ Comp Bills
Mar 12 2008 // Arizona lawmakers are considering two workers’ compensation bills that would change how workers’ compensation benefits are calculated and awarded, and allow more communication with the doctors of injured...
California Workers’ Comp Division Evaluates Case Management System
Mar 11 2008 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently hosted a public meeting at its Oakland headquarters to discuss how implementation of the division’s new case management program will affect...
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Mar 10 2008 // Midlands Management Corp. of Oklahoma City named Richard Jonathan Bird as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Bird will assist in leading all aspects of Midlands, including strategic marketing, business...
