Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Oilfield Workers Now Have Insurance Fund
Mar 4 2004 // The Louisiana Oilfield Contractors Association (LOCA) formed a group self insurance fund for workers’ compensation coverage for participating members, marking the first time this successful risk transfer mechanism...
ACIC Examines Calif. Workers’ Comp Issues
Mar 3 2004 // While the California Legislature continues to debate the issue of workers’ compensation reform, The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) has developed an issues paper that addresses the major...
N.Y. Arrests 12 for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 2 2004 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio joined Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, NY State Insurance Fund Executive Director Kenneth Ross and NY State Workers’ Compensation Fraud...
Oklahoma Battles Fake Workers’ Comp Policies
Mar 2 2004 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced he has issued an order preventing an unlicensed Georgia firm from selling workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma. Fisher’s order targets...
AIA Urges Md. Senate Finance Committee to Improve Viability of Workers’ Comp System By Passing SB 466
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Market Analyst Summarizes Calif. Results in 2002 NAIC Report on W.C. Profitability
Mar 1 2004 // In late January 2004, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released its “Report on Profitability by Line by State” for 2002. The NAIC report provides complete, direct income statement data...
R.I. Club Owners Ruled Not Personally Liable for Workers’ Comp Penalty
Mar 1 2004 // A state hearing officer has ruled that the owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people a year ago can’t be held personally liable for failing to carry workers’ compensation...
AIA Says Calif. Applicant Attorneys’ Deceptive Claims About Insurer Profits is Pure Spin
Feb 27 2004 // As the California legislature prepares to act on Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed overhaul of the state’s expensive, dysfunctional workers’ compensation system, the special interest group with the most...
Calif. Commissioner Applauds Vargas’ Workers’ Comp Reform Bill
Feb 27 2004 // Calling it California’s best hope for a comprehensive solution to the workers’ compensation crisis, Assemblyman Juan Vargas (D-San Diego), and California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the...
State Fund Awarded $800,000 in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Feb 27 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund will collect $800,000 in restitution from two former owners of a San Diego County-based construction company. This award followed their guilty plea on felony workers’ compensation...
Vermont House Advances Workers’ Comp Reforms
Feb 26 2004 // The Vermont House this week gave preliminary approval to a series of measures designed to lower workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The 101-39 vote came after critics of the bill complained that it would hurt...
ClearComp Seminars Offer Employers Strategies for Dealing with Calif.’s Workers’ Comp Crisis
Feb 25 2004 // ClearComp, an employer advocate based in Woodland Hills, California, is sponsoring a series of seminars designed specifically to address the needs of California’s beleaguered employers. Each of these Giant Seminars,...
AIA Opposes N.Y. Workers’ Comp Bill
Feb 25 2004 // The American Insurance Association joined the PCI (See IJ Web site Feb. 24) in opposing legislation – Assembly Bill A. 9736 – under consideration in New York, indicating that the measure would further erode a...
Bauer Investigation to Provide Workers’ Comp Fraud Surveillance Videos on GMA
Feb 24 2004 // Bauer Investigation has been selected over other investigative firms nationwide to provide surveillance video to Good Morning America the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 25. The ABC morning news program is broadcasting a report...
Ark. Outlines Expectations for Renewals, Cancellations and Underwriting
Feb 24 2004 // On February 20, 2004, the Arkansas Insurance Department issued the following directive on cancellations, nonrenewals and discriminatory underwriting practices for property and casualty insurance: The Department recognizes...
PCI Says N.Y. Workers’ Comp Benefit Increases Must Be Balanced with Reform
Feb 24 2004 // The New York Assembly Labor Committee on Tuesday reviewed a bill to introduce workers’ compensation benefit increases that industry experts and the New York Workers’ Compensation Rating Board reportedly fear...
N.Y. Arrests Man for Phony WC Certs.
Feb 23 2004 // New York State Fraud investigators announced the arrest of Lon T. Horton on 43 counts of issuing fraudulent certificates of insurance, two counts of insurance fraud, four counts of petit larceny and one count of falsifying...
ALABAMA WORKERS’ COMP FUND WOULD REPORTEDLY BENEFIT FROM ASSESSMENT INCREASE:
Feb 23 2004 // With the Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association (AIGA) facing unprecedented budgetary shortfalls, the state’s employers and injured workers could reportedly be left with unpaid claims in the event of insurer...
TCIF HEARS FRAUD EXPERTS:
Feb 23 2004 // Elliott Flood, vice president of special investigations for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, recently addressed the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud (TCIF) on the topic of workers’ compensation fraud. He was one of...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Workers’ Comp Reform Legislative Package
Feb 23 2004 // California Insurance Comm-issioner John Garamendi unveiled his new workers’ compensation reform package Feb. 10. His proposal aims to bridge the gap between labor and business interests and provide a solid framework...
