Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp
Jan 1 2006 // Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services launched several new specialty products, broadening its workers’ compensation capabilities and offering standard market coverage for risks often neglected due to size...
Calif. court decision expected to lower workers’ comp rates
Jan 1 2006 // In Star Roofing Company Inc. v. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB), the California Insurance Commissioner recently issued a ruling that could affect the way workers’ compensation premiums...
People
Jan 1 2006 // Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to the Dallas property/casualty brokerage team: Brent Jenkins, Stephanie Murillo and Matt Sheehan. Additionally, Elizabeth Wafer has joined the P/C team at...
Four claim types common at Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 1 2006 // Premium fraud, working without workers’ compensation coverage, fraudulent certification and claimant fraud are common types of fraud encountered by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Vincent Mazzara,...
Florida ‘draws a line in the sand,’ tightens workers’ comp enforcement
Jan 1 2006 // In October, 2003, when the Florida Legislature approved an updated workers’ compensation program, legislators “drew a line in the sand,” and decided to go after employers not paying their fair share into...
FLORIDA
Jan 1 2006 // The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud has released a list of arrests, convictions and ongoing investigations showing that 32 people have been arrested, eight convicted and 84 are being actively investigated. According to...
Santa Barbara Hotel Housekeeper Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Dec 30 2005 // Fabiola Rosas DeArzate, aka Blanca Estela Garcia DeArzate, 35, of Santa Barbara, Calif., has plead guilty to insurance fraud and was sentenced to 120 days in county jail, five years formal probation, and ordered to pay...
From New England to Virginia, Courts Made Insurance Headlines in 2005
Dec 30 2005 // From Maine to Virginia, many of the insurance headlines in 2005 dealt with compensation and reinsurance probes, just as they did across the country, casting the industry’s reputation in a bad light. But much of the...
2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
Missouri Insurance Dept. Releases Review of Workers’ Comp Study
Dec 29 2005 // The Missouri Department of Insurance recently released its review of the annual loss cost filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Insurers and self-insurers use loss costs to establish final...
13.5 Percent Workers’ Comp Rollback Concerns Insurance Council in Florida
Dec 29 2005 // Concerns about the 13.5 percent workers’ compensation insurance rollback ordered recently by Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation have been voiced by Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida...
Mass. Bus Driver Pulled Over for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 28 2005 // An public transit MBTA bus driver has been indicted on charges that he fraudulently collected workers’ compensation benefits and submitted falsified documents to support his claims, Attorney General Tom Reilly...
N.Y. Trial Court Dismisses Claim Under Labor Law by Injured Employee
Dec 27 2005 // In a recent case involving millions in potential damages, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (County of Nassau) ruled that an employee who was involved in routine maintenance was not entitled to certain protections...
MedAlert Healthcare Systems Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 27 2005 // A Travis County, Texas, grand jury has indicted MedAlert Healthcare Systems Inc. and its president, Joseph Osei, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. MedAlert...
Texas DWC Sets Workers’ Comp Discount and Interest Rates
Dec 27 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that effective Jan. 1, 2006, any interest or discount provided for in the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act will be at the rate...
Devlin to Chair Texas Insurance Fraud Committee
Dec 22 2005 // Dennis J. Devlin, regional vice president of the Travelers Property and Casualty Insurance Company, has assumed the chairmanship of the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud. Devlin replaces Craig Sparks, CEO of Union...
W.Va. Bus Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 22 2005 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has been sentenced to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Villers was sentenced Dec. 16 in the Circuit Court of...
PT and OT Preauthorization Mandatory Under Texas Workers’ Comp System Effective Dec. 1
Dec 22 2005 // House Bill 7 amended Texas Labor Code §413.014 by adding physical therapy and occupational therapy to the list of services requiring preauthorization. The Texas Department of Insurance, with bulletin B-0039-05, notified...
Calif. Court Decision Expected to Lower Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 22 2005 // Los Angeles based law firm Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye LLP recently won a ruling that the firm said will affect the way workers’ compensation premiums are calculated for California employers covered by a carrier...
Auto Dealers Compensation of Calif. Returns $9.6 Million in Equity
Dec 21 2005 // The Trustee Board of the Auto Dealers Compensation of California Inc. (AD-COMP(R)), has announced an equity distribution of approximately $9.6 million to its auto dealership members. AD-COMP(R), formed in 2002, is a...
