Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. State Fund Files For Rate Decrease
Dec 4 2003 // State Compensation Insurance Fund – California’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier – has filed for an average 2.9 percent rate decrease effective Jan. 1 2004. The decrease is within...
LewisCo Taps Regional VP of Business Development
Dec 4 2003 // Deerfield, Ill.-based LewisCo Group, a national provider of specialized resources for disability, absence and productivity management for insurers and employers, announced that Jack Stone joined the company as regional...
Calif. Commissioner Announces Substantial Reductions in Workers’ Comp Insurers’ Rate Filings
Dec 4 2003 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that workers’ compensation pure premium rates filed by insurers to date are below current rates by an average 3.6 percent, a “clear sign” that the historic...
N.J. Man Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 4 2003 // Vaughn McKoy, Director, Division of Criminal Justice, announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Camden County, New Jersey man with attempted theft, Health...
Wash. L&I Adopts 9.8 Percent Rate Increase for 2004
Dec 3 2003 // The Department of Labor and Industries announced a 9.8 percent general rate increase in workers’ compensation premiums, effective Jan. 1, 2004. Even with this rate increase, next year’s average rates will be...
Calif. State Fund Files For Rate Decrease
Dec 3 2003 // State Compensation Insurance Fund – California’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier – has filed for an average 2.9 percent rate decrease effective Jan. 1 2004. The decrease is within...
N.D. Man Gets 1 Year for WC Fraud
Dec 3 2003 // A Berthold, N.D., man was sentenced to serve a year in the Ward County Jail and ordered to pay $5,618 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to charges of filing false workers’ compensation claims, according...
West Virginia Tabbed as Top State with Highest Workers’ Comp Cost Per Employee by UWC
Dec 2 2003 // The National Foundation for Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation (National Foundation) published its annual report on workers’ compensation in the United States, and reportedly finds West Virginia as the...
AIA Says Calif. Workers’ Comp Reforms Need More Work
Dec 2 2003 // Recently passed workers’ compensation reforms should reduce costs for California employers, but “now is the time to finish the job and completely fix what has become the most expensive, dysfunctional...
COMMISSIONER’S REVISION TO WC ADVISORY RATE EXCESSIVE, SAYS ACIC:
Dec 1 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s recommendation for a 14.9 percent decrease in pure premium rates for workers’ compensation insurance is both excessive and premature, according to the Association...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
Utah Workers’ Comp Fund Sues State
Dec 1 2003 // The Utah Workers Compensation Fund has filed a lawsuit against the State of Utah over the ownership of the assets of WCF, in efforts to put to rest the dispute over ownership which stems back to the Fund’s inception...
NEV. WORKERS’ COMP RATES TO DECREASE:
Dec 1 2003 // Nevada’s employers should see a drop in their 2004 premiums for workers’ compensation as a result of the filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. approved by Nev. Insurance...
Sierra Health Services to Sell Its Workers’ Comp Subsidiary
Nov 26 2003 // Sierra Health Services Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its workers’ compensation subsidiary, California Indemnity Insurance Co. Inc. (CIIC) to Folksamerica Holdings Co. Inc....
Safeco Adds Workers’ Comp Policies to Online Sales Platform
Nov 25 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco Business Insurance (SBI) has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell workers compensation insurance to small businesses. The update means agents can go online...
Sierra Health Services to Sell Its Workers’ Comp Subsidiary
Nov 25 2003 // Sierra Health Services Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its workers’ compensation subsidiary, California Indemnity Insurance Co. Inc. (CIIC) to Folksamerica Holdings Co. Inc....
IWIF Forms New Risk Management Division, Lighthouse Risk Solutions
Nov 24 2003 // The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF) announced the creation of a new division, Lighthouse Risk Solutions. The risk management division will focus on the growing risk management needs of medium to large...
NCCI Holdings Selects Documentation Enterprise Content
Nov 20 2003 // Documentum, a provider of enterprise content management (ECM), announced that Florida-based NCCI Holdings, Inc., has selected Documentum 5, the latest version of the company’s ECM platform. Documentum 5 will be used...
V Unveils Call Center Solution for Detecting Fraudulent Workers’ Comp and Car Claims
Nov 20 2003 // V, a provider of layered voice analysis technology (LVA) in North America and markets throughout the world, announced at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference this week, immediate availability...
