Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. Gov Urged to Veto Comp Provision in Budget
Sep 14 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and several other insurance industry groups are urging Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to veto a section of the 2004 supplemental budget dealing with the payment...
Vilsack Signs Bill to Allow Apportionment of Iowa Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 14 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms that insurers have argued will help reduce workers compensation costs. Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, signed...
PMA Group Enhances Web site Loss Reporting
Sep 14 2004 // The PMA Insurance Group has introduced an upgrade to its Web site functionality. As of Sept. 1, PMA clients have the option of reporting all lines of PMA claims electronically through the Internet. The new Internet Loss...
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
Sep 13 2004 // Laying a Foundation for Long Term Success Being first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on January 12, 2004 as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years earlier, at the beginning...
Mass. Man Nabbed for Insurance Fraud
Sep 10 2004 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to misrepresenting to a contractor that he had workers’ compensation coverage for his employees and then filing a bogus claim with his homeowners’ insurance...
Wash. L&I Proposes Small Increase in Workers’ Comp Rates in 2005
Sep 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation premiums would increase an average of only 3.7 percent next year under a proposal issued by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). The increase is the lowest in three...
Iowa Legislature Addresses Workers’ Comp Payments in Special Session
Sep 9 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature has passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms supported by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) that will reportedly help reduce...
Ohio Man Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Sep 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Swanton man has been sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud. David Tressler was sentenced to five years of community control, ordered to pay...
Guy Carpenter Unveils Enhanced Version of CASUS Catastrophe Model
Sep 7 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Co. Inc. announced the launch of an enhanced version of CASUS, the industry’s first and only model for analyzing unknown accumulations in workers’ compensation, group life, accident and...
STUDY: COMP PAYMENTS AGAIN OUTPACE WAGES:
Sep 6 2004 // Total payments for workers’ compensation rose faster than wages in 2002 for the second year in a row, according to a new report released by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). In 2002, total...
FLORIDA DFS HONORED BY TRADE GROUP FOR ONLINE DATABASE:
Sep 6 2004 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Workers’ Compensation received top honors from an international trade group that assists national, state and local governments in overseeing...
TWCC OKAYS NINE SELF-INSURE COAs:
Sep 6 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently approved the reapplication for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by nine private employers. Texas law allows certain large, private...
AIK Comp: Kentucky’s Enron’
Sep 6 2004 // AIK Comp’s precarious financial situation in Kentucky should serve as a wake-up call for the workers’ compensation group self-insurance market in the Bluegrass State. Lawmakers and regulators in Kentucky need...
Study: Hawaii Workers’ Comp Payments Up 6.3 Percent
Sep 6 2004 // Hawaii employers paid more to replace injured workers’ lost wages than for their medical care in 2002 compared to the previous year, according to a new study released Aug. 23. The report, prepared by the Wash.-based...
WORK COMP PAYMENTS GREW FASTER THAN WAGES FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW:
Sep 6 2004 // Total payments for workers’ compensation rose faster than wages in 2002 for the second year in a row, according to a new report released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). In 2002, total...
California Still Vulnerable in Workers’ Compensation Market
Sep 6 2004 // Just when it seemed California might overcome its perennial workers’ compensation crisis, renewed downward pricing pressure threatens to send the market into another tailspin, according to analysts at Standard &...
Calif. Legislature, Gov. Take Positive Steps on Issues
Sep 3 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) commended the Legislature and governor for taking positive, responsible steps this year on major insurance-related bills. “During the recently concluded...
TWCC Increases Availability of Comp System Information
Sep 2 2004 // In response to requests from workers’ compensation system participants, the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission is making more information about the system available on the agency’s Web site at:...
Brownsville, Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
Sep 2 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Jaime Cano of Brownsville, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County judge sentenced Cano to six months of deferred...
Pa. Workers’ Comp Study Says Injured Workers Satisfied
Sep 2 2004 // More than 83 percent of injured workers report they are satisfied with the medical care they receive from Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system, according to Labor and Industry Secretary Stephen M....
