Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio WC Bureau Planning Hospital Rate Cuts
Aug 3 2005 // In spite of warnings from health care groups, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation plans to cut the rates it pays hospitals treating sick and injured workers. The bureau insures about two-thirds of all employees...
N.J. Man Finds Workers’ Comp Fraud Doesn’t Pay
Aug 3 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Gloucester County man has pleaded guilty to theft and falsifying records for fraudulently collecting more than $11,000 in workers’...
Okla. Employers May See Lower Workers’ Comp Costs
Aug 1 2005 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland expects workers’ compensation insurance costs for policyholders with licensed insurance companies to decrease because of benefit changes produced by a special session bill...
Fla. Officials Put Wraps on Workers’ Comp Sweeps; 100 SWOs Written to State Employers
Jul 29 2005 // Investigators from Florida’s Department of Financial Services Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the results of a recent two-day sweep of construction sites in the state. Officials said 848 site visits...
Okla. Man to Serve 9 Years for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 29 2005 // A Tulsa County, Okla., man was given a 15-year sentence after pleading guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud in Tulsa County District Court, according to State Attorney General Drew Edmondson. Edmondson...
Ross Joins Pinnacol Assurance as President and CEO
Jul 28 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, announced that its board of directors has named Kenneth J. Ross as Pinnacol’s new president and CEO. Ross will succeed Gary Pon, who...
N.Y. Workers Comp Trusts Return $3M
Jul 28 2005 // Compensation Risk Managers, LLC, a national manager of self-funded workers’ compensation insurance programs, announced that three of its trusts in New York state produced dividends of nearly $3.2 million in 2004. The...
Ohio Sen. Dunn to Pursue Public Records Lawsuit Against Gov. Taft
Jul 28 2005 // Ohio State Sen. Marc Dann will not drop his public records lawsuit against Gov. Bob Taft, even though the governor has released hundreds of documents he wanted, the Associated Press reported. The Youngstown area Democrat...
S.C. Gov. Sanford Appoints Task Force to Study Workers’ Comp
Jul 28 2005 // A 33 percent rate increase proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance has motivated Gov. Mark Sanford to form a task force to study the state’s workers’ compensation system. The task force will...
Acordia Calif. to Cease Workers’ Comp Programs, Operations
Jul 26 2005 // Acordia of California Insurance Services Inc.’s Wholesale P&C Division has announced it has decided to cease their workers’ compensation programs and wholesale operations. Effective Sept. 1, 2005, Acordia...
Vt. Volunteer Firefighters Left Out of Workers Comp Revision
Jul 25 2005 // Volunteer firefighters in Vermont say they were inappropriately left out of a new law that gave their full-time, professional colleagues benefits that they believe they also deserve. Passed on the final day of the session,...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Looking for New Investment Consultant
Jul 25 2005 // The Ohio state insurance fund for injured workers announced it is looking for a new outside consultant to review its investments, according to the Associated Press. The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation said it...
Md. Workers’ Comp Payments Outpace U.S. Average, Study Says
Jul 22 2005 // In Maryland, total workers’ compensation payments for injured workers’ cash benefits and medical care rose by 9.4 percent to $628.5 million in 2003, according to a report by the National Academy of Social...
Ohio Gov. Releases Weekly Reports Related to Workers’ Comp
Jul 22 2005 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft recently reversed course and agreed to release weekly reports from top officials at the embattled state insurance fund for injured workers, according to the Associated Press. Releasing the reports from...
‘Adverse Surprise’ Workers Comp Cases Consume 40% of Medical Costs
Jul 21 2005 // Workers’ compensation cases with significant unanticipated medical care and costs are most common in California and Texas, and can represent as much as 30 to 40 percent of medical costs in most states, according to a...
Workers’ Comp Payments in Pa. Grew by 3.7% in 2003
Jul 21 2005 // In Pennsylvania, total workers’ compensation payments for injured workers’ cash benefits and medical care rose by 3.7 percent to $2,626 million in 2003, according to a report by the National Academy of Social...
Calif. Releases Impact of 2004-2005 Increase in State Average Weekly Wage On Workers’ Comp
Jul 21 2005 // The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose from $806.11 to $838.42 for the 12 months ending March 31, 2005 – remaining just below the threshold level of...
Utah’s Workers Comp Fund Announces $20M Dividend
Jul 19 2005 // Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund has declared a $20 million dividend that will be distributed to a majority of policyholders this August. Policyholders can expect to receive 9.25 percent of their earned premium...
News Currents
Jul 18 2005 // Two Industry Opposed Bills Die in California Legislature California’s SB 46 and SB 603 both died in the Legislature in late June, allowing insurers to breathe a little easy-for now. SB 46, authored by Sen. Richard...
LWCC RETURNS $15.8M IN DIVIDENDS
Jul 18 2005 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation for second year in a row declared a dividend and will return $15.8 million to qualifying policyholders this year. The company believes it to be the largest single...
