Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
News Briefs
Jul 18 2005 // ILLINOIS Segal Sentencing Delayed Indefinitely for Psychiatric Evaluation Former Chicago insurance broker Michael Segal’s sentencing for a federal conviction on 19 counts of fraud and racketeering related to nearly...
News Briefs
Jul 18 2005 // Arkansas P/C Claims Reports Hearing Scheduled The Arkansas Insurance Department will hold a public hearing July 27 to determine whether Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman should revise and re-adopt Rule and...
News Briefs
Jul 18 2005 // WASH. WORK COMP BENEFITS SEE INCREASE OF 0.6%: Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation time-loss or pension benefits will receive a 0.6 percent cost-of-living increase effective immediately....
A Rare California Policy Success Trying to Survive
Jul 18 2005 // This month new workers’ compensation insurance rates went into effect in California. And thanks to reforms championed early on by State Sen. Charles Poochigian and Assemblyman Abel Maldonado, and later pushed by Gov....
FIREFIGHTERS GET WORKERS’ COMP:
Jul 18 2005 // Vermont Gov. James Douglas has signed into law a bill to financially protect firefighters who suffer heart attacks in the line of duty. The measure, which took effect upon signing, ensures that firefighters who suffer...
STATE SPONSORS COMP SEMINAR
Jul 18 2005 // The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth and the State Bar of Michigan have teamed up to develop a four-part seminar series about workers’ compensation, beginning Aug. 3. The series, aimed at lawyers and...
International Newsbriefs
Jul 18 2005 // XL Hit with $183M Reserve Increase: Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. announced that its second quarter results will be adversely impacted by an increase in net reserves in its North American reinsurance operations of $191...
INSURANCE TRUST NEEDS LETTER OF CREDIT
Jul 18 2005 // The Kentucky School Boards Ins-urance Trust Workers’ Compensation Fund, one of the seven workers’ compensation self-insured groups doing business in Kentucky has been ordered to provide a $6.5 million letter of...
Workers’ Comp for Subcontractors
Jul 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Texas Construction Trust has a workers’ compensation self-insurance trust for subcontractors throughout Texas. This trust allows members to own the workers’ comp insurance program and govern...
OSHA Issues Alert on Dangers Involving Cleanup, Recovery from Hurricanes
Jul 15 2005 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging employers and workers to take appropriate safety measures to avoid injury and illnesses associated with the recovery and...
R.I. Governor Blasts, Vetoes Beacon Mutual Expansion
Jul 15 2005 // Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri has vetoed a bill that would have permitted the state’s largest workers compensation insurer, Beacon Mutual, to restructure and expand into other states. Carcieri blasted the...
Online Registration Open for Annual AWCC Educational Conference
Jul 14 2005 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission established online registration for its 18th annual Educational Conference, scheduled for Oct. 12-14, the first under the direction of Chief Executive Officer Alan...
OSHA and Wis. Agencies Launch Job Safety Alliance
Jul 14 2005 // The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Wisconsin state agencies have launched an alliance aimed at preventing workplace hazards statewide, according to a statement from the...
W.Va. Insurance Commission Preparing to Oversee Workers’ Compensation
Jul 14 2005 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is preparing for Jan. 1, 2006, when it will be responsible for the state workers’ compensation system, as the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission ceases to...
Calif. Supreme Court Rejects Third Lawsuit Against Workers’ Comp Issues
Jul 14 2005 // Yesterday, the California Supreme Court denied the writ of mandate in a case filed by a group sponsored by the California Applicant Attorneys’ Association, the American Insurance Association reported today. The case...
OSHA Cites Mass. Contractor in Deadly Crane Collapse
Jul 13 2005 // A federal agency that oversees workplace safety blamed a contractor for a shipyard crane accident that in January killed two workers, including one from New Hampshire. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Mother-Daughter Team Arrested for Calif. Workers’ Comp Scam
Jul 13 2005 // Two Kern County, California farm labor contractors surrendered to authorities July 12 after a two-year investigation found that they had allegedly under-reported their business’ payroll by $1 million. The...
Dutcher Joins Willis Re in San Francisco as Senior VP
Jul 12 2005 // Willis Re US in San Francisco announced that Samuel L. Dutcher was appointed as senior vice president. He will be responsible for expanding Willis Re’s Workers’ Compensation Practice, identifying new business...
Meeting on Texas Workers’ Comp Networks Available on Web; TDI Accepting Comments Through July 20
Jul 12 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance is currently analyzing HB 7 and drafting language for rules for workers’ compensation networks. In order to obtain input from as many stakeholders as possible, a meeting will be held...
PCI: Security Breach, Workers’ Comp Highlight First Part of Pa. Session
Jul 12 2005 // The Pennsylvania General Assembly recessed for the summer on Friday, but not before passing key insurance-related legislation involving topics such as the security of personal data and changes to the workers compensation...
