Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. court rules workers’ comp costs can be tallied in incentive plans
Sep 3 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that incentive compensation plans, calculated on profits, can subtract out costs for workers’ compensation costs from profits, even if it discourages employees from reporting...
Nation’s workers’ comp benefits, costs down
Sep 3 2007 // U.S. workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers disabled by workplace injuries or diseases declined in 2005, according to a study by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)....
New rules for residential contractors in Ark.
Sep 3 2007 // All must show proof of workers’ comp insurance Residential contractors in Arkansas who own their own businesses may opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for themselves, but must purchase it for their...
New rules for residential contractors in Ark.
Sep 3 2007 // Residential contractors in Arkansas who own their own businesses may opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for themselves, but must purchase it for their business, according to a bulletin recently issued by state...
Agency Specialty Forms Alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty
Aug 31 2007 // Agency Specialty Product Network (ASPN) has announced it has formed an alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), based in Chesterfield, Mo., to offer large deductible workers’ compensation programs (single...
Judge Orders Trial for N.D. Workers’ Comp Director, Agency Investigator
Aug 31 2007 // Prosecutors have enough evidence to put North Dakota’s workers’ compensation director and the agency’s top investigator on trial for conspiracy, a judge has ruled. Sandy Blunt, the chief executive officer...
S.C. Firefighters’ Families to Receive Workers Compensation, Donations
Aug 30 2007 // The families of nine firefighters killed in a furniture store fire are set to receive $700,000 each in donations and workers’ compensation payments. Relatives could also receive a federal death benefit that could put...
Washington L&I Makes Appointments to Advisory Committees
Aug 29 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) announced appointments to medical and chiropractic advisory committees that will assist the department in providing high-quality, safe and cost-effective...
NCCI Proposes Reduction for Workers Compensation Rates in Florida
Aug 29 2007 // Driven by significant declines in claim frequency and improvement in loss development (i.e., claims are developing to a lower ultimate value) the National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing that Florida...
Mich. Accident Fund Acquires CWI Holding Inc.
Aug 28 2007 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of CWI Holdings Inc. to purchase CWI and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including San Francisco,...
Accident Fund Signs Agreement to Purchase CompWest
Aug 28 2007 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of CWI Holdings Inc. to purchase CWI and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including San Francisco-based...
NCCI: Workers’ Compensation Claims Frequency Continues to Fall
Aug 27 2007 // The decline in claim frequency for workers’ compensation injuries has continued into 2006, and the decline continues to be widespread, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. NCCI’s latest...
Berkley Names Standen President of Workers’ Comp Writer Key Risk
Aug 27 2007 // W. R. Berkley Corp. in Greenwich, Conn. has named Robert W. Standen president of Key Risk Insurance Co. and its affiliate, Key Risk Management Services, Inc., both based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Key Risk sells...
Oregon Legislature Passes Several P/C Insurance-Related Bills
Aug 24 2007 // The 2007 Oregon Legislature has passed a number of bills relating to insurance. The bills affecting property/casualty insurance include: *SB 183 (ch 574) Premium relief to rural doctors for professional medical liability...
Court Rules Workers’ Comp Costs Can Be Tallied in Incentive Compensation
Aug 24 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that incentive compensation plans, calculated on profits, can subtract out costs for workers’ compensation costs from profits, even if it discourages employees from reporting...
Texas Workers’ Comp Stakeholder Meeting Set for Aug. 27
Aug 23 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), will hold a stakeholder meeting at 9 a.m. on Aug, 27, 2007. The purpose of the meeting is to provide workers’ compensation system...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Report Finds Shortcomings in Program
Aug 23 2007 // The Ohio state’s insurance program for injured workers did nothing improper when it arbitrarily reduced workers’ compensation rates for some companies using little criteria or documentation, the Ohio inspector...
Californian Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 23 2007 // A Pomona, Calif., man has been convicted for workers’ compensation insurance fraud, announced the California Department of Insurance. On Aug. 14, 2007, Manuel Carreon, 45, was convicted on one felony count of...
Drops in Calif. Spending Lowers Nation’s Workers’ Comp Benefits, Costs
Aug 22 2007 // U.S. workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers disabled by workplace injuries or diseases declined in 2005, according to a study by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)....
Texas Mutual: 4 Sentenced for Fraud in Workers’ Comp Cases
Aug 21 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that four workers’ compensation claimants were sentenced, in separate cases, for fraud. The claimants collected a combined $17,346 in benefits they were not entitled to, the...
