Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida CHOICE Winners Named at Workers’ Comp Conf.
Aug 20 2003 // CHOICE Medical Management Services announced the recipients for 2003 of the Florida CHOICE Awards recognizing outstanding workers’ compensation physicians. The awards were presented Aug. 18 at the 58th Annual Florida...
MedRisk, Diversified HealthCare Services Ink Deal on Workers’ Comp Physical Therapy
Aug 20 2003 // MedRisk, Inc. and Diversified HealthCare Services, Inc. have signed an agreement, providing MedRisk’s (www.medrisknet.com) entire Expert Provider Organization (EPO) network of workers’ compensation physical...
CWCI Debuts Online Data on Calif. Workers’ Comp
Aug 19 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) announced that it has published an updated compendium of general facts, information and updated graphics about California workers’ compensation, which is...
Eureste Disbarred for WC Fraud:
Aug 18 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that the Texas State Bar has permanently disbarred Bernardo Eureste, a Houston attorney and former San Antonio city councilman. Eureste has not practiced law since June 2002, when he...
Okla. to Hold WC Hearing:
Aug 18 2003 // The Oklahoma Board for Property and Casualty Rates approved a Sept. 11 hearing for a proposed 6.4 percent increase in a key component of workers’ compensation rates. Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher promised a...
NAII and OSHA to Host Workplace Safety Workshop in Ill.
Aug 12 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), in conjunction with individual insurers and OSHA, is hosting a workshop in Illinois focusing on workplace safety for small businesses. “Safety at Work I: Risk...
Work Comp, Privacy Most Prominent Issues in Calif. Legislature
Aug 11 2003 // Several bills of interest to the California property/casualty insurance industry – including proposals to reform the workers’ compensation system and address privacy issues – are pending on the Senate and...
APCapital Turns a Profit
Aug 11 2003 // East Lansing, Mich.-based medical liability and workers’ compensation carrier American Physicians Capital Inc. reported net income of $1.1 million, or 12 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of 2003,...
NYSID Emphasizes “Fraud Awareness Week” with Three Arrests
Aug 11 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance, Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of three western New Yorkers during National Fraud Awareness Week, August 3-9, stating that they had “come at an important time of...
Ky. DOI Schedules Workers’ Comp Hearing
Aug 8 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced it will hold a public hearing on August 13 to discuss the contents of a filing from an advisory organization expected to be used by most carriers to develop rates for...
CNA Financial Reports Q2 Net Income of $70M; Reductions in Workforce to Occur
Aug 7 2003 // CNA Financial Corporation reported net income for the second quarter of 2003 of $70 million, or $0.25 per share, as compared with net income of $31 million, or $0.14 per share, for the same period in 2002. Net income for...
ICT to Hold Workers’ Comp Symposium in Sept.
Aug 6 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced it will hold a workers compensation insurance symposium on Sept. 24 in Austin, Texas. Presenters will speak on the following topics: State of the Texas Workers Compensation...
PTPN CompDirect Offers New Solution for WC Crisis
Aug 5 2003 // In response to a nationwide workers’ compensation crisis driven by spiraling medical costs, Calabasas, Calif.-based PTPN announced the launch of PTPN CompDirect, a program designed to achieve better outcomes for...
Bridgefield Casualty Expands to Arkansas
Aug 5 2003 // Summit Holding Southeast Inc., a specialist in workers’ compensation insurance services, announced that it is expanding the operation of its Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company subsidiary to Arkansas....
Hearing on Okla. Workers’ Comp Increase Set for Sept. 11
Aug 5 2003 // The Oklahoma Board for Property and Casualty Rates approved a September 11 hearing for a proposed 6.4 percent increase in a key component of workers’ compensation rates. Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, who...
FLA. GOV. SIGNS WORKERS’ COMP BILL
Aug 4 2003 // The signing into law of important workers’ compensation reform legislation by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will go a long way toward limiting the cost of insuring workers in the state against injury and will boost the...
State Fund Issues 2002 Financials; Discusses Reserve Estimates
Aug 4 2003 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has issued its audited statutory-basis financial statements as of Dec. 31, 2002. Net premium written for 2002 was $5.3 billion, an increase of 49 percent from $3.6...
Benefits Grow Faster than Wages for First Time Since 1992
Aug 4 2003 // Benefits paid to workers and employers’ costs for workers’ compensation rose slightly faster than wages in 2001, according to a new report released by the National Academy of Social Insurance. This is the first...
Zenith Announces Second Quarter Results
Aug 1 2003 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $18.4 million, or $0.97 per share, for the second quarter of 2003 compared to net income of $6.5 million, or $0.34 per share, for the...
Former San Antonio Councilman Disbarred for WC Fraud
Aug 1 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that the Texas State Bar has permanently disbarred Bernardo Eureste, a Houston attorney and former San Antonio city councilman. Eureste has not practiced law since June 2002, when he...
