The state’s insurance commissioner says the workers’ compensation insurance rates for Oklahoma businesses are expected to drop in 2012. Commissioner John Doak says the insurance department has approved a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance for a decrease …
An average 9.1 percent increase in New York State’s workers compensation loss costs is scheduled to go into effect Oct. 1. The planned change was previously approved by the New York State Insurance Department in mid-July. Back in May, the …
Cornerstone Underwriting Partners, LLC (CUP), a nationwide underwriting management company and program administrator that works exclusively with wholesale brokers and specialty program agents, has partnered with national carriers to launch PEOComp Pro. The new program was developed specifically to meet …
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has established a new Office of Workers’ Compensation Ombudsman to provide advice and assistance to employees and small businesses. “Our goal is to help injured workers and small businesses who are having …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $772,782 dividend to the CompGroup AGC. The workers’ compensation safety group dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio. CompGroup AGC members have shared in $15.5 million in Texas Mutual dividends since …
New York chiropractors don’t like the new medical treatment guidelines adopted last December by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. These changes focus on the treatment for the mid- and low-back, neck, shoulder and knees. The state’s main chiropractic …
Two employers can be held jointly responsible for workers’ compensation benefits for an injured worker whom they both classified as an independent contractor, a Massachusetts appeals court has ruled. The Massachusetts Appeals Court said the case presented the first appellate …
Dennis A. Vanek has been appointed as chief of the internal audit division at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Vanek most recently served as director of global audit services for Expedia, Inc. in Bellevue, Wash., where he was …
The California State Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said will make workers’ compensation policies more transparent and fair. The measure, Senate Bill 684, provides that employers must be notified in writing and allowed …
A Fairfield, Ohio, chiropractor who pled guilty in July to felony workers’ compensation fraud has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $200,000. Bruce E. Holaday, owner of the Back and Spine Center, was …
