Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California’s DWC Regulations Get Backing From Office of Administrative Law
Nov 2 2004 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has received approval from the Office of Administrative Law on the first set of regulations implementing SB 899, workers’ compensation reforms passed by...
TWCC Sets Maintenance Tax Rate
Nov 2 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported it has determined, pursuant to the authority and direction given under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act (Texas Labor Code, Section 403.003), that the...
RMS Expands Underwriting Capabilities, Global Suite for Catastrophe Peril Models
Oct 29 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced the launch of RiskLink and RiskBrowser 4.5, the latest versions of its catastrophe modeling systems. The upgraded systems include new underwriting capabilities, expanded...
Fla. OIR Disapproves Workers’ Comp Rates
Oct 29 2004 // Florida Commissioner of Insurance Regulation Kevin McCarty, this week, disapproved the latest workers’ compensation rate filing because the decrease in rates was reportedly not enough. McCarty ordered the National...
Mass. Father, Son-In-Law Keep Fraud in the Family
Oct 29 2004 // A Leominster, Massachusetts man and his son-in-law were sentenced this week in federal court to terms of imprisonment for their roles in a Worcester temporary employment agency fraud scheme. United States Attorney Michael...
Mo. Heading for Lowest Comp Rate Increase Since 2000
Oct 28 2004 // Results from 2004’s first nine months indicate Missouri should post its lowest rate of premium increases for workers’ compensation insurance since 2000, according to Department of Insurance Director Scott...
Team Drywall Taken Into Custody on $290K Fraud Case
Oct 28 2004 // Four individuals from a Highland, California business called Team Drywall were taken into custody last week in a $290,466 workers’ compensation premium fraud case that was investigated by the California Department of...
Guy Carpenter Unveils Reveal for Workers’ Comp Risks
Oct 27 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc. has announced the introduction of the Reveal model, a refined exposure rating tool that helps to identify the drivers of costly excess losses within workers’ compensation...
OSHA Fines Delaware Clam Factory for Explosives
Oct 26 2004 // Sea Watch International Ltd. has been fined $9,000 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) because of safety violations at its Milford, Del. clam processing plant where unexploded vintage...
N.H. Comp Market Reflects Low Frequency, Slow Hiring, Workforce
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation writers in New Hampshire want an average 2.5 percent hike for voluntary market advisory loss costs and a 12.7 percent average increase in residual market premiums, according to the most recent...
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Oct 25 2004 // For years, Illinois employers and insurers have complained about the state’s workers’ compensation system. Illinois’ workers’ comp rates have regularly exceeded those of neighboring states such as...
Workers’ Compensation
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Insurance announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership...
Illinois Comp Reform Bill Won’t Deliver On Its Promise
Oct 25 2004 // Despite engaging in the longest session in Illinois history, state legislators headed home this summer leaving a crucial bill to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system in limbo. Lawmakers may consider...
TWCC OFFERS ONLINE REPORTING:
Oct 25 2004 // For the first time in Texas, workers who are injured on the job can report the injury to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission via the Internet. The online reporting, available in both Spanish and English, was...
ARK. WORKERS’ COMP SUPPLEMENT:
Oct 25 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced the availability of a 2004 supplement to The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Laws and Rules Annotated, published by LexisNexis. The 2004 supplement...
Will the Texas Workers’ Comp System Go Under the Knife’
Oct 25 2004 // Employers, employees, medical providers and insurers may not agree on how to fix the Texas workers’ compensation system but all have long complained that it is in dire need of repair. Still, many stakeholders were...
A Class Act: Understanding the Texas Workers’ Comp Classification System
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation is a very complicated insurance. I know. I’ve worked for Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s premium audit department for 10 years. Prior to that, I was the director of the...
Workers’ Comp Loss Prevention, Going Beyond the Safety Dance
Oct 25 2004 // 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...
Workers’ Compensation
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Appleby & Sterling Inc. is now offering workers’ comp insurance. Dollars: Minimum premium of $3,000, 36 classifications. Carrier: Rated “B++” VIII, admitted. States Available:...
Small Businesses Struggle to Stay Afloat in Hawaii’s Tumultuous Workers’ Comp Market
Oct 25 2004 // The issues surrounding Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system have been a topic of debate for agents, brokers, politicians and small businesses over the past several months as reform attempts to fix the troubled...
