Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Venture Programs Expands Preferred Club Program Through Alliance with ACE Westchester Specialty Group
Dec 30 2003 // Venture Programs (www.ventureprograms.com), a provider in the design and underwriting of select industry-focused insurance packages, announced a program alliance with ACE Westchester Specialty Group, part of the ACE Group...
N.D. Man Ordered to Pay $55,000 Restitution for Comp Fraud
Dec 30 2003 // A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay $54,679 in restitution to Workforce Safety & Insurance after pleading guilty to fraud in South Central District Court Dec. 16, according to a statement released by the North...
N. Dak. WSI Issues Santa Claus Special Workers Comp Coverage
Dec 23 2003 // In a special bulletin from Bismarck, North Dakota the state’s Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI) office confirmed that, “In response to a request postmarked from the North Pole, it has granted Santa Claus...
Employers Direct Cuts Calif. Rates More than Twice State Average
Dec 19 2003 // Employers Direct Insurance Company has cut its workers’ compensation insurance rates by 8.2 percent in its current filing with the California Department of Insurance. This decrease is reportedly more than twice the...
ROES Delivers More Efficient Reporting System to Frank Gates Service Co.
Dec 18 2003 // Red Oak E-Commerce Solutions, Inc. (ROES), a leader in Internet based claim reporting systems, announced that Frank Gates Service Companies has switched their workers’ compensation injury reporting to ROES’...
ACE Risk Management’s WC Unit Enters Texas Non-Subscriber Market
Dec 18 2003 // ACE Risk Management (ARM), a division of ACE USA, announced the launch of a new product for Texas employers who have opted not to provide workers’ compensation insurance to their employees under the state...
Pinnacol Assurance To Reach Division of Insurance Surplus Goal
Dec 18 2003 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced today the company is about to reach its long-term surplus goal — several years ahead of schedule. Pinnacol...
Mark Ashcraft Joins Bickmore Risk Services as Consultant
Dec 17 2003 // Mark Ashcraft, former manager of the State of California’s Department of Industrial Relations, Office of Self Insurance Plans (DIR-OSIP), recently joined Sacramento-based Bickmore Risk Services (BRS) as a consultant...
Workers’ Compensation Specialist Participates in Safety Presentation
Dec 16 2003 // John Bohn, Home Office Loss Control Specialist for GUARD Insurance Group, participated in a recent workshop entitled Safety at Work II: Risk Management Techniques for Small Business co-sponsored by the Occupational Safety...
Calif. Employers, Industry Experts to Confront Workers’ Comp Crisis
Dec 16 2003 // Workers’ Compensation and disability management experts from across California will meet for a solutions-based conference on workers’ comp issues, Jan. 28-30, in Manhattan Beach, Calif. ABD Insurance and...
Workers’ Comp Rises on Texas’ Legislative Horizon
Dec 16 2003 // Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst announced the formation of the Senate Select Committee on Workers’ Compensation to work on solutions to what he called a developing crisis in workers’ comp. Senator Todd...
Mo. Court Strikes Down Managed Care WC Rules
Dec 15 2003 // A Missouri court has ruled against the Missouri Department of Insurance, enjoining the department from enforcing rules requiring workers’ compensation insurers to pay for managed care organizations’ services,...
MOODY INSURANCE NOTES LARGE DIVIDEND FOR COLO. ROOFING ASSOCIATION:
Dec 15 2003 // Moody Insurance Agency, which specializes in bonding services for contractors, risk management and insurance, announced a $475,236 dividend for 17 members of its Colorado Roofing Association Workers’ Compensation...
Industry People Making Moves in 2003
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
Industry Says Good-bye to Familiar Faces
Dec 15 2003 // The insurance industry lost a number of familiar faces in 2003. Some were company presidents and CEOs; some may not have been as well known but were still instrumental in shaping the industry and its future. Insurance...
Industry Says Good-bye to Familiar Faces
Dec 15 2003 // The insurance industry lost a number of familiar faces in 2003. Some were company presidents and CEOs; some may not have been as well known but were still instrumental in shaping the industry and its future. Insurance...
Industry People Making Moves in 2003
Dec 15 2003 // As you will probably notice from this list, it is not scientific, preferential, etc. We retraced news coverage of this past year and tried to come to an agreement on who made headlines. We likely left off a few...
Workers’ Compensation
Dec 15 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Integrated Programs Insurance Inc. has a market for workers’ compensation. Dollars: Minimum premium of $10,000. Carrier: Rated “A IX.” States Available: All except California &...
Calif. Chiropractors, Med Clinic Owner Charged with Fraud
Dec 12 2003 // Two Southern California chiropractors and a medical clinic owner were arrested on charges of workers’ compensation fraud following two investigations by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud...
Travelers Adds to Response for Customers and Injured Workers
Dec 11 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. has introduced electronic Claim Alerts that automatically and in real-time notify customers – via e-mail – of critical workers’ compensation claim events. This capability...
