Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA Says Insurer Interests Not Addressed in HHS Privacy Materials
Jul 11 2001 // According to the American Insurance Association (AIA), the first in a series of guidance materials intended to clarify key provisions of the new federal privacy protections for medical records and other personal health...
Kemper, UnumProvident Form Strategic Alliance
Jul 10 2001 // Kemper Insurance Companies announced a strategic alliance with UnumProvident Corporation and Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. that will offer employers an alternative for meeting their Integrated Disability Management (IDM)...
Mo. Adopts NAIC Privacy Model Without Health, Workers’ Comp Provisions
Jul 9 2001 // The Missouri Insurance Department has adopted an emergency consumer privacy regulation containing a third party claimant provision but excluding health and workers’ compensation insurance. National Association of...
Council to Hold WC Seminars
Jul 9 2001 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced plans for a series of seminars designed to help the insurance industry navigate through the Texas workers’ compensation system. The seminars will be held in Houston August 1,...
CNA Offers New Online Quoting, Work Management Functionality
Jul 5 2001 // CNA announced new features on CNA Central (www.cnacentral.com), its website for business insurance agents and brokers in North America. According to CNA, the new functionality includes quick and full quoting, as well as...
Administaff Announces New Carrier for Workers’ Comp Policy; The Hartford Selected to Underwrite Two-Year, Fully-Insured
Jun 29 2001 // Administaff, Inc., the nation’s leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO), today announced that it has selected The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. to underwrite the guaranteed-cost workers’...
A.M. Best Drops Ratings on Pair of Calif. Workers’ Comp Carriers
Jun 27 2001 // A.M. Best dropped the financial strength ratings on two California workers’ comp carriers–Encino-based Republic Indemnity Insurance Pool and Woodland Hills-based Zenith National Insurance Group– from...
Ore. Lawmakers Weigh Workers’ Comp Issues in Waning Days of 2001 Session
Jun 25 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) noted that as the 2001 Oregon legislative session rapidly approaches its conclusion, workers’ compensation issues continue to dominate the discussions. SB 485,...
Temp Could Do Time on Fraud Charges
Jun 25 2001 // CDI investigators arrested Martha Rodriquez of Riverside on charges of workers’ compensation fraud and perjury. Rodriquez, 37, also known as Graciela Castro, was booked into Riverside County Jail on a $5,000 felony...
PAULA, GNU Begin Process Toward Eventual Consolidation
Jun 25 2001 // Pasadena, Calif.-based PAULA Financial (PAULA) and the managing general agency Great Northern Underwriters (GNU) of Portland, Ore., recently entered into a partnership, the first step of which entails the incorporation of...
PA Insurers File Memo Supporting Workers’ Comp Consent Decree Reversal
Jun 21 2001 // A group of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation insurers has filed a memorandum in U.S. District Court supporting efforts to vacate the 1984 consent decree in the case of Richard Baksalary, et.al. v. Smith et.al.,...
Maine Governor Vetoes Workers’ Comp Bill
Jun 20 2001 // On Tuesday Maine’s Governor Angus King vetoed a workers’ compensation bill (LD 1175) that contained provisions which would have automatically entitled injured workers to full compensation during full-time...
AIA Backed Amendments Included in NH Workers’ Comp Bill
Jun 18 2001 // The new bill (H.230), which establishes scheduling criteria for workers’ compensation claims, signed last Thursday by New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, contained important amendments proposed by the American...
Eastern Casualty Puts a Moratorium on New Mass. Workers’ Comp. Coverage
Jun 18 2001 // According to a report in The Boston Globe, Marlborough-based Eastern Casualty Insurance Co., Massachusetts’ third largest writer of workers’ compensation coverage, has informed its agents in the state that it...
Alliance, AFACT Ask Governor to Veto WC and Litigation-Cost Control Bills
Jun 18 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers is on record as having asked Texas Gov. Rick Perry to veto two insurance-related bills One of the bills, SB 1654, is also opposed by the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies of...
New Hampshire Governor Signs Mental Stress Bill
Jun 14 2001 // New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen signed into law a bill to restrict workers’ compensation claims for mental stress caused by an unfavorable job performance review. The bill (House Bill 232) reverses a recent...
Dept. of Labor Schedules Ergonomics Hearings for July
Jun 13 2001 // The U.S. Department of Labor announced plans for three ergonomics hearings to be held in July. The Labor Department will hold three public forums — one on July 16 in the District of Columbia, a second on July 20 in...
Nevada Legislature Wraps Up 2001 Session on Positive Note
Jun 12 2001 // The Nevada State Legislature adjourned last week following several important victories for the insurance industry, according to lobbying groups. Passage of measures benefiting insurers and the defeat of several trial...
HNC Software Acquires EDI Reporting Software for Workers’ Comp from ecDataFlow.com
Jun 12 2001 // San Diego-based HNC Software Inc., a provider of Customer Insight software, has acquired the workers’ compensation compliance reporting products and related customer base of ecDataFlow.com Inc. The agreement is...
Misrahy Takes Helm at Fremont
Jun 11 2001 // Mary-Lou Misrahy was recently named president of Fremont Compensation Insurance Co. Misrahy, with more than two decades of corporate leadership experience, knows she has some big challenges ahead of her, but she is ready...
