Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
28 Delaware Municipalities Form Workers’ Compensation Pool
Oct 29 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn says local authorities in the state are forming a self-insurance pool that will make workers compensation insurance more affordable for the local governments and taxpayers. Denn...
Job Protection Sought in N.D. Workers’ Comp Case
Oct 29 2007 // A workers’ compensation fraud investigator whose testimony helped lead to a felony charge against the agency’s chief executive has asked for job protection, saying he fears he will be fired. Todd Flanagan is...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Commission Won’t Follow Sanford Order’s Standard
Oct 29 2007 // The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission unanimously rejected Gov. Mark Sanford’s order to begin using uniform medical standards in deciding how much should be paid to injured workers with long-term...
Workers’ Comp Costs to Rise 1.6 Percent in N.C. Voluntary Market
Oct 29 2007 // A settlement agreement between the North Carolina Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the organization that represents the state’s workers’ compensation insurance companies, will raise...
W. Va. lawmakers may reassert workers’ comp oversight
Oct 27 2007 // West Virginia legislators learned recently that they have no one to blame but themselves for the loss of power over the rules that govern workers’ compensation claims and benefits. Lawmakers first ceded the...
Calif. governor signsworkers’ comp bill
Oct 27 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that is expected to lower workers’ compensation rates for small businesses and increase competition among insurance companies. Existing law requires...
Calif. workers’ comp reforms working better than expected, Gov. decides not to raise benefits
Oct 27 2007 // Reforms to California’s worker’s compensation system enacted since 2002 “have had a substantial impact on system costs,” according to a new report by the state Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Hawaii Commissioner Approves 19.3% Workers’ Comp Decrease
Oct 26 2007 // Hawai’i Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt has approved a 19.3 percent decrease in loss costs for workers’ compensation insurance, based on a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Board Votes to Reinstate Director; Charges Dropped
Oct 25 2007 // North Dakota’s workers compensation director, who until last week was facing a felony charge, has been given his job back, something Sandy Blunt was unsure would ever happen. In a brief telephone meeting Monday, the...
Anticipating Reform, Okla. Lawmakers Study Workers’ Comp System
Oct 25 2007 // Oklahoma Rep. Mark McCullough’s recent study of the state’s workers’ compensation system may lead to reform legislation being filed in the state’s 2008 legislative session, the House of...
Fla. Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease not Enough for Commissioner
Oct 24 2007 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty disapproved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s latest rate filing for workers’ compensation insurance rates, due to become effective next year. McCarty...
Texas Workers’ Comp Penalties Total Nearly $685K for Aug., Sept.
Oct 23 2007 // Final disciplinary actions taken by Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts during August and September 2007 include orders assessing administrative penalties totaling $684,877 for violations of the...
Calif. Holds Workers’ Comp Rate Hearing
Oct 23 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is holding a hearing today to receive testimony from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) regarding its pure premium rate recommendation of 5.2...
Charges Dismissed Against N. D. Workers’ Comp Officials
Oct 22 2007 // Prosecutors dismissed a felony conspiracy charge against two top executives of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency, days before they were to appear in court to make their pleas. Sandy Blunt, the chief...
Texas Green Industry Group Earns $637,511 in Work Comp Dividend
Oct 22 2007 // By controlling its losses, the Texas Green Industry (TGI) workers’ compensation purchasing group earned $637,511 dividend from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Texas Mutual says TGI has earned more than $1 million in...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Bureau Recommends Increasing Rates 5.2%
Oct 22 2007 // California’s Workers’ Comensation Insurance Rating Bureau has recommended that pure premium rates be increased to 5.2 percent, instead of the 4.2 percent recommended earlier in September. In September, WCIRB...
Calif. Governor Refuses Again to Raise Benefits for Disabled Workers
Oct 16 2007 // For the second year in a row, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has refused to raise benefits for disabled workers that critics say were slashed too deeply by regulations his administration adopted in 2004. The Republican...
6 Florida Contractors Cited for Workers’ Comp Violations
Oct 16 2007 // Investigators from the Florida Department of Financial Services, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Compliance report that they issued six stop work orders during a surprise enforcement sweep last week. Enforcement...
SFA Brings Ohio and New England Retail Agents Better Access To Specialty Workers’ Compensation Markets
Oct 15 2007 // October 15 2007, Newtown, PA – Alternative risk broker and consultant Self-Funded Alternatives has announced an expanded marketing effort to assist retail agents in the State of Ohio and the New England region with...
N.D. Worker’s Comp Officials Get Trial Judge, Arraignment Date
Oct 15 2007 // The criminal case against two North Dakota state workers’ compensation officials has been assigned to the district judge who earlier dismissed some charges against one of the defendants. Sandy Blunt, the chief...
