Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Widow Awarded Workers Comp Death Benefits in Suicide Case
Sep 17 2007 // The widow of a 50-year-old mechanic who killed himself after being terminated from his job is entitled to receive death benefits under workers compensation, a Massachusetts Appeals Court in Suffolk County has ruled. The...
Texas Assesses Performance of Comp Carriers, Providers
Sep 17 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced the results of the initial review of workers’ compensation insurance carriers and health care providers as part of the...
Lawmakers Get Mixed Reviews of W. Va.’s BrickStreet
Sep 13 2007 // At least some injured workers and the lawyers who help pursue their claims remain dissatisfied with West Virginia’s workers’ compensation system since it became the private, for-profit BrickStreet Insurance...
Hawaii Proposes 16.8 Percent Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease
Sep 13 2007 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a request to decrease workers’ compensation loss costs in Hawaii by 16.8 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, according to the state Department of Commerce and...
Calif. Association Urges Governor to Sign Workers Comp Bill
Sep 13 2007 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law legislation that it said could encourage expansion of the workers’ compensation insurance market in...
America First Expands Commercial Coverage in South Central States
Sep 13 2007 // America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it is expanding its commercial lines offerings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas to include commercial general contractors, restaurants and...
W. Va. Employer Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Noncompliance
Sep 11 2007 // Owner and operator of West Virginia Concrete Coating and Design in Harrison County pleaded guilty to a felony county of failure to subscribe to the former Workers’ Compensation Commission. Business owner Susan Boram...
S. D. Supreme Court Ruling Overturns Labor Department’s Decision
Sep 10 2007 // A Rapid City, S.D. man who suffered three back injuries while working for the Rapid City School District is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits as a totally and permanently disabled worker, the South Dakota...
Wash. Proposes Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Sep 10 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has proposed raising workers’ compensation rates 3.2 percent in 2008, with the average premium increasing by just more than 2 cents per hour worked. L&I...
Texas Workers’ Comp Conference to Focus on Continuing Reform
Sep 7 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) will host its 2007 Workers’ Compensation Conference on Sept. 19, at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark in Austin, Texas. Joe Anderson, a veteran workers’ compensation...
Former Ohio Workers’ Comp Executive Charged with Ethics Violation
Sep 6 2007 // Ohio investigators have charged the former chief investment officer for the state insurance fund for injured workers with failing to report gifts from a company doing business with the fund. The complaint filed with the...
N.D. State Law Allows Workers’ Comp Agency to Publish Delinquent List
Sep 6 2007 // The North Dakota state workers’ compensation agency, with delinquent premium accounts totaling about $1.3 million, now has the authority to publish a list of those accounts. A new state law allows the Workforce...
Companies Lining up to Offer Workers’ Comp in W.Va.
Sep 5 2007 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested. State Insurance Commissioner Jane...
Calif. Cites Garment Employers for Avoiding Workers’ Comp Insurance
Sep 5 2007 // Investigators with California’s Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) recently targeted businesses in the garment industry that were operating illegally. The businesses visited were in Los Angeles and...
Texas Dispute Resolution Officers Moved to OIEC on Sept. 1
Sep 5 2007 // As directed by the 80th Texas Legislature, changes in the administration of dispute resolution services for injured employees in the state’s workers’ compensation system were effective Sept. 1,...
W. Va.’s BrickStreet Praised by Former Nevada Head of Workers’ Comp
Sep 4 2007 // The head of Nevada’s former monopolistic state workers’ compensation fund said BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. has borne a “unique burden” in helping transition West Virginia’s system to a...
N.Y. Supt. Dinallo Calls for End to Bureau-Filed Rates for Workers’ Comp
Sep 4 2007 // Workers’ compensation rates in New York State should be determined by more competition among insurance carriers, instead of through the current rating board that now proposes these rates, New York State Insurance...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Insurers oppose proposed Calif. workers’ comp deductible Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will dramatically boost workers’ compensation temporary...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Calif. court rules workers’ comp costs can be tallied in incentive plans The California Supreme Court has ruled that incentive compensation plans, calculated on profits, can subtract out costs for workers’...
Insurers oppose proposed Calif. workers’ comp deductible
Sep 3 2007 // Some California insurers are asking the Legislature to reconsider a proposal that they say will dramatically boost workers’ compensation temporary disability payments to injured workers. The American Insurance...
