Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Advisory Commission Thinks Sun Should Set on TWCC
Oct 11 2004 // The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission believes the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commision should be abolished. At a Sept. 15 meeting, the committee recommended dismantling TWCC’s current structure and shifting...
Going Paperless — Is it for the Independent Agency’
Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...
Ohio Man Sentenced on Comp Fraud Charge
Oct 10 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Springfield man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Jeff Hamm was sentenced to three months incarceration, a...
Ohio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Columbus man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Souhil Sabbagh was sentenced to one year probation and ordered...
Ark. Workers’ Comp Rules Supplement Available
Oct 6 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that a 2004 supplement to The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Laws and Rules Annotated, published by LexisNexis, is now available. The 2004 supplement...
TWCC Fines Carriers for Late Payments to Workers
Oct 6 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported it issued 68 Notices of Violation (NOVs) to insurance carriers on Sept. 24 for a total of $251,000 in penalties for late initial payments of Temporary Income...
Governor, Businesses, Labor Defend SAIF from Initiative
Oct 6 2004 // The battle over a ballot measure to abolish SAIF Corp. has moved into the final month with big spending by supporters and tough talk by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who has emerged as the top defender of the state-owned...
Vermont OSHA Probes Fatal Construction Accident
Oct 5 2004 // The state of Vermont said it will need about 10 days to investigate a construction accident that killed one man and sent a fellow worker to the hospital in Proctorsville. The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health...
TWCC Continues Revising, Updating Web Site
Oct 5 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced more revisions to its Web site at www.twcc.state.tx.us. The additions include a log of questions and answers about Commission policies and updates to the Approved...
La. WCAC to Begin Drafting 2005 Legislation
Oct 5 2004 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council plans to meet on Oct. 7, 2004, to begin drafting legislation for the 2005 Legislative Session. The meeting will begin 9 a.m. at the Louisiana Association of...
S&P Affirms Zenith National Ratings
Oct 5 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ratings on Zenith National Insurance Corp. (Zenith; see ratings list) and its operating subsidiaries. At the same time, Standard & Poor’s revised...
Mass. Indicts ‘Big Dig’ Workers for Comp Fraud
Oct 4 2004 // Four men, including three “Big Dig” workers, were indicted last week in Massachusetts in unrelated cases for allegedly receiving workers compensation payments totaling more than $300,000 while holding down...
OSHA Cites N.H. Contractor for Cave-In Hazard
Sep 30 2004 // An Ashland, New Hampshire contractor’s alleged failure to supply cave-in protection at a Woodstock jobsite has resulted in $29,650 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and...
No 2005 Work Comp Increase for Oregon
Sep 30 2004 // Oregon workers’ compensation insurance rates will not increase in 2005, Gov. Ted Kulongoski said September 28. The announcement marks the third straight year without an increase following 12 consecutive years of rate...
Conn. Workers’ Comp Writers File for Decrease
Sep 29 2004 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Oct. 21 to consider two workers’compensation filings submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on...
TWCC Initiates Online Reporting of Worker Injuries
Sep 29 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...
CompWest Launches Workers’ Comp Ops in California
Sep 27 2004 // CompWest Insurance Company announced that it has been licensed as a workers’ compensation insurer by the California Department of Insurance, responding to the significant capacity shortage in the California market....
Sloan Mason Announces Workers’ Comp/USL&H Product
Sep 27 2004 // Sloan Mason Insurance Services announced a Workers’ Compensation/USL&H product for California companies with longshore exposures. Domestic US Insurance Carrier – AM Best ‘A’ ++ XV Rated. The...
Workers’ Comp Rate Factor Approved in Oklahoma
Sep 27 2004 // The Oklahoma Department of Insurance announced that the State Board for Property and Casualty Rates has approved a proposal to increase a key component of workers’ compensation rates by 5.5 percent beginning Jan. 1,...
ACE USA Expands DBA Workers’ Comp Coverage; House Named to Lead DBA Product Initiative
Sep 24 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced the expansion of its Defense Base Act (DBA) product offerings. The new coverages includes “risk control and claims management...
