Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Team Drywall Taken Into Custody
Dec 6 2004 // Four individuals from a Highland, Calif. business called Team Drywall were taken into custody in a $290,466 workers’ compensation premium fraud case that was investigated by the California Department of Insurance...
Pair Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 6 2004 // An Inyokern, Calif. couple who reportedly bilked the workers’ comp system out of more than $76,000 in a disability scheme was sentenced to prison Nov. 16 on the charges and ordered to pay $102,706 in restitution and...
W. VA. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AUDIT REPORTS POSITIVE TRENDS:
Dec 6 2004 // An independent audit report for fiscal 2004 shows continued positive financial trends for the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, according to Gregory Burton, executive director. The report cites a...
Fla. Workers’ Compensation Rules Repealed; Little Effect Expected on Insurance Industry
Dec 3 2004 // The Florida Supreme Court yesterday decided that it lacked jurisdiction and repealed recent changes in Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Rules, but according to knowledgeable industry experts, the action should...
Corona Man Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 3 2004 // Luis Roberto Diaz, of Corona, Calif., surrendered to the San Bernardino Superior Court on November 22, 2004, after being charged with two counts of grand theft, three counts of insurance premium fraud, one count of...
CRM Names Walczyk as COO
Dec 2 2004 // Irvine, Calif.-based Risk Managers of California, LLC (CRM) announced the appointment of a new chief operating officer. Chet Walczyk, a veteran workers’ compensation insurance executive with more than 25 years of...
Tevis Insurance Files with CDI for License to Sell Workers’ Comp in California
Dec 2 2004 // San Francisco-based Tevis Insurance Company announced that it has filed an application with the California Department of Insurance to become a new workers’ compensation insurance carrier. The application will be...
Owner of Maintenance Company that Worked for UCLA, Rose Bowl Charged in Fraud Scam
Dec 2 2004 // The 61-year-old owner of a building maintenance company that did work for UCLA and the Rose Bowl has been charged with multiple counts of filing between $600,000 to $900,000 in fraudulent workers’ compensation...
TWCC Submits Recommendations to Legislature
Dec 1 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported that, as required by the Texas Labor Code, it has recommended changes to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act to be considered by the 79th Texas Legislature...
SIIS to Hold Texas Workers’ Comp Seminar
Dec 1 2004 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service (SIIS) announced it will host a Public Policy Seminar, “Texas Workers’ Compensation Issues,” at a Jan.7, 2005, luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Red Lion...
Murphy Promoted to Sr. VP of Heath Texas
Nov 30 2004 // Heath Insurance Brokers announced that Jerry Murphy has been promoted to senior vice president for the company’s Texas branch. Murphy specializes in worker injury coverages including both workers’ compensation...
Calif. Commissioner Reacts to Latest Workers’ Comp Rate Filing From the SCIF
Nov 30 2004 // Since July 2003 California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has reduced the state’s pure premium advisory rate by 22.6%. This includes his most recent recommendation of Nov. 17, when he lowered the rate by 2.2%....
AIG Specialty WC Expands Web site Capabilities
Nov 29 2004 // AIG Specialty Workers’ Compensation, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), announced the expansion of its “Partners in Productivity”...
California’s SCIF Files an Average 5% Rate Decrease
Nov 29 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund announced it has filed with the California Department of Insurance an average rate decrease of 5 percent on new and renewal workers’ compensation policies with renewal dates on or...
Fla. Employer of Workers Killed at July Construction Site Accident Charged with Fraud
Nov 26 2004 // The employer of two workers killed in a July construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been arrested and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher...
Colo. Deputy Hurt in Rescue Attempt Now Told to File for Workers’ Comp
Nov 25 2004 // A Denver sheriff’s deputy initially told he was ineligible for workers’ compensation after trying to rescue an infant from a burning house, might be able to receive benefits after all, authorities said. George...
Wash. L&I Adopts 3.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Nov 23 2004 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries finalized an average 3.7 percent rate increase for workers’ compensation insurance in 2005. The increase takes effect Jan. 1 and will raise an additional $52 million...
AIA Sets Multi-Issue Agenda for NAIC Meeting
Nov 23 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Tuesday said that it has a full agenda for the upcoming National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Winter Meeting. Issues of concern to AIA include the...
TWCC Approves Certificates of Authority for Seven Companies to Self-Insure
Nov 23 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has approved a first-time application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for one company and also approved the renewal of certificates for six other companies...
TWCC POSTS RULE-MAKING PROJECTS:
Nov 22 2004 // The current status of rule-making projects by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has been added as a regular page on the Commission’s Web site at: www.twcc.state.tx.us. Projects posted on the Web page...
