Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Schwarzenegger Governs One-Eighth of the U.S. Population
Jan 12 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the California at 33,871,648. Approximately 76 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 16 percent had earned a college...
PIANY Seeks Legislators’ Help on Fraud, Other Issues
Jan 9 2004 // At a recent meeting with New York legislators, representatives of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. stressed the need fight to auto insurance fraud; to define the permanent status of the New York...
Medford Man Sentenced for Conspiracy and Tax Fraud, in Workers’ Comp Scam
Jan 9 2004 // Roland Joy of Medford Mass. has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to 4 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by 2 years of supervised release, the first 4 months of which are to be served in home...
SBAC Notes Major Calif. Workers’ Comp Initiative
Jan 2 2004 // In a move to combat California’s out-of-control workers compensation system, the Small Business Action Committee (SBAC) announced that it has filed an initiative to reportedly reduce the cost of the system by as much...
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...
