Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Del. Court: Employee Horseplay May Fall Outside Workers’ Comp Law
Jul 12 2007 // A Delaware oil refinery worker injured in a practical joke by his co-workers may be allowed to sue them, the state Supreme Court has ruled. Stephen Grabowski was injured in October 2000 when three co-workers grabbed him in...
Berkley Online Workers’ Comp Portal Plans to Write in 30 States
Jul 12 2007 // Berkley Net Underwriters, LLC, a subsidiary of W. R. Berkley Corp., has launched an online portal at www.berkleynet.com specializing in underwriting workers’ compensation insurance. BerkleyNet’s target market...
N.Y. Reforms Credited with Shaving Workers’ Comp Rates by 20.5%
Jul 12 2007 // Rates for workers’ compensation insurance in New York will decline by more than 20.5 percent, —the biggest cut in more than 20 years — saving employers about $1 billion, according to state officials. Gov. Eliot...
Texas Can Pay Back Small Employers for Some Workplace Alterations
Jul 12 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) can reimburse small, non-public employers for up to $2,500 in expenses for special equipment, furniture and other workplace modifications that allow an injured employee to return to...
Hawaii Governor Vetoes Workers’ Comp Bills
Jul 12 2007 // The Hawaii Legislature has failed to override Gov. Linda Lingle’s vetoes of two workers’ compensation bills. A two-thirds majority vote was required in both the House and Senate to override the vetoes. Both...
Texas to Host Free Workers’ Comp Network Workshops in August
Jul 11 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance will host two workshops on workers’ compensation health care networks in August in Dallas. A workshop for employers will be held on August 24 and a workshop for health care providers...
Texas Oil and Gas Contracting Firm Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 10 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County grand jury indicted ZIPCO Services Inc. and its owner, Jerry Don Calicutt, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The indictments allege that...
Sink: Fla. Workers’ Comp Rates to be Cut in Half Next Year
Jul 10 2007 // While Florida business owners may still be struggling with high property insurance costs, another major business expense will go down next year: workers’ compensation assessment rates are set to be cut in...
Fla. Workers’ Comp Software Co. Promotes 3
Jul 10 2007 // Sarasota, Fla.-based Tropics Software Technologies promoted Jonathan Chan to Senior Software Engineer. The company, specializing exclusively in the workers’ compensation industry, also promoted Lorna Fleener to...
AWCC Outlines 2007 Workers’ Compensation Bills
Jul 9 2007 // On its Web site, www.awcc.state.ar.us/news.html, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission summarized workers’ compensation acts passed by the state’s 2007, 86th General Assembly. The full text of...
Oregon Fines Nine AIG Companies $5 Million
Jul 6 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has imposed a $5 million fine on nine insurers in the American International Group (AIG) for numerous violations of Oregon insurance and workers’...
Fla. CFO Cuts State’s Workers Comp Charge to Insurers
Jul 5 2007 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink ordered a 50 percent cut in the 2008 Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund assessment rate. The reduction is projected to result in as much as $19 million in...
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...
