Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PCI: Reform Needed to Prevent Future Workers’ Comp Problems in Kentucky
Jun 30 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is calling on Kentucky lawmakers to make changes to the workers’ compensation program in the Commonwealth in order to prevent future financial collapses...
Fla. Construction Company Owner Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jun 28 2004 // The owner of an Indian Harbor, Florida construction company has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud after jeopardizing the coverage of at least one employee, according to investigators with the Department...
Workers’ Comp Rates Decline; Rate Regulation Still an Issue for Lawmakers
Jun 28 2004 // Despite reductions in workers’ comp insurance premiums, California lawmakers will continue to debate the merits of rate regulation. After years of double-digit rate increases, many companies have filed with the...
Texas Mutual Holds Policyholder Meeting
Jun 24 2004 // At the recently held Texas Mutual Insurance Company annual policyholder meeting Chairman Martin H. Young Jr. took the opportunity to credit the company’s success to the board of directors, management and all of the...
Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
Jun 23 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Summit County woman has pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. Tammy Bird is scheduled for sentencing on July 6, 2004, in the Summit County Court...
California Applicant Attorneys Attack Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Jun 23 2004 // Applicant attorneys, who have been lining their pockets with profits by abusing California’s workers’ compensation system, do not want to see their gravy train end so they are working to undermine the recently...
Conn. Gov. Signs Insurance Bills Before Exiting
Jun 22 2004 // Although Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland vetoed a medical malpractice insurance reform bill last month because it failed to cap awards, he has signed into law a number of bills that are of importance to the...
AARIS Cancels Everest Re Workers Comp Contract
Jun 22 2004 // The Barbados-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. reported, as a follow-up to its press release of June 16, 2004 (See IJ Website “West” June 17), that it has now received notice of termination with respect to its...
N.Y. to Hear 29% WC Rate Bid Next Week
Jun 22 2004 // The New York State Insurance Department has scheduled public hearings to consider the application of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) for a workers’ compensation insurance increase of 29.3...
ACIC Opposes Rate Regulation Bill
Jun 22 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is opposed to legislation that would establish a mandated rate regulation system for workers’ compensation insurance companies. “The bill would force...
N.D. COMP BOARD APPROVES 6 PERCENT PREMIUM HIKE:
Jun 21 2004 // The North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) board of directors has authorized a premium increase for workers’ compensation coverage beginning July 1, 2004, according to a WSI statement. The rate increase is...
Reform Flourishes in Two States
Jun 21 2004 // When we chatted by phone recently, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) had an air of excitement in his voice. No, I don’t necessarily think it was because he was talking with me, but more the fact that help was on the...
WEST VIRGINIA WCBM PASSES PAIR OF RULES:
Jun 21 2004 // The Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers has approved two “historic” rules to regulate how self-insured companies will conduct business in West Virginia. Under Rule 18, the 127 active self-insured...
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....
