Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IBA West President Discusses Broker Disclosure, Work Comp Issues
Apr 4 2005 // Mark Wells, publisher of Insurance Journal, recently spoke to Stan Simpson, the newly elected president of the Insurance Agents and Brokers of the West and a principal at Buckman-Mitchell Inc., an independent agency in...
Help Your Clients by Becoming a Small Business Advocate
Apr 4 2005 // One of the great things about being a commercial lines insurance agent is that you get to meet people and learn a little bit about a lot of businesses. This knowledge puts insurance agents in a unique position to represent...
Insurance Group Staying out of California Workers’ Comp Confirmation Fight
Apr 4 2005 // A major insurance industry group is staying out of the Senate confirmation fight over Gov. Schwarzenegger’s workers’ comp director, another possible indication the appointment could be in trouble. The...
Some 200 Insurance-Related Bills Introduced in California Legislature
Apr 4 2005 // About 200 insurance-related bills have been introduced in the California Legislature this session, according to The Association of California Insurance Companies. “We expect during the upcoming months that the issues...
Texas House Passes Workers’ Comp Reform Bill
Apr 1 2005 // The Texas House of Representatives passed legislation, House Bill 7, designed to overhaul the workers’ compensation system by creating medical networks to help rein in the skyrocketing costs and get injured workers...
Also Crossed Off Blunt’s To-Do List: Comp Reform
Mar 31 2005 // After previously signing tort reform legislation into law, Republican Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt yesterday granted another long-held insurance industry wish when he enacted workers’ compensation reforms. Both sets of...
Non-Construction Laborers, Freight Movers Had Most Occupational Injuries, Illnesses in Texas in 2003
Mar 31 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that non-construction laborers and freight, stock, and material movers recorded the largest number of occupational injuries and illnesses in Texas in 2003,...
Pa. Employers to See Added Savings for Comp Costs
Mar 30 2005 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken on Wednesday announced that the Insurance Department has recently approved a 2.89 percent average rate reduction for workers’ compensation premiums, which will save...
WCIRB Proposes 10.4 Percent Decrease in Pure Premium Rates
Mar 28 2005 // On March 25, 2005, the WCIRB submitted a filing to the California Insurance Commissioner recommending a 10.4 percent decrease in advisory pure premium rates effective July 1, 2005 on new and renewal policies. The proposed...
Texas Company Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 28 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that RBH Enterprises Inc. of Keller, Texas, recently pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony offense for workers’ compensation insurance fraud-related charges. Judge Julie...
N.Y. Court Denies Workers’ Compensation Survivor Benefits for Same-Sex Partner
Mar 23 2005 // A New York man who sought workers’ compensation benefits after his same-sex partner of more than 20 years was killed in an airplane crash has been denied his claim. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the...
Former San Mateo Nordstrom Employee Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 23 2005 // Levi Scott Adams, of San Mateo, California, was arrested March 22 by investigators from the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office on three...
Calif. Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 22 2005 // Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, has been sentenced by the Kern County Superior Court for workers’ compensation insurance fraud after a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance...
WORKERS’ COMP WRITERS SEEK 1% HIKE:
Mar 21 2005 // The Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts has recommended to the state Division of Insurance that average rates for workers’ compensation insurance be increased by 1.0 percent...
Pennsylvania Keeps Its Workers’ Compensation Costs Under Control
Mar 21 2005 // Costs per workers’ compensation claim in Pennsylvania rose 6 percent between 2001 and 2002, according to a new report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute. This contrasts with more...
Main Street Matters
Mar 21 2005 // New York is one of the worst; New Jersey is also poor; Virginia remains among the best; Massachusetts and Maryland are looking better and better; Connecticut is holding steady, while Pennsylvania has some catching up to...
Lawmakers Endorse New Nursing Home Ergonomic Guidelines
Mar 21 2005 // State lawmakers involved in insurance issues have endorsed proposed federal rules designed to reduce workers’ compensation claims and employee injuries in nursing homes. A resolution supporting ergonomics guidelines...
Workers’ Compensation: In-Between the Good, the Bad, and the Injuries
Mar 21 2005 // With overall claims frequency still on the decline and loss costs and rates relatively stable, the state of the workers’ compensation line nationwide continues to show positive signs of improvement. Nevertheless, the...
NIGHTCLUB OWNERS TO PAY FAMILIES:
Mar 21 2005 // Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court Judge Bruce Q. Morin has ordered the owners of the West Warwick nightclub The Station to pay lost wages and funeral expenses to the families of four employees who were among...
June Deadline WC Awards Nominations
Mar 21 2005 // A call for nominations for the third annual Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation has been issued by CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC of Tampa, Fla. The program recognizes physicians who deliver...
