Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
News Briefs
Jan 22 2006 // N.Y. shuts comp trusts Two of New York’s 70 workers compensation self-insurance trusts are being shut down by state officials. The two trusts are the Provider Agency Trust for Human Services and the Manufacturing...
N.Y.’s workers’ comp system’s not working
Jan 22 2006 // Many suits formerly brought under the employers liability section of the workers’ compensation policy are now brought under the contractual liability section of the general liability policy. This shift has...
Productivity Poll
Jan 22 2006 // Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey commissioned by Wausau Insurance. Eighty-one percent (up from 70 percent...
R.I.’s Beacon Mutual pursues rate cuts, restructuring plan
Jan 22 2006 // Beacon Mutual, Rhode Island’s biggest workers’ compensation writer with about 90 percent of the business, has some big plans. First is its plan to lower the loss cost portion of premiums for most employers by...
W.Va. mine survivor Randall McCloy Jr.,families of deceased, eligible for benefits
Jan 22 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the recent tragedy at the the 260-foot-deep Inter-national Coal Group Mine in West Virginia, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will...
Big ‘I’s S.C. agenda: Workers’ comp
Jan 22 2006 // Improving the state’s workers’ compensation system, developing coastal property insurance markets and increasing consumer awareness and educating them about insurance issues are key 2006 goals of the South...
Health care networks coming soon to Texas workers’ comp system
Jan 22 2006 // In certain situations, employees may seek care outside the network. An employee who has a pre-existing relationship with an HMO doctor may receive treatment for a workers’ compensation injury from that...
News Currents
Jan 22 2006 // Colo. legislators to tackle auto insurance in 2006 session The 2006 legislative agenda for property/ casualty insurers in Colorado will be dominated by automobile insurance and regulatory issues, according to the Property...
Spotlight: Counseling Buyers
Jan 22 2006 // Multiline Productivity Poll: Agents play key role in understanding risk Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey...
Bill Filed in Okla. to Protect ‘Exclusive Remedy’ of Workers’ Comp Court
Jan 20 2006 // Noting that a recent Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruling could effectively eliminate the state’s “exclusive remedy” of workers’ compensation court, Oklahoma State Rep. Ben Sherrer filed legislation...
Employers Insurance Group Makes Corporate Reorganization
Jan 20 2006 // Nevada-based Employers Insurance Group (EIG) reported a corporate reorganization designed to position the group of companies for expansion in commercial property and casualty insurance beyond its position as the...
As Rates Rise, Delaware Solicits Changes to Workers’ Comp Classes
Jan 20 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has asked Delaware businesses to submit requests for classification changes under the workers’ compensation insurance system if they believe that changes would make more...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Reform in Effect, Despite Drafting Error
Jan 19 2006 // Missouri’s Cole County Circuit Court has ruled that despite a legislative drafting error, the workers’ compensation reforms enacted last year have been in effect since Senate Bills 1 and 130 became effective in...
13 Companies Approved to Self-Insure Workers’ Comp in Texas
Jan 19 2006 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure covering a one-year period for 13 private employers in Texas. Commissioner...
Ohio Business Groups Push for Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jan 19 2006 // Business groups in Ohio are pushing lawmakers to enact reforms to the state insurance fund for injured workers that were agreed upon before a scandal broke over the fund’s investments, according to a recent account...
Battle Looms in S.C. Over Eliminating Second Injury Fund
Jan 19 2006 // Legislative efforts to revise or totally eliminate South Carolina’s Second Injury Fund are being disputed by two small business groups that contend they are not convinced the changes would reduce workers’...
Texas Workers’ Comp Rulebook Supplement 2005-04 of Emergency Rules Available Online
Jan 18 2006 // Rulebook Supplement 2005-04 containing emergency rules recently adopted by the Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation is available online from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’...
Partnership with Non-profits Helps Injured Workers Heal Faster
Jan 18 2006 // When workers get hurt on the job, employers usually have two options: give them modified light duty work or have them remain at home, unproductive, while they heal. General Casualty Insurance Companies, based in Sun...
R.I.’s Top Workers’ Comp Writer, Beacon Mutual, Seeks 27% Decrease
Jan 17 2006 // Rhode Island’s biggest workers’ compensation writer, Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, is requesting a 27.7 percent average loss cost decrease in a filing to the Department of Business Regulation. Rhode Island...
7 Suspects Arrested in Calif. Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 16 2006 // Seven suspects in California’s San Joaquin Valley region have been arrested for workers’ compensation fraud that cost insurers $900,000, and duped the state out of some $676,000 in payroll taxes, according to...
