Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Four Californians Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 14 2005 // Joint investigations by the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in the felony arrests of four suspects for multiple counts of...
New Md. Medical Liability Law, Upcoming Issues Reportedly Concerning Insurers
Jan 13 2005 // Although disappointed that the Maryland General Assembly chose to override Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s veto of a controversial medical liability reform bill, insurers are reportedly equally concerned about other challenges...
CRM Appoints New Claims Account Coordinator
Jan 13 2005 // Irvine, Calif.-based Compensation Risk Managers of California, LLC (CRM) has announced the appointment of Edward Low as the firm’s new claims account coordinator for California. Low has extensive experience in...
Houston Man Fined for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Jan 12 2005 // Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Henry Prince of Houston has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and must pay restitution to the insurer. The Travis County 147th...
Guy Carpenter & Co. Report Finds U.S. Reinsurance Market Flat, Slightly Down
Jan 10 2005 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has released its annual report on pricing at renewals, U.S. Reinsurance Renewals at Jan. 1, 2005, which found pricing generally to be flat to...
CWCI to Host Seminar on New Permanent Disability Rating Schedule
Jan 10 2005 // Tthe California Workers’ Compensation Institute has announced it will conduct a one-day seminar, “PD Rating 102: Practical & Legal Aspects of Implementing California’s New PD Rating Schedule.”...
R.I. Approves 20% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Jan 9 2005 // Average loss costs for workers’ compensation insurers adopting figures from the National Council on Compensation Insurance in Rhode Island are going down 20.2 percent following an order by the Department of Business...
AIA: Attorneys Call for Workers’ Comp Rate Regulation
Jan 7 2005 // Democratic lawmakers and attorneys are using the recently implemented workers’ compensation reforms as a tool in their game to undermine Gov. Schwarzenegger’s track record, according to the American Insurance...
California Approves Workers’ Comp Self-Insurance Group for Private Schools
Jan 6 2005 // Facing the ever-increasing workers’ compensation costs, a group of private schools recently was approved by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Office of Self-Insurance Plans to begin operating a...
Calif. Chiropractor, Two Associates Nabbed in Workers’ Comp Scam Costing More than $10 Million
Jan 6 2005 // A Modesto, California chiropractor and two employees were arrested early Thursday on charges that they repeatedly billed for services that were unnecessary or never rendered from 1996 through 2004, potentially costing...
Mass. Prison Officer Indicted for Comp Fraud
Jan 5 2005 // A former Bristol County (Mass.) Corrections Officer has been indicted for working while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, according to Attorney General Tom Reilly. Kevin J. Mello, of South Dartmouth was...
Governor’s Plan Putting Calif. Workers’ Comp Market on Right Track, Says ACIC
Jan 5 2005 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan for reform of the troubled California workers’ compensation system is already putting the state’s system on more stable footing, according to the state’s...
Beleaguered Workers' Comp Lines Seek Captives as a Solution
Jan 3 2005 // With workers’ compensation insurance costs skyrocketing, many companies are considering a captive solution, but industry observers say companies should first consider all alternatives, and if they do decide to set up...
MICH. TO SEE 11.2% DROP IN AVERAGE COMP RATE:
Jan 3 2005 // Michigan will see an 11.2 percent decline in the average workers’ compensation insurance rate, the largest drop in nearly a decade. The pure premium rate decline is reportedly due, in part, to well-developed safety...
LOUNGE ACT LANDS N.O. FIREFIGHTER A FRAUD CONVICTION:
Jan 3 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Labor reported that a New Orleans firefighter was convicted of trying to cheat the state out of $25,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. According to the DOL, Richard Lloyd, 64, of 3226...
HAWAII CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILLRESUME BATTLETO REFORM WORKERS' COMP:
Jan 3 2005 // The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii said it is ready to resume the legislative battle to reform workers’ compensation laws, an effort that was unsuccessful last year in spite of efforts by a number of business groups...
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE ANNOUNCES CALIF. WORKERS’ COMP PROGRAM:
Jan 3 2005 // Everest National Insurance Company announced it has been writing California workers’ compensation business on a direct retail business since October 2003 from its Western Regional Office in Orange, Calif. During its...
Insurance Marketing and Communications
Jan 3 2005 // How to Produce Client Seminars As we develop our marketing and communications plans for 2005, one of the most effective ways a broker can provide a customized service to its clients is by producing educational seminars on...
2003-2004 California Year-End Legislative Repo
Jan 3 2005 // A summary of the most important legislation affecting the industry in the New Year The historic recall of Gray Davis and election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California set the tone for the 2004 legislative...
Q1 FY 2005: TWCC Issues Close to $1.56 Million in Penalties for Fraud, Administrative Violations
Dec 31 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission issued penalties totaling nearly $1.56 million between Sept. 1, 2004 and Nov. 30, 2004 for administrative violations and fraud committed by system participants. A total of...
