Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.C. Man Arrested in Workers Compensation Scheme
Jun 27 2007 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest of Eric Stanley Stokes, charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense. Stokes, 43, of 5914 Hidden Meadow Ln., Charlotte was processed at...
Arizona Legislature Approves Bill to Hike Worker Benefits
Jun 27 2007 // Some Arizona employees hurt on the job could get higher workers’ compensation benefits under a bill approved by the Arizona House in a 57-0 vote. The bill (HB2195), which was approved by the Senate earlier in June,...
Texas Announces Work Comp Discount, Interest Rate for Q3 2007
Jun 26 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that any interest or discount provided for in the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act for the period of July 1, 2007, through Sept. 30,...
Insurers Say S.C. Workers’ Comp Law Good, Could Be Better
Jun 25 2007 // A highly anticipated workers compensation reform package is a victory for South Carolina workers, the business community and the insurance industry but it still lacks some integral components necessary to achieve the...
32 N.Y. Businessowners Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 25 2007 // The owners of 32 businesses have been accused of lying about their employees to avoid paying into the workers’ compensation fund, state regulators said. The Westchester businesses, mostly small restaurants and delis,...
Oil Industry Develops New Safety Standards for Hazardous Worksites
Jun 22 2007 // An oil industry trade group said it has developed standards to better protect workers from explosions like the 2005 BP refinery in Texas explosion that killed 15 people and injured 170. The American Petroleum...
Washington L&I Announces Workers’ Comp Rate Holiday
Jun 22 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has announced that beginning July 1, and over the next six months, employers and workers in the state will save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation...
Calif. Court Rules Employer Not Responsible for All Permanent Disability
Jun 22 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. The case, Larry Gossett...
Eastern Alliance Now Writing Workers’ Comp in Va., N.C., S.C. and Ga.
Jun 21 2007 // Eastern Alliance Insurance Co. reports it has received regulatory approval to write workers’ compensation business in the four southeastern states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The company...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Written Premiums Down 17% in Q1
Jun 20 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...
Calif. Workers Comp Bureau Reports $3.8 Billion Spent on Medical Services
Jun 19 2007 // The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2006. The report is prepared annually pursuant to Section 11759.1 of the...
10 N.Y. business protest ‘scaffold law’ as session nears end
Jun 18 2007 // Coalition urges Gov. Spitzer, lawmakers to end strict liability now 10 Maine insurer caught up in nationwide scam Scammers have latched onto an insurer’s name and logo – without permission 10 Storms of...
News Currents
Jun 18 2007 // N.D. workers’ comp officials appear in court on felony charges The executive director of the North Dakota State Workers’ Compensation agency and an agency investigator were released after their first court...
From Andrea to Wendy – the names of this year’s storms
Jun 18 2007 // 8 Storms of 2007 State has until October to decide on no-fault’s fate 8 Fla. extends police, firefighter workers’ comp benefits Eases eligibility for first responders 10 S.C. reforms workers’ comp...
Fla. extends police, firefighter workers’ compensation benefits
Jun 18 2007 // Florida police, firefighters, paramedics and other first responders would have an easier time becoming eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, and would get a better package of benefits under legislation signed...
News Currents
Jun 18 2007 // S.C. reforms workers’ comp fraud, injury reporting laws Legislation gets tougher with cheaters and closes state’s Second Injury Fund Employers who lie about what their workers do to save money on workers’...
Improving experience modifiers lowers workers’ comp premiums
Jun 18 2007 // Experience rating is the interaction of claims management and insurance pricing. An organization that controls its losses also controls its experience modifier and ultimately is responsible for higher or lower...
Choosing a workers’ compensation network that fits
Jun 18 2007 // The new legislation includes a shift to a more proactive approach to workers’ compensation claims management to reduce over-utilization of medical services provided to injured workers. In 2005 the Texas Legislature...
Court: Injuries even to prosthetic parts deserve workers’ comp benefits
Jun 18 2007 // The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, even if the injury is to an artificial part of a person’s body. In American Appliances Inc. and Liberty...
Declarations
Jun 18 2007 // Workers’ comp caps “Workers’ comp is just too important to take any changes that something would go on the ballot that would make the system fall apart. There are unintended consequences when we go to the...
