Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA Throws Support Behind Mass. Workers’ Comp Competitive Rating Bill
Jun 29 2005 // A bill that would bring a competitive rating system to the Massachusetts workers’ compensation system would be good for the state’s economy, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). AIA testified...
Vt. Governor Signs Bills for Firefighters’ Workers’ Comp, Fire-Safe Cigarettes
Jun 27 2005 // Vermont Gov. James Douglas has signed into law two bills, one designed to prevent cigarette-related fire deaths and the other to financially protect firefighters who suffer heart attacks in the line of duty. One law calls...
LWCC Declares $15.8 Million Dividend
Jun 27 2005 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation announced that for the second year in a row its Board of Directors has declared a dividend and this year will return $15.8 million to qualifying policyholders. The company...
Wyo. Workers’ Comp Rates to Stay the Same, for Now
Jun 27 2005 // Wyoming officials have, for now, declined to change the amount businesses pay for workers’ compensation insurance. “The issue was not dropped,” said Wendy Tyson, administrator of the Employment Tax...
Transition Team Begins Planning for Texas Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jun 24 2005 // A transition team composed of Texas Department of Insurance and Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission staff has begun planning implementation of the organizational and policy changes to the Texas workers’...
Ky. Workers’ Comp Self-Insured Fund Showing a Deficit
Jun 24 2005 // One of the seven workers’ compensation self-insured groups doing business in Kentucky has been ordered to provide a $6.5 million letter of credit to the Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) to serve as additional...
Montana Worried About Pending Work Comp Ruling
Jun 22 2005 // A case before the Montana Workers’ Compensation Court could potentially create a $300 million deficit for the state workers’ compensation insurance system. The case before Workers’ Compensation Judge Mike...
Texas Truck Driver Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 22 2005 // The Travis County grand jury indicted Jerry Amaya of Cedar Creek, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Amaya filed a workers’ compensation claim...
CAS Attendees Hear of Positive Trends from California Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jun 21 2005 // Insurers, and especially self-insurers, are seeing positive trends as a result of the workers’ compensation reforms in California, experts on the subject told attendees at the recent Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)...
COMP RATES TO RISE 2%
Jun 20 2005 // The agency that manages North Dakota’s monopoly workers’ compensation system announced that premium rates will rise an average of 2 percent beginning July 1, 2005. The agency, Workforce Safety & Insurance,...
FLORIDA CHOICE AWARDS JUDGES SELECTED; ENTRY DEADLINE IS JUNE 24
Jun 20 2005 // Nine judges have been selected for the third annual Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation. The program, produced by CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC, recognizes outstanding physicians who treat...
WORKERS’ COMP EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Jun 20 2005 // West Virginia workers’ compensation reforms, including the privatization of the Workers’ Compensation Commission, are a mystery to residents according to the results of a poll released by RMS Strategies. In a...
Woman Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge
Jun 20 2005 // Sandra Canas, a resident of Daly City, California, pleaded guilty on May 11 to a felony charge of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Canas was arrested on Nov. 10, 2004 by investigators from the California...
NEVADA LEGISLATURE WRAPS UP SESSION:
Jun 20 2005 // The Nevada Legislature wrapped up its session recently, passing a number of insurance-related bills. Bills signed into law include: AB 137, signed into law on June 6, requires an insurance company to give a claimant a...
PINNACOL ASSURANCE PRESIDENT PON TO RETIRE:
Jun 20 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced that President and CEO Gary Pon will retire this summer. Pon has served as the company’s CEO since 1986....
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS CAR NAMES COMMERCIAL CARRIERS: Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers has advanced its new commercial auto limited servicing carrier program by selecting the six carriers that will service this residual market business...
Return-to-Work to Become Challenge as Workforce Continues to Mature
Jun 20 2005 // The workers’ compensation system must prepare for a big boom in older workers, a population that is less likely than younger workers to return to work after an injury. Workers over the age of 55 are 12 to 35 percent...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // INDIANA Commissioner Withdraws Controversial ‘Sole-Use’ Bulletin Indiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Atterholt has withdrawn a bulletin that interpreted the “sole-use” provision of the state’s...
People
Jun 20 2005 // Jennifer Fahrenkrug has been promoted to territory manager at Sheboygan, Wis.-based regional property/casualty insurer ACUITY and will handle the company’s Michigan and Northern Ohio territories. Meanwhile, Kelly...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // ALABAMA DOI Lists Insurance Providers A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties became available June 13, thanks to the...
