Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Governor Has Sights Set on Workers’ Comp Reform Bill
Jun 21 2004 // Looking to move Tennessee down on a list it doesn’t necessarily want to be number two on, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) has been championing the need to reform workers’ compensation in the Volunteer...
Gaining Wisdom Through Non-Subscription’s Choices and Challenges
Jun 21 2004 // Non-subscription. It’s been around for over 90 years, and has come into its own since the late 1980’s. We’ve seen that non-subscription provides Texas businesses with a choice that saved many employers...
Network Care for Workers’ Comp Woes
Jun 21 2004 // Texas/South Central • May 7, 2004 “Florida took chiropractors out of the system some time back and saw that there was no true effect on the problem. The costs of care were not lowered as anticipated. It is not...
UTAH’S COMP FUND ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION DIVIDEND:
Jun 21 2004 // Salt Lake City-based Workers Compensation Fund announced that it will pay dividends totaling $20 million to policyholders this year. All eligible policyholders, regardless of company or policy size, will receive a portion...
Florida Wraps Up Workers’ Comp Compliance Sweep
Jun 20 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced the completion of a sweep of construction sites across Florida to verify that employers are complying with state workers’ compensation insurance...
Utah Workers’ Comp Company Ordered to Pay Fine Totaling $390,000
Jun 18 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced that a cease and desist order – levying two fines worth $390,000 – was issued against American Benefits and Insurance Services Inc. of Salt Lake City....
Everest Re Responds to Questions Concerning California Workers Comp Business with AARIS
Jun 17 2004 // The Barbados-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. has taken the relatively unusual step of issuing a press bulletin concerning its business relations with California workers comp insurer American All Risk Insurance Services, Inc....
Free OSHA Training in Residential Construction Safety Slated for June 22 in Arkansas
Jun 15 2004 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Arkansas Home Builders Association and the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board are teaming up to provide a training workshop in...
Fla. CFO Releases Annual Top 10 Fraud List
Jun 14 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has released the Department of Financial Services’ annual Top 10 Fraud List, which summarizes 10 of the costliest or boldest securities, financial and insurance...
ISO Unveils New Service to Streamline Process for Arkansas Workers’ Comp Insurers
Jun 10 2004 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has unveiled a new service that eliminates the need for workers’ compensation insurers to manually prepare and submit Proof of Coverage (POC) reports to the Arkansas...
North Dakota Man Fined $40,000 for Comp Fraud
Jun 9 2004 // A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay over $40,000 in back premium and penalties to the Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) after pleading guilty to a charge of failure to secure workers’ compensation coverage for...
Wash. L&I Enforces New Anti-Fraud Laws Effective June 10
Jun 9 2004 // Anti-fraud legislation passed in March takes effect Thursday, June 10, giving the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) broad new authority to combat fraud and abuse of the workers’ compensation insurance...
Fla. Temporary Staffing Company Ordered to Halt Work
Jun 9 2004 // A St. Augustine, Florida temporary staffing company which employed visiting Russian college students has been ordered to cease business operations after state investigators with the Department of Financial Services...
Employers Direct Lowers Workers’ Comp Rates Again
Jun 8 2004 // Employers Direct Insurance Company (EDIC) announced another round of workers’ compensation rate reductions for California employers, bringing the total decrease to 20.9 percent from a year ago. The latest rate...
Network Care for Workers’ Comp Woes
Jun 7 2004 // Texas/South Central • May 7, 2004 “Florida took chiropractors out of the system some time back and saw that there was no true effect on the problem. The costs of care were not lowered as anticipated. It is not...
Nebraska’s Chance to Modernize Still Alive and Kicking
Jun 7 2004 // While the legislative effort did not advance this session, conditions in Nebraska are excellent for regulatory modernization. Commissioner Wagner has traditionally been supportive of streamlining and modernization...
Florida Legislative Session Productive for Industry, Lobbyists Claim
Jun 7 2004 // Ask insurance industry lobbyists in Tallahassee to describe this year’s legislative session, and they’re likely to agree that it was a “very productive” session. Lawmakers enacted major pieces of...
Tenn. Workers’ Comp Reform Bill Goes to Governor
Jun 7 2004 // The Tennessee General Assembly recently gave final approval to workers’ compensation legislation that seeks to address rising costs. SB 3424, introduced at the request of Gov. Phil Bredesen (D), reportedly represents...
PCI CALLS FOR TWCC REFORMS:
Jun 7 2004 // Testifying before the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) asserted that substantial changes are needed to address problems with the Texas Workers’...
LWCC PAYS $10 MILLION DIVIDEND:
Jun 7 2004 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) recently distributed its first-ever dividend, returning $10 million to over 21,000 qualifying Louisiana policyholders. LWCC said the distribution was a goal of...
