Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. Gov. Henry: Work Comp Rate Hike Unnecessary
Sep 2 2004 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry is urging state regulators to reject a proposed increase in workers’ compensation insurance rates, citing a new actuarial report that indicates a rate hike is not necessary. The report in...
Fla. CFO to Storm Victims: Make Sure Contractor Has Workers’ Comp Coverage
Sep 2 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher advised Floridians coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Charley to verify that repairs to their home and property are being conducted by licensed contractors covered...
TWCC: New Weekly Benefit Rates for Workers’ Comp
Aug 31 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it has provided the Texas Department of Insurance Commissioner with new average weekly wage rates effective Sept. 1, 2004. Under Section 408.047 of the Texas Labor...
Snashall to Deliver Keynote Address at Ga. State Board of Workers’ Comp Conference
Aug 26 2004 // Robert Snashall, founder and principal of Snashall Associates, will deliver a keynote address at the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference and Seminar being held Aug. 29 – Sept. 1,...
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
Aug 26 2004 // Laying a Foundation for Long Term Success By Stephanie K. Jones Being first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on Jan. 12, 2004, as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years...
Colo. Companies Who Violate Workers’ Comp Law Let Off Easy
Aug 25 2004 // State regulators aren’t fining companies that fail to provide workers’ compensation even though some employers repeatedly let their coverage lapse, a state audit has found. In a report given Monday to the...
MedRisk to Move Headquarters; Appoints Weir as CFO
Aug 25 2004 // Pennsylvania-based MedRisk Inc., which provides specialty managed care and claims workflow management services to the workers’ compensation industry, announced plans to move its corporate headquarters to a larger...
ACE USA Forms ACEONLINE; Benson Named President
Aug 24 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, is creating a new unit, ACEONLINE, focusing on web-based distribution of insurance products that target the small to middle market. ACE...
AIG Offers Corporate Flight Workers’ Comp Coverage
Aug 24 2004 // AIG Aviation Inc., a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced that it is now offering Specialty Workers’ Compensation coverage to meet the growing need of employers who place separate...
Study: Hawaii Workers’ Comp Payments Up 6.3 Percent
Aug 24 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 August 23. The report prepared by the...
MAINE STRESSES COMP EVIDENCE:
Aug 23 2004 // The Maine Workers Compensation Board is not subject to the more strict rules of evidence governing other courts and should be open to evidence from a variety of sources so long as it is sufficiently reliable, the state...
WIS. COMP COSTS RISE 11%:
Aug 23 2004 // The average medical payment per claim to injured workers in Wisconsin continued to grow at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study of 12 states...
Big Hammer, Small Nail
Aug 23 2004 // Some contractors are forgoing coverage altogether and sometimes find themselves shut down by state investigators enforcing rules on proper insurance protection. Small contractors struggling with workers’ compensation...
West Virginia WCC Receives Record Premiums
Aug 23 2004 // The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission on Monday, Aug. 2 received more than $52 million in premiums, a new single-day record that exceeds the previous mark by nearly a half-million dollars. Deposits by...
Kentucky Governor Fletcher Keeps Commonwealth in Stride
Aug 23 2004 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) has had a busy last few weeks. Between weighing in on the AIK Comp Fund issue in the Commonwealth and seeing to it that residents get the help they need from storms that rumbled through...
Kentucky Office of Insurance Set to Meet Industry Challenges
Aug 23 2004 // As a Florida resident who chose to return to Kentucky during my first try at retirement (a decision that drew puzzled looks from many), I appreciate many things about the Commonwealth—the natural beauty, the quality of...
LOUISIANA FRAUDSTER NABBED:
Aug 23 2004 // Louisiana’s Workers’ Compensation Administration reported that a joint effort by the Louisiana Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration and the State Attorney...
HOUSTON MAN INDICTED:
Aug 23 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Travis County’s 147th District Court grand jury indicted Henry Prince of Houston for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The insurer said Prince allegedly...
An Industry Icon
Aug 23 2004 // Recently I had the opportunity to interview IBA West vice president and CEO Jerry O’Kane, who is looking forward to a well-deserved retirement on Aug. 31. O’Kane shared with me the many achievements of his...
Three Suspects Arrested for Alleged Auto, Work Comp Insurance Fraud
Aug 23 2004 // Investigators arrested three people Aug. 3 on numerous felony charges after a 3-year California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigation into a chiropractic office, which uncovered numerous alleged auto insurance and...
