Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crawford Integrated Services Appoints Three Account Reps
Mar 31 2006 // Three new national account representatives Michael Behan, William Schmidt and Mark have joined Crawford Integrated Services in Atlanta. Behan joined Crawford in 2003 as a workers’ compensation adjuster in Kenner, La....
California Employer Arrested for Wrongly Accusing Employee of Workers Comp Fraud
Mar 31 2006 // A San Bernardino, Calif., employer has been arrested for wrongly accusing an employee of workers compensation fraud, according to the California Department of Insurance. Matthew Day, 26, was arrested after surrendering...
Texas Mutual Launches Workers’ Comp Health Care Network
Mar 31 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Department of Insurance certified its Texas Star Network option on March 29, 2006. The company will begin offering the network option to eligible workers’...
Safeco Offers Monoline Workers Compensation Program
Mar 31 2006 // Safeco, based in Seattle, is offering its workers compensation product on a stand-alone — or monoline — basis in 25 states. The move is designed to give small businesses more flexibility in acquiring coverage...
Texas Mutual Introduces Online Wage Reporting Tool
Mar 30 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company introduced its newest tool at texasmutual.com: DWC-3 Employers’ Wage Statement reporting. The tool reduces cumbersome paperwork and helps ensure that injured workers receive timely,...
N.H. Employers Receive Refunds on Workers Comp Policies
Mar 29 2006 // Insurance companies in New Hampshire have refunded $666,086 on 13,424 workers’ compensation policyholders for policies written in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny last July ordered insurers...
California Commission Hosts Forum on Catastrophe Preparedness
Mar 27 2006 // The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation is sponsoring “Forum on Catastrophe Preparedness: Partnering to Protect Workplaces” on Friday, April 7, 2006, at the South San...
S.C. Encourages More Competition, Wants More Carriers
Mar 24 2006 // “What has happened with auto insurance rates in South Carolina should be the ‘gold standard’ for what can be accomplished with other types of insurance,” Elanor Kitzman, South Carolina Director of...
California Proposes Decrease in Workers Comp Pure Premium Rates
Mar 24 2006 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Governing Committee has approved the filing of a 16.4 percent decrease in advisory pure premium rates to be effective July 1, 2006, on new and...
Insurer Group Says Kan. Workers’ Comp Bill in Senate for Possible Veto Override
Mar 23 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America expressed disappointment with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ decision to veto comprehensive workers’ compensation reform legislation. “SB 461 made...
S.C. Attorney General Asks Big ‘I’ Members: ‘Help Fight Fraud’
Mar 23 2006 // An appeal for independent insurance agencies to assist South Carolina’s law enforcement agencies to document and report information on insurance fraud was voiced by Attorney General Henry McMaster during the March...
Kan. Governor Vetos Workers’ Compensation Bill
Mar 23 2006 // Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a workers’ compensation bill, SB 461, this week that would have lowered compensation settlements for workers injured on the job. The bill would have allowed a physician to...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division to Host Workplace Health/Safety Conference
Mar 22 2006 // As part of its mission to help employers and employees maintain safe workplaces and prevent occupational injuries and illnesses, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will host the 10th...
Small Business California Finds Employers Still Concerned about Workers’ Comp
Mar 21 2006 // A recent survey conducted by California Small Business, San Francisco, found that most small businesses are still very concerned about workers’ compensation. In the survey, 83 percent of the respondents consider...
PRIVACY, WORKERS’ COMP DOMINATE UTAH’S LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Mar 20 2006 // Utah insurers faced a busy and difficult year during the Utah 2006 legislative session, according to the American Insurance Association. “Insurers had to play a lot of defense this year,” said Steve Suchil, AIA...
Three IIAG-supported bills introduced in Georgia Legislature
Mar 20 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia suggested three bills that were introduced to the Georgia Legislature to address Certificates of Insurance for subcontractors and workers’ compensation issues. Rep. Mike...
W.Va.: $1.89M in workers’ comp claims outstanding
Mar 20 2006 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission released statistics indicating more than $1.89 million in workers’ compensation payments are outstanding from employers in the state. The commission mailed out notices asking...
AIG settles with Michigan for more than $5.2 million
Mar 20 2006 // Attorney General Mike Cox reported that American International Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (AIG) have paid more than $5.2 million to the state of Michigan, representing the underpayment, with interest, of...
W.Va.: $1.89M in workers’ comp claims outstanding
Mar 19 2006 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline issued a reminder to West Virginia employers last week saying they will be subject to penalties and repercussions if they fail to pay workers’ compensation...
Legislative Update
Mar 19 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia has suggested three bills and is closely watching over a dozen bills being proposed in this session of the Georgia Legislature. The Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia...
