Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
What’s Wrong with an “Aging Workforce”?
Nov 6 2005 // Aging workforce” is a term often heard throughout corporate America. Most of us have read how, over the next decade, the 45-and-older crowd will grow to an unprecedented percentage of the working population. This...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ILLINOIS Garrett Bonham, 29, seeks more than $75,000 in a lawsuit filed last month for injuries sustained in his 10 years of employment as a performing knight at the Schaumburg, Ill., Medieval Times, according to the...
North Carolina Pro Athletes Win Workers’ Comp Court Cases
Nov 6 2005 // A handful of former Carolina Panthers players who were injured playing football have won their cases before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and one before the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jim Lore, a Raleigh attorney...
At IIAT’s Small Agency Conference, lawmaker says involvement is key to legislative success
Nov 6 2005 // Sen. Staples Urges Agents to Continue Participating in the ‘Process’ Nearly 250 attendees turned out for the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ first-ever Small Agency Conference, held in Waco in...
Calif. Court Rules Illegal Immigrants Can Get Workers’ Comp
Nov 6 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...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // California CDI Amends Proposed “Action Notice” Filing Regulations The California Department of In-surance has deleted a section of proposed regulations that would have required insurers to notify CDI when a...
Conn. to Weigh Workers’ Comp Rate Change at Nov. 18 Hearing
Nov 4 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell will hold a public hearing on Friday, Nov. 18 to consider a workers’ compensation filing for an average decrease of +0.8% for pure premium loss costs and an...
Meeting Scheduled for Input From Texas Workers’ Comp Stakeholders
Nov 4 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced it will hold a meeting on Nov. 14 to solicit input from stakeholders in the workers’ comp system regarding implementation of House...
