Conn. WCC Report Highlights Upgrades, Shortened Hearing Backlogs September 5, 2012 Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission issued its annual report on Sept. 1. The Commission touted a number of accomplishments for the...
California State Fund Restructures Broker Distribution September 4, 2012 By Don Jergler California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has changed its broker distribution model, requiring most of the roughly 5,000 brokers and agents...
Lawmakers Greenlight Workers’ Comp Overhaul September 1, 2012 The state Legislature approved a reform bill for California’s $17-billion workers’ compensation insurance system, one that promises to hike benefits...
Assembly Passes Workers’ Compensation Changes August 31, 2012 The state Assembly approved a series of changes to California’s workers’ compensation system Friday, voting on a 170-page bill that...
Workers’ Comp Bill Amended, Brown Pleads for Support August 31, 2012 By Don Jergler As Legislators rushed to amend and pass a bill that would reform California’s workers’ compensation system before the Friday’s midnight...
Massachusetts Strikes Down 18.8% Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Proposal August 31, 2012 By Young Ha Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced Thursday that it has rejected a request to raise the state’s workers’ compensation rates by...
Families Sue over Kansas Grain Elevator Blast August 31, 2012 By Bill Draper Family members of four people killed in a grain elevator explosion last year in northeast Kansas are suing employees of...
Poll: Confidence for Calif. Workers’ Comp Reform Dropping August 29, 2012 By Don Jergler Confidence in the state government to reform California’s unwieldy workers’ compensation system is falling as Legislators struggle to get buy-in...
Kentucky Annual Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Fall for 7th Consecutive Year August 29, 2012 Kentucky regulators said an annual filing most carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ comp coverage shows the seventh...
Workers’ Comp Reform Bill Running Low on Time August 28, 2012 By Don Jergler The numbers continue to change and time is running out on a workers’ compensation reform bill that has California legislators...