Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAII Supports Maine Workers’ Comp Threshold Increase
Oct 21 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced support for an actuarial report urging an increase of the threshold of access to permanent workers’ compensation benefits by Maine employees. During...
TWCC Chairman Awarded
Oct 21 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) announced that Chairman Rebecca Olivares was awarded the Samuel Gompers Award by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC)...
Additional Workplace Safety Workshop Offered to Pa. Business Owners
Oct 18 2002 // A fourth safety workshop conducted by the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offered to small business owners and manager Oct. 22...
Heart & Hypertension Workers’ Comp Network Launched in Fla.
Oct 17 2002 // CHOICE Medical Management Services Inc. of Tampa, Fla., unveiled its new specialty workers’ compensation network for heart and hypertension at the 2002 Florida PRIMA State Conference. CHOICE indicated its program is...
Workplace Fatalities Rise 12 Percent in Florida
Oct 17 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation, released a census report revealing that workplace fatalities in Florida rose by 12 percent in 2001, marking the first increase in three years....
Texas Construction Co. Indicted for Fraud
Oct 16 2002 // A Travis County (Texas) Grand Jury indicted Stan and Cynthia Doze, operators of Doze Construction Co. Inc., on a second-degree felony charge related to workers’ compensation premium fraud. The Doze Construction Co....
No. Dakota Approves Plan for Workers Comp in Minnesota
Oct 14 2002 // The North Dakota Workers Compensation (NDWC) announced that the Budget Section of the Legislature has given its approval to a proposal to allow the employers of North Dakota the flexibility to obtain workers’...
Simon Says Davis Worsened WC
Oct 14 2002 // “California’s workers’ compensation system, quite simply, is broken,” said Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon. “How else could you describe a system in which employers pay the...
Election Chatter or Solutions’
Oct 14 2002 // Tell them what they want to hear or offer true solutions? That is the question facing the candidates who are running for offices in California and Texas this Nov. 5. Two of the races—the race for insurance commissioner...
2001 Market Share For Insurers in Texas
Oct 14 2002 // The 2001 premium and loss data for Texas verifies everything you heard from the insurance companies — it was a really bad year. Here are the highlights in review: • Texas accounts for 7 percent of the national premium...
La. Arrests 12 in Workers’ Comp Roundup
Oct 11 2002 // The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office Investigations Division announced a that recent two-day, statewide sweep resulted in the arrests of 12 people for allegedly falsifying workers’ compensation documents...
LWCC Named One of Ward’s 50
Oct 10 2002 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) was recognized as being one of the top 50 property and casualty insurers in the nation by Ward Group, a Cincinnati-based management consulting firm specializing...
Argonaut Workers’ Comp Unit Names New Executives
Oct 10 2002 // Argonaut Insurance Company, a Stamford, Conn.-based unit of the Argonaut Group Inc., announced eight executive appointments as part of its growth strategy. The expanded executive team is charged with the expansion and...
NAMIC Urges Conferees to Complete Action on Terrorism Reinsurance Program
Oct 10 2002 // In a letter hand delivered to all terrorism reinsurance conferees, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) and two other industry trade associations stated the critical nature of terrorism...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Remain Stable in 2003
Oct 8 2002 // Most Oregon employers can expect to pay about the same amount of money for workers’ compensation insurance in 2003 as they paid this year. State officials announced that the workers’ comp “pure”...
Core Solutions Announces Workers’ Compensation Initiative
Oct 4 2002 // Core Solutions Inc. announced that it has developed a strategic initiative that will allow its clients to effectively manage the rising costs related to maintaining workers’ compensation coverage. President Christine...
First Report is Key to Workers’ Comp Claims
Oct 3 2002 // The key to managing workers’ compensation claims is getting a detailed and accurate first report of the accident and sticking with it. “The first report is the best report,” said Dan Schwartz, an attorney...
Minnesota Homeowners Average 14% Rise, Workers Comp Re 5.8%
Oct 3 2002 // Minnesota consumers are experiencing a sharp rise in premiums in all classes of insurance, with homeowners’ policy rates up an average of 14 percent according to the State’s Commerce Department, which regulates...
Fitch Affirms Ratings of Zenith Nat’l Subsidiaries
Oct 1 2002 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A-‘ insurer financial strength ratings of Zenith National Insurance Corp.’s (Zenith National) three insurance subsidiaries, Zenith Insurance Company (Zenith Insurance),...
Calif. Gov. Approves Legislation to Better Manage Solvency of WC Insurers
Sep 30 2002 // California Governor Gray Davis (D) has signed two measures to improve how the California Department of Insurance regulates the solvency of workers’ compensation insurers, the American Insurance Association (AIA)...
