Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. Department of Labor Says Fewer Injuries in Required Time Off Work in 2002
Mar 30 2004 // The number of workplace injuries involving lost workdays fell 10 percent in 2002 compared with the previous year according to a report released this month by the Oklahoma Department of Labor. Of the 16,747 job-related...
Former N.Y. Arena Football Star Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Calif.
Mar 30 2004 // Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Chris Perry, a former star on the Buffalo Destroyers arena football team, has been arrested in California on grand theft charges.Perry, who began collecting New...
Louisiana Woman Arrested in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 30 2004 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. announced the arrest of a Vernon Parish woman who reportedly manipulated her workers’ compensation program to fraudulently obtain nearly $60,000 in compensation benefits,...
Workers’ Comp Bill Shelved in Oklahoma Senate
Mar 30 2004 // Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will not hear House Bill 2619, which addresses the state’s workers’ compensation system. Without a hearing in the...
Vote Against Privatizing Workers’ Comp Gets Mixed Reactions in Montana
Mar 29 2004 // A special committee’s recommendation against privatizing the Montana’s main workers’ compensation program is a combination of good news and bad news for the people involved. The State Fund’s 265...
Ohio Comp Bureau Conducts Random Sweep of 200 Toledo Area Employers
Mar 29 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) recently concluded a random sweep of 200 employers in the Toledo area to determine whether they have active workers’ compensation coverage, collecting $110,412 in...
Alliance Supports Schwarzenegger’s Reforms
Mar 29 2004 // The leadership of the American Agents Alliance is urging all Californians to join Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign to reform the state’s ailing workers’ compensation market. Members of the...
Mass. Man Sent to Jail for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 26 2004 // A Hyannis, Massachusetts man has been found guilty and sentenced to jail for working as a laborer while collecting $7,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Mark Gomes, 39, of...
Oklahoma Senators Spar Over Workers’ Comp Bill
Mar 25 2004 // Oklahoma Senate Republican leaders made a case in a news conference at the State Capitol that the Senate’s Democrat leadership is refusing to allow a committee chairman access to a landmark workers’...
Western Growers Endorses Workers’ Comp Initiative
Mar 25 2004 // Western Growers’ board of directors last week unanimously voted to endorse the Workers’ Compensation Reform and Accountability Act, the proposed workers’ compensation initiative. The Act targets fraud and...
Workers’ Comp Provider CRM Expands into Calif. with Three New Programs
Mar 25 2004 // To respond to the growing needs in California for affordable workers’ compensation insurance, Compensation Risk Managers (CRM) has begun offering coverage through three new programs, available through independent...
Vermont Approves Workers’ Comp Hikes
Mar 24 2004 // Vermont Commissioner John P. Crowley has approved workers’ compensation insurance rate increases of 10.3 % in loss costs for the voluntary market and an increase of 14.2 % in the rates for the assigned risk market,...
Investment in Workplace Safety Keys Positive Bottom Line Results for Businesses, Economy
Mar 24 2004 // In response to the recent Labor Department job report reportedly showing little change in the employment rate, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) suggests businesses invest now in workplace safety, as part of...
N.Y. Gov. Pataki Offers WC Reform Package
Mar 23 2004 // Governor George E. Pataki, at the Business Council’s Small Business Day in Albany, unveiled a plan to reform New York’s Workers’ Compensation system. Pataki’s plan would reduce workers’...
Calif. Commissioner Issues Workers’ Comp Rate Proposal
Mar 23 2004 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi made the following statement regarding his issuance of a rate proposal to ensure that workers’ compensation reform savings are passed on to employers: “During the...
Adding Value in the Workers’ Comp Market Through Technical Analysis
Mar 22 2004 // If insurance brokers want to add value and differentiate themselves from their competitors in this hardening workers’ compensation marketplace, they should pay attention to the intricacies of how experience...
PRIVATIZATION OF UTAH WORKERS’ COMP FUND FAILS:
Mar 22 2004 // Private insurers won a victory this week as legislation to privatize the Utah Workers’ Compensation Fund (WCF) died in the final hours of the 2004 Utah legislative session. However, the defeat of this legislation (SB...
N.D. Shoots for 4% Comp Rate Hike
Mar 22 2004 // To counteract the steep rise in medical and prescription drug costs, the North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance’s (WSI) board of directors authorized the agency to go forward with a proposal for a slight premium...
Trusting in Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Programs
Mar 22 2004 // For larger risks, a self-insurance plan might be the right fit As premiums for workers’ compensation rise, employers across the United States are looking for alternative ways to cover their risks. Some employers have...
Innovation Key to Comp Quandary
Mar 22 2004 // The workers’ compensation system — the country’s largest line of commercial insurance — is in crisis, as contributing writer Tom Slattery points out in his excellent overview of where comp has gone in the...
