Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Auto Related Workers’ Compensation
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Integrated Programs Insurance Services (IPIS) announced it now has available a workers’ compensation program for auto related risks such as new car dealers, auto accessory stores, auto repair shops,...
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...
FISHER BANS UNLICENSED COMPANY:
Mar 22 2004 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher issued an order preventing an unlicensed Georgia firm from selling workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma. Atlanta-based Exceptional Personnel Inc., which also does...
One Step Closer to Reform’
Mar 22 2004 // Ironically, there was no shortage of things to write about when it came to filling the pages of our Workers’ Compensation issue. All over the West, workers’ comp has been the hot topic in many states—not just...
Workers’ Comp – Buying a Policy or Selecting an Insurance Partner’
Mar 22 2004 // Recently, while conducting an education program for a group of agency professionals on the subject of workers’ compensation, I realized that for many agents, the workers’ compensation policy is the...
Revised Workers’ Comp Estimates Misconstrued by Senator, Commissioner
Mar 22 2004 // California Senator Richard Alarcón (D-San Fernando Valley) came down on the insurance industry March 10, demanding that workers’ compensation insurers cut their premium rates immediately to reflect revised industry...
Auto Related Worker’s Comp
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Integrated Programs Insurance Services has available a workers’ comp program for auto-related risks such as new car dealers, auto accessory stores, auto repair shops, retail tire dealers, among...
Applicant Attorneys Desperate to Maintain Job Killing Work Comp System
Mar 22 2004 // Applicant attorneys, labor and industrial physicians are attempting to divert attention from the real cost drivers in California’s workers’ compensation system. Despite overwhelming evidence from the Insurance...
Workers’ Comp Reform: Legislative Deal or Ballot Initiative’
Mar 22 2004 // California Governor Arnold Schwarz-enegger said in a March 11 press conference that he might be willing to compromise with legislators on workers’ comp reforms after some key industry figures were revised, according...
All Wrapped Up in Workers’ Comp
Mar 22 2004 // No surprise, but with the first quarter of 2004 drawing to a close, workers’ compensation remains, as it has been for many years, one of the most troubled lines of insurance in the United States. On a calendar year...
Calif. Commissioner Says Insurers Could Live with Some Rate Regulation
Mar 18 2004 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, in an apparent change in direction, said recently that California could regulate workers’ compensation insurance rates in a way that wouldn’t discourage insurers...
ACE USA Appoints New VP Head of Emerging Issues
Mar 17 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced the appointment of Kathleen Muedder, CPCU, as Senior Vice President, Emerging Issues. She will focus on identifying strategic...
CRM Underscores NY Health Care Trust Financial Strength, Continues Growth of Customer Base
Mar 17 2004 // Compensation Risk Managers announced from its Poughkeepsie headquarters that its Healthcare Industry Trust of New York (HITNY) product remains on solid financial ground and continues to provide “high quality,...
Maine Governor Unveils Plan to Revamp Gridlocked Workers’ Comp Board
Mar 17 2004 // Flanked by the presidents of the Maine AFL-CIO and Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Governor John E. Baldacci on March 16 unveiled legislation to restructure the Maine Workers’ Compensation Board. The goal of the...
Reining in Comp’s Transition Costs
Mar 16 2004 // One TPA Says It Has the Secret At first glance, Jeffrey McDaniel does not seem disabled. He is built like a football player, and in his mesh green and gold jersey he looks like one too. A pat on the back reveals his...
Calif. Commissioner Warns Workers’ Comp Savings Could Vanish
Mar 16 2004 // The billions of dollars in savings from last year’s workers’ compensation reform legislation will never fully materialize unless lawmakers pass important “cleanup” measures to fine tune the new...
Wash. Man Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 16 2004 // A 37-year-old former resident of Snohomish County, Timothy Smith, has pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to first-degree theft after he was reportedly caught working for various employers while collecting...
RTW Lands Minn. Assigned Risk Contract
Mar 15 2004 // Minneapolis-based workers’ compensation insurer and third-party administrator RTW Inc. has been awarded a three-year contract with the Minnesota Assigned Risk Plan. Under the terms of the contract, RTW will provide...
Parting Shots: Stay the Course on Florida Workers’ Comp Reform
Mar 15 2004 // Long-needed, comprehensive reforms to Florida’s troubled workers’ compensation system passed during last May’s special session of the Legislature, culminating a long-term effort by Florida’s...
ACIC Comments on Calif. Workers’ Comp Cost Information
Mar 12 2004 // The following is a statement by Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC): Information released by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is being...
