Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Workers’ Comp Varies Widely; Reforms Slow to Enact, Enforce
Mar 21 2005 // Employer responsibility for the expense of accidents and in some cases occupational illnesses, varies from state to state. Em-ployers must provide reasonable information, rules, supervision, training and safety. The word...
Workers’ Comp Loss Prevention: Going Beyond the Safety Dance
Mar 21 2005 // You work hard, yet you’re frustrated. Why is your client still suffering from employee injury problems and escalating workers’ compensation insurance cost regardless of your efforts? So, is the solution to do...
Purchasing Group Helps Auto Dealers Cope with Workers’ Comp
Mar 21 2005 // Workers’ compensation insurance is problematic across the nation and legislatures in many states, including Texas and Oklahoma, are currently considering bills aimed at increasing the quality of workers’ comp...
Roofing Contractors, Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Profits
Mar 21 2005 // Making the Puzzle Pieces Fit Begin a conversation with any roofing contractor with the words workers’ comp insurance and profits in the same sentence and you’ll probably be met with a confused look. By all...
Texas Workers’ Comp Bill Moves On
Mar 21 2005 // The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee finished work on Senate Bill 5, which would drastically change Texas’ workers’ compensation system, and the committee substitute SB 5 now goes to the full Senate for...
Nev. Man Charged for Work Comp Fraud
Mar 21 2005 // Following a guilty plea, Nevada District Judge Steven Kosach sentenced Dennis Dean Hogue to 12 to 34 months in the Nevada State Prison for one count of workers’ comp claimant fraud. Hogue was also ordered to make...
