Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
W. Va.’s Privatized Brickstreet Mutual Makes First Payment to State
Jul 5 2007 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. has made its first scheduled payment of $5.8 million on its outstanding surplus note to the state of West Virginia, Gov. Joe...
Former Ohio Workers’ Comp Official Accused of Taking Gifts
Jul 5 2007 // A former member of the oversight commission for the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was charged with ethics violations accusing him of accepting inappropriate meals, flights and other gifts. The charges, which allege...
NYMAGIC, CRM Part Ways on Excess Workers’ Comp Business
Jul 2 2007 // Insurance holding company NYMAGIC, Inc. reported it has closed on an agreement with workers compensation services firm CRM Holdings, Ltd. to have CRM assume almost all of the excess workers’ compensation policies...
Washington takes workers’ comp rate holiday
Jul 2 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries announced that beginning July 1, employers can take a workers’ compensation premium partial rate holiday. The rate holiday means that most Washington employers...
Calif. workers’ comp written premiums down 17%
Jul 2 2007 // The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released the results of its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2007. According to the report: “California...
COURT SAYS EMPLOYER SHOULD NOT PAY FOR ALL PERMANENT DISABILITY
Jul 2 2007 // The California Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of an injured electrician, affirming a lower court’s ruling that an employer is not responsible for permanent disability it did not cause. Larry Gossett vs. WCAB...
Maximize your value by asking the right questions
Jul 2 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
After fast start with workers’ comp, Albany sputters
Jul 2 2007 // The Assembly has had its own reasons for moving slowly, especially on insurance bills — its insurance committee lacked leadership. Despite the state having a new governor, The New York Legislature continues with its...
Maximize your value by asking the right questions
Jul 2 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
News Currents
Jul 2 2007 // Insurers: S.C. workers’ comp package falls short A recently-enacted South Carolina workers’ compensation reform package lacks “some integral components necessary to achieve the desired cost saving for...
Tenn. collects record in workers’ comp penalties
Jul 2 2007 // The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced a record penalty collection of $1,012,161 assessed against employers for non-compliance with the insurance requirements of the state’s...
Maximize your value by asking the right questions
Jul 2 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
Calif. workers’ comp written premiums down 17%
Jul 2 2007 // The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released the results of its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2007. According to the report: “California...
News Currents
Jul 2 2007 // Washington takes workers’ comp rate holiday Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries announced that beginning July 1, employers can take a workers’ compensation premium partial rate holiday. The...
Court says employer should not pay for all permanent disability
Jul 2 2007 // The California Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of an injured electrician, affirming a lower court’s ruling that an employer is not responsible for permanent disability it did not cause. In Larry Gossett vs. WCAB...
$25 million
Jul 2 2007 // Estimated amount in insured losses Air Worldwide Corp. predicts could result from the forest fire burning at Lake Tahoe. As of June 26, 2007, 220 homes were destroyed and about 1,000 people were forced to flee their...
Colemont Creates Workers’ Comp, Division, Hires Specialty Broker
Jun 29 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers-Southern California has added Blake Baker to its Woodland Hills, Calif., office. Baker is a workers’ compensation specialty broker with more than 20 years of experience in the...
Survey: N.D. Workers’ Comp Staff Distrust Top Managers; Like Their Jobs
Jun 29 2007 // Most employees at North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency distrust senior managers and believe department policies often are applied unfairly, a new survey says. However, most workers said they enjoyed...
Wash. Workers’ Comp Benefits to Increase 5.4%
Jun 29 2007 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits will receive a 5.445 percent cost-of-living increase that went into effect July 1. State law requires that benefits be...
MedRisk’s Boyce Named to Workers Comp Research Institute Board
Jun 28 2007 // Shelley Boyce, chief executive officer of MedRisk, Inc., has been named to the board of directors of the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization,...
