Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Court Finds Texas Businessman Defrauded $3 million from Texas Mutual
Jun 21 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. Chen...
Wash. Workers’ Comp Benefits Increase 0.9 Percent with Cost of Living
Jun 21 2002 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation time-loss or pension benefits will receive less than a 1 percent cost-of-living increase on July 1, 2002. The new maximum monthly benefit will be $3,722.90...
Camino, Calif. Resident Arrested on Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Jun 19 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Camino man on one felony count of insurance fraud and one count of attempted perjury. John Eugene...
ACE Risk Management Unveils New Split Deductible Limit Workers’ Comp Product
Jun 18 2002 // ACE Risk Management, part of ACE USA, has introduced its new Split Deductible Limit(SM) Workers’ Compensation product. The product, designed to meet the needs of large Risk Management clients, is a flexible...
Dallas-Based Company Awarded Contract with Ohio’s BWC
Jun 18 2002 // ACS, a Dallas-based provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, has been awarded a one-year contract with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) to provide pharmacy benefit...
Calif. Commissioner Candidates Outline
Jun 14 2002 // Mendoza Garamendi Covering topics ranging from the State Fund to mold, California Insurance Commissioner candidates Gary Mendoza (R) and John Garamendi (D) outlined their visions of what they look to accomplish if they...
Golden Eagle Withdraws from Workers’ Comp
Jun 13 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...
AIA Sees Opportunities at NAIC Meeting June 8-11
Jun 10 2002 // Credit-based insurance scoring, speed to market, and market conduct are areas of opportunity at the upcoming meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for regulators to act on their commitment...
IBA West Responds To Commissioner, Protects Role of Broker in Workers’ Comp.
Jun 10 2002 // IBA WEST has responded to a letter sent to the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) by California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low in the week saying the insurance regulator’s actions could send the state’s...
WCIRB Studies WC Claim Frequency Decline
Jun 10 2002 // Workers’ compensation non-cumulative indemnity claim frequency declined at an annual rate of 6 percent in the 1990’s, according to a study released by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...
CALIF. WORKERS’ COMP TRENDS INCREASE
Jun 10 2002 // A study by the Washington-based National Academy of Social Insurance revealed that California’s workers’ compensation benefits have increased 13.9 percent to $8.9 billion in 2002, signaling the end of a decline...
WASH. L&I REFUNDS WORKERS’ COMP PREMIUMS
Jun 10 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is returning more than $78 million in workers’ compensation premiums to Washington employers and associations enrolled in retrospective rating plans. Twenty-nine...
A Full-Service Cleaner
Jun 10 2002 // Thomas Gary Myers was arrested at his place of business in Irvine, Calif., pursuant to a warrant issued by Orange County Superior Court Judge Donna Crandall. Myers, 62, is charged with two felony insurance fraud violations...
Ark. Workers’ Comp Costs Decline
Jun 10 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens reported a 4.5 percent loss decrease in the state’s workers’ compensation voluntary insurance market. Workers’ comp costs have declined for eight straight...
HNC Decision Manager for Claims
Jun 10 2002 // HNC Software Inc., a New Orleans-based decision management software provider, has unveiled HNC Decision Manager for Claims, an automated claims management system for workers’ compensation carriers. Hindered by Sept....
Calif. Commissioner Sends Warning to State Fund
Jun 7 2002 // In an unprecedented move, California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low has disclosed a letter to the public that he sent to the president of the California State Compensation Insurance Fund. The letter, dated May 29, and...
Workers’ Compensation Fund Installs HNC Claims Advisor for Subrogation
Jun 3 2002 // San Diego-based HNC Software Inc., a provider of high-end analytics and decision management software, announced that Workers Compensation Fund, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has installed HNC Claims Advisor for...
Orange County Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 27 2002 // Noel DeSota of Orange County was arrested by CDI fraud investigators and was sentenced to serve 60 days in Orange County Jail, complete 120 hours of community service, three years probation, and pay a $200 court...
Caliber One Exiting E&S Lines; Calif., Texas Were Top 2 States of Business
May 27 2002 // Saying the move will allow the company to devote all of its financial resources and managerial attention to its best performing businesses, PMA Capital has decided to withdraw from the excess and surplus (E&S) lines...
