Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
LWCC Upgraded
Jul 22 2002 // Louisiana’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company, Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced that A.M. Best has upgraded LWCC’s financial strength rating from an...
AIA Praises N.Y. Department’s Approval of Catastrophe Loads for Workers’ Comp
Jul 16 2002 // New York Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio’s decision to allow insurers to build “catastrophe loads” into their workers’ compensation reserves is a positive step toward dealing with...
N.Y. Department Notes No Change in Average Workers’ Comp Rate
Jul 15 2002 // New York Department of Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio announced that there will be no change in the average workers’ compensation rate in New York State. Combined with a 1.2 percent decrease in assessments,...
Ohio Brewery Receives Workers’ Comp Award
Jul 15 2002 // Miller Brewing Co.’s Trenton, Ohio brewery was the only Governor’s Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Award winner for self-insuring employers who insure nearly 40 percent of Ohio’s workforce. The...
HNC Software Forms Agreement with OneBeacon
Jul 9 2002 // San Diego-based HNC Software Inc., a provider of high-end analytics and decision management software, announced that OneBeacon Insurance Group has selected HNC Outsourced Bill Review Services to assess and reprice its...
Mo. Sees 2002 Workers’ Comp Rate Hikes in Private Market
Jul 9 2002 // Missouri workers’ compensation rates for most businesses have risen an average of 6.7 percent this year, based on data through mid-June, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. Filings with that agency...
GOLDEN EAGLE WITHDRAWS FROM WORKERS’ COMP:
Jul 8 2002 // “Golden Eagle Insurance will non-renew the company’s small book of workers’ compensation policies, starting with policies that have an effective date of August 1, 2002,” wrote Golden Eagle Insurance...
After the Mold Rush: Montemayor Looks at Future of Texas Markets
Jul 8 2002 // Considering Texas has one of the most difficult insurance markets in the country right now, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor comes across not at all as one might expect—an embattled public official scrambling to...
Former S.A. Councilman Sentenced
Jul 8 2002 // District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Eureste, a...
TX Man Guilty in $3M Scheme
Jul 8 2002 // A federal bankruptcy court ruled that Dallas businessman Aharon Chen and A.C. Painting Inc., his now-bankrupt company, defrauded more than $3 million from Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation provider....
Workers’ Comp
Jul 8 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: ACE Risk Management, part of ACE USA, introduced a new Split Deductible Limit(SM) Workers’ Compensation product. It is designed to meet the needs of large risk management clients and is a flexible...
Former S.A. Councilman Sentenced
Jul 8 2002 // District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Eureste, a...
TX Man Guilty in $3M Scheme
Jul 8 2002 // A federal bankruptcy court ruled that Dallas businessman Aharon Chen and A.C. Painting Inc., his now-bankrupt company, defrauded more than $3 million from Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation provider....
Employers of Nev. Acquires Fremont Comp
Jul 4 2002 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada (EICN) has acquired California-based Fremont Compensation Insurance Group’s book of business, effective July 1. Fremont Comp is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fremont General...
NAII, OSHA Hosting Workplace Safety Workshops in Wis.
Jul 3 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), in conjunction with insurers and OSHA, is hosting a series of workshops in Wisconsin focusing on workplace safety for small businesses. Safety at Work I: Risk...
Calif. Resident Arrested on Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud, Grand Theft
Jul 2 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of a southern California man for workers’ compensation insurance fraud and...
Former San Antonio Councilman Sentenced for Alleged Fraud
Jul 1 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal Has sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for reported workers’ compensation fraud-related charges....
Board Members Elected for Texas Mutual
Jun 28 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders elected four new board members at the workers compensation insurer’s first policyholder meeting. Over 5,000 policyholders voted either in person or by proxy to elect Judy...
AASCIF President Met with Senator for Swift Passage of Terrorism Legislation
Jun 26 2002 // Kenneth Bollier, president of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF), recently met with U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) and the staffs of Senators Barbara Boxer (D- California)...
TX MUTUAL WINS ONE MORE:
Jun 24 2002 // In another Texas Mutual case, SOAH ruled that chiropractor, David Olson, D.C., misrepresented group physical medicine as individual treatment. The case began when Olson billed Texas Mutual for one-on-one sessions because...
