Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas: New Year to Bring a New Insurance Chief
Dec 20 2004 // The big news for the old year is that Arkansas will kick off the New Year with a new insurance commissioner. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Dec. 7, 2004, named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as insurance department...
Ten Small Alaska Communities Drop City Insurance
Dec 20 2004 // Ten small Alaska communities have discontinued their municipal insurance because of declining assistance from the state and rising insurance and fuel costs, and another dozen could follow within the next few months, said...
TEVIS INSURANCE FILES WITH CDI FOR LICENSE TO SELL WORKERS’ COMP IN CALIFORNIA:
Dec 20 2004 // San Francisco-based Tevis Insurance Company announced that it has filed an application with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to become a new workers’ compensation insurance carrier. The application will...
Wow! We Made It!
Dec 20 2004 // This is the last issue for the year 2004. And while it may seem like any other Insurance Journal West, it’s actually pretty special and notable. The end of 2004 marks a remarkable achievement here at Insurance...
Looking Back on ’04: The Most Talked-About Stories in the Western Region
Dec 20 2004 // The year 2004 saw a little bit of everything across the Western Region. Workers’ comp, homeowners, med-mal, and even insurance fraud topped the list of the most talked about stories. We compiled these recaps based on...
From Maine to Virginia … What Happened in 2004
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Mich. Gov. Granholm Says Business Climate to Benefit From Reduction in Workers’ Comp Rates
Dec 17 2004 // Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday announced that Michigan’s business climate will benefit from an expected drop in the Workers’ Compensation insurance rates by an average 11.2 percent in 2005. Granholm...
Ohio Employers to Receive One-Time 20% Discount on Workers’ Comp Premiums
Dec 17 2004 // The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission on Thursday voted to grant Ohio’s private and public employers a one-time 20 percent dividend on their upcoming bills. The decision was based on a...
Food Service Assistant Arrested for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 17 2004 // Sandra Canas, 44, of Daly City, Calif., was arrested on Nov. 10, 2004 and charged with two felony counts of receiving income while receiving workers’ compensation benefits and one felony count of misrepresenting her...
New Orleans Firefighter Convicted of Comp Fraud
Dec 17 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Labor announced that a New Orleans firefighter has been convicted of trying to cheat the state out of $25,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Richard Lloyd, 64, of 3226 Pittari Place,...
Authorities Nab Correctional Officer in Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Dec 16 2004 // A former Folsom Prison Correctional Officer was arrested Dec. 15 after an investigation into alleged workers’ compensation fraud in which investigators video-taped her using a jet ski, a water slide, and performing...
SCC Sets Workers’ Comp Premium Level Adjustments for Va. Workers
Dec 16 2004 // The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved revisions to the premium levels charged for workers’ compensation insurance in Virginia. Workers’ compensation insurance provides medical care and wage...
Okla. Has Record Year for Low Workplace Injury, Illness
Dec 15 2004 // For the second year in a row, Oklahoma workplaces set records for the fewest number of recordable injuries and illness as well as the lowest injury and illness rate, according to the state’s Department of Labor. The...
Sloan Mason Announces Revision in Workers’ Comp/USL&H Product
Dec 13 2004 // Sloan Mason Insurance Services announced an important revision to their Workers’ Compensation/USL&H product for California companies with longshore exposures. Domestic U.S. Insurance Carrier – A.M. Best...
Ohio Chiropractor Gets 1 Year of Probation for Comp Fraud, Pays Back $216,000
Dec 13 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Greenville, Ohio, man has pled guilty to a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Dr. Robert Fantasia was sentenced to one year of probation, basic...
Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Ready to Resume Legislative Battle to Reform Workers’ Comp
Dec 13 2004 // 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...
4,000 Businesses In Group Comp Fund Owe $51 Million In Ky. Self-Insurance Claims
Dec 10 2004 // More than 4,000 Kentucky business owners participating in a group workers’ compensation fund have been left holding-the-bag and being billed for $51 million in claims racked up by AIK Comp, a self-insurance plan...
State Fund Collects $550,000 in Restitution from Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Dec 10 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund collected $550,000 as the first installment of a total $677,693.00 owed to the Fund from a Los Angeles business owner who pleaded no contest to felony workers’ compensation insurance...
Texas Mutual Announces New Purchasing Group
Dec 10 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: the Texas Sign Association. The group will provide qualifying members with a competitive option for workers’...
Bowman Named Ark. Insurance Commissioner
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as the state insurance commissioner. The governor made the announcement during a Tuesday morning news conference at the state Capitol. Bowman will...
