Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Seen Losing $125M Sept. 11 Workers’ Comp Aid for Sick Rescuers
Nov 17 2005 // Congressional budget negotiators have decided to take back $125 million in Sept. 11 aid from New York, which had fought to keep the money to treat sick and injured ground zero workers, lawmakers said. New York’s...
Supco: Injured Worker Can’t Sue Company for Turning Him In
Nov 17 2005 // The Montana Supreme Court rebuffed an attempt by man who received a nearly $2 million workers compensation claim to sue his former employer, who he believed turned him in for fraud in a related case. The Conoco refinery in...
Liberty Mutual Manages Workers’ Comp Using Group Health Analysis
Nov 16 2005 // Over the past several years, risk managers faced a staggering one-two punch. First, workers’ compensation medical costs exploded, growing faster than inflation. Then, medical treatment passed wage payments to become...
Colo. Comp Premium to Decrease
Nov 15 2005 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will decrease an average of 1 percent, as a result of an order signed by Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera. Although...
Crawford & Co.’s Claims Advantage Reduces Cost, Severity of Workers’ Compensation Claims
Nov 15 2005 // A new proprietary web-based application that incorporates structured interviews into the workers’ compensation claims process has been introduced by Crawford & Company of Atlanta. Crawford Claims Advantage...
Oxnard, Calif. State Fund Office Offers Employer Safety Seminar
Nov 15 2005 // As part of State Fund’s ongoing educational program to create safe workplaces and update employers on new workers’ compensation insurance rules, its Oxnard District Office will hold a free safety seminar on...
PCI Applauds W. Va. Gov.’s Focus on Workers’ Comp Reform
Nov 14 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has applauded West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin for calling a special session of the State Legislature in order to finalize any remaining details of the...
S.C. Insurance Department’s Chief Expert on Risks, Rates, Resigns
Nov 11 2005 // Dean Kruger, the South Carolina Insurance Department’s chief expert on risks and rates was asked to resign this week after he criticized the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Kruger, who worked at the...
California Commissioner Calls for 15.3 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
Nov 11 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has recommended a 15.3 percent decrease in the state’s workers’ compensation pure premium rates. This is his fifth consecutive decrease, which will bring the...
Midwest Insurance Co. Selects New Workers’ Comp Software
Nov 10 2005 // InsureWorx, software provider for the workers’ compensation carrier market, has announced that Illinois-based Midwest Insurance Co. has selected the PowerComp Policy System as its new policy processing suite. The...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Commission Announces ’06 Conference Plans
Nov 10 2005 // The AWCC announced plans for two important conferences for 2006, one in Little Rock and the other in Hot Springs. The AWCC reported with Arkansas Self-Insurers Association (ASIA) that, instead of the ASIA Spring Fling and...
N.Y. Agents Applaud Pataki Workers’ Comp Package as ‘Positive Step’
Nov 9 2005 // New York Governor George E. Pataki’s workers’ compensation package is being hailed as a positive first step by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc. and its industry coalition, NY...
Delaware Rejects 10% Workers’ Comp Hike; Signals 8% Would Be Approved
Nov 8 2005 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn said today he would not approve a proposed 10 percent increase in the workers’ compensation insurance rates, telling insurance companies that he would however approve a lower...
Maine Employers Mutual Rewards Employers with $4 Million in Dividends
Nov 8 2005 // This week, Maine’s largest workers’ compensation insurer Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) is mailing $4 million in dividends to its policyholders for performance in 2002. More than 19,500...
Moody Offers Colorado Roofing Workers’ Comp Program Dividend
Nov 8 2005 // Moody Insurance Agency, which specializes in insurance, risk management and bonding services for contractors, has announced a $313,800 dividend — an increase of $99,399 over last year’s dividend — for 19...
“KNIGHT” SUES DINNER THEATER:
Nov 7 2005 // A former employee performing as a jousting “knight” at a Medieval Times dinner theater in Illinois has filed a federal class-action lawsuit alleging he was discriminated against for filing and receiving...
Sen. Staples Urges Agents to Continue Participating in the ‘Process’
Nov 7 2005 // At IIAT’s Small Agency Conference, lawmaker says involvement is key to legislative success. Nearly 250 attendees turned out for the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ first-ever Small Agency Conference,...
Calif. Court Rules Illegal Immigrants Can Get Workers’ Comp
Nov 7 2005 // Illegal immigrants injured on the job are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite their legal status, a California state appeals court recently ruled. The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled in a case...
HAWAII INSURANCE DIVISION APPROVES 18.2 PERCENT WORKERS’ COMP DECREASE
Nov 7 2005 // The state of Hawaii Insurance Division has approved an 18.2 percent decrease in the cost of workers’ compensation claims, which likely will lower premiums for Hawaii companies beginning Jan. 1. According to the...
Uninsured /Underinsured Motorist
Nov 6 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
