Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Workers’ Comp Bill Goes to Governor
May 31 2005 // The Texas Senate approved a plan to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system and the bill awaits the signature of Gov. Rick Perry. The plan provides for an increase in income benefits to injured...
Zenith Files 12% Reduction in Its Calif. Workers’ Comp Rates
May 31 2005 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company, has filed with the California Department of Insurance its workers’ compensation rates for use in California on or...
Ill. Comp Reforms Headed to Gov. Blagojevich’s Desk
May 31 2005 // The first major overhaul of Illinois’ workers’ compensation system in nearly two decades was headed to the governor’s desk Friday night. The reforms, a compromise between business and labor groups, would...
Ohio Comp Fund Director Resigns Amid Scandal Over Missing Rare Coins
May 31 2005 // Ohio’s workers’ compensation director, once hailed as government’s “Mr. Fixit,” has resigned because of a growing scandal about the disappearance of about $10 million worth of rare coins the...
Okla. Lt. Gov. Calls for Special Session on Comp
May 27 2005 // Time has run out for workers’ compensation reform in the state’s legislature, according to Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin, who says a special session will be need to work on the issue. Fallin and Senate...
Committee Works Out Comp Compromise in Texas
May 26 2005 // A conference committee made up of members of the Texas House of Representatives and the state Senate worked out a compromise on workers’ compensation system reform that had stalled in the legislative process. The...
With No Major Surprises, Iowa Legislature Ends on Positive Note
May 25 2005 // Pleased with no last minute surprises to insurers, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has commended the Iowa Legislature and Gov. Thomas Vilsack for taking positive and progressive steps on this...
AIG Staring at Possible Formal Action
May 25 2005 // The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the State’s Insurance Department are near completion on producing a civil complaint against American International...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Bill Passes House By 25-13 Vote
May 24 2005 // The House on Sunday accepted a compromise bill to change the state’s workers’ compensation laws. House members passed the new bill 25-13, with most saying it wasn’t the perfect fix to lowering...
Former California State Fund President Webb Passes Away
May 23 2005 // Former State Fund President Jack Webb, one of the most influential and colorful figures in the 91-year history of California’s workers’ compensation insurance system, died May 2, 2005. Webb had been undergoing...
National Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Best Since 1997
May 23 2005 // The nationwide workers’ compensation calendar year combined ratio for 2004 dropped four points to 105 percent, the best performance for the first time since 1997, according to NCCI Holdings Inc.’s preliminary...
Fla. OKs Funds to Fight PIP Fraud
May 23 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher thanked legislators for approving his request for funding to add more law enforcement investigators to fight PIP fraud and workers’ compensation fraud, and a...
WORKERS’ COMP RATES REMAIN UNCHANGED:
May 23 2005 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board has withdrawn its proposed rate increase of 9.5 percent, which means that workers’ compensation rates will remain at their current levels through Oct. 1, 2005. NYCIRB...
TWCC Approves COAs to Self-Insure for Seven Companies
May 23 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by seven private employers during a public meeting on May 19. Texas law allows...
WORKERS’ COMP GUARANTY FUND SAVED:
May 23 2005 // The New York Assembly and Senate have passed and Gov. George Pataki has signed into law industry-supported legislation that provides short-term rescue for the state’s workers compensation guaranty fund that had been...
NCCI CORRECTION LOWERS COMP RATES:
May 23 2005 // Hundreds of Vermont employers may see reductions in their 2003 and 2004 workers’ compensation premiums as a result of adjustments to the data used in the 2003 and 2004 rate filings prepared by the National Council on...
The Nitty Gritty of Blue Collar Programs
May 23 2005 // Program Managers Working for the Working Class For some program administrators, blue is the color of money. While other insurance programs target lawyers, insurance agents and various white-collar occupations, some of the...
FBI Targets Insurance in Probe of Carrier, Agent and PEO Practices
May 23 2005 // The insurance industry, already under scrutiny in some segments by state and federal authorities for various compensation, reinsurance, bid-rigging and accounting practices, now faces another questioner. The Federal Bureau...
TITLE: WORKERS’ COMP FUND RECEIVES A ‘Clean Bill of Health’
May 23 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has given the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Fund a clean bill of health after completing an audit of the fund. KESA insures more than 5,100 groups and had 2004 premiums of about $67...
Suspects Arrested for Comp Fraud
May 23 2005 // Authorities arrested four suspects May 6 after an extensive investigation into a workers’ comp and payroll tax fraud scheme, one in which the suspects allegedly underreported the payroll of its Saratoga firm by...
