Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TENNESSEE SENATE REPUBLICANS READY FOR WORKERS’ COMP REFORM:
May 3 2004 // Tennessee Senate Republicans stand ready to move the Volunteer State forward with a comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill sponsored by Senator Mark Norris (R-Collierville). The bill, Senate Bill 3169, can...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
May 3 2004 // West News • March 22 “I just wish the governor in my state had the backbone the “Terminator” appears to. Like California, our legislature (and our newly elected governor) is predominantly trial lawyers...
California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Package
May 3 2004 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on April 19 designed to overhaul California’s costly workers’ compensation system and save employers billions of dollars. The compromise legislation will limit...
AIA Satisfied with Fla. Legislative Session
May 3 2004 // The Florida legislature wrapped up its annual session last Friday night, giving final approval to key measures that will add capacity to the state’s hurricane reinsurance fund and put the workers’ compensation...
Former Ky. State Policeman Found Guilty on Charges of Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 3 2004 // West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Gregory Burton announced that a former Kentucky state police officer has been convicted in Kanawha County Circuit Court of felony workers’...
Calif. Governor Wants Workers’ Comp Fix in a Week
May 3 2004 // West News • March 22 “I just wish the governor in my state had the backbone the “Terminator” appears to. Like California, our legislature (and our newly elected governor) is predominantly trial lawyers...
Harleysville CEO Encouraged by Q1 Results
Apr 30 2004 // Harleysville Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HGIC) in Pennsylvania reported diluted net income of $0.55 per share in the first quarter of 2004. The company had a diluted net loss of $0.11 per share in the first quarter of...
WCIRB Testifies at CDI Public Hearing
Apr 30 2004 // On April 29, the WCIRB testified at a California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing called to assess the impact of the recently-enacted Senate Bill 899 (SB 899) on advisory pure premium rates effective July 1,...
Congress Urged to Make Workplace Deaths Due to Employer Negligence a Felony
Apr 29 2004 // A man whose son was killed 11 years ago in a gruesome workplace accident in Florida urged Congress this week to give prosecutors the threat of felony convictions against employers whose neglect for federal safety rules...
RMS Study Shows Risk From CAT Events for WC, Life, Health Insurers
Apr 29 2004 // Risk Management Solutions Inc. (RMS), a provider of products and services for catastrophe risk management, released the findings of an in-depth study that provides workers’ compensation, life, and health insurers...
California DOI Improves Efforts to Combat Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Apr 29 2004 // Since taking office in January, 2003, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has worked vigorously to spur reform of the state’s broken workers’ compensation system. A top priority has been the effort to fight...
IPA Earns Workers’ Comp Designation
Apr 28 2004 // Southfield, Mich.-based Insurance Partners Agency (IPA), which provides insurance risk management, placement and consulting services to clients in 34 states, received the Certified WorkComp Advisor Designation at the...
Montana Workers’ Compensation State Fund Adopts MDA Guidelines
Apr 28 2004 // Reed Group announced that Montana State Fund (MSF) has adopted “The Medical Disability Advisor” (MDA), for use in their claims management processes. The MSF’s medical and non-medical staff will use the...
Zenith Announces First Quarter Results
Apr 28 2004 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $25.1 million for the first quarter of 2004 compared to net income of $11.7 million for the first quarter of 2003. Diluted net income per...
Ga. Gov. Names State Rep. Massey to State Board of Workers’ Comp
Apr 28 2004 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced the appointment of State Representative Warren Massey to the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. “As a member of the General Assembly, Warren has been a dedicated...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Proposals Revived
Apr 27 2004 // Several workers’ compensation reforms proposed in a pair of Oklahoma House of Represenatives bills that died in the Senate had new life breathed into them by amendments the House attached to Senate Bill...
AIA Welcomes Hoch As Director of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation
Apr 27 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) welcomed the April 26 appointment of Andrea Hoch as director of the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) announced his...
CDI Announces Online Workers’ Compensation Rate Comparison Tool
Apr 27 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced Tuesday the launch of an online comparison tool listing rates of the top 50 workers’ compensation insurers in the California market. The feature, at...
Mass. Plumber to Spend Time at Home for WC Fraud
Apr 27 2004 // An Abington, Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to charges he schemed, along with his insurance agent, to avoid paying more than $131,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums, Attorney General Tom Reilly...
CWCI Schedules Workers’ Comp Reform Seminars
Apr 26 2004 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute will hold a 1-day seminar in early June in San Francisco, Irvine and Universal City to educate industry professionals on the provisions and practical implementation...
