Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Company Faces $235K in Fines for Health Violations
Aug 13 2015 // A North Lima, Ohio-based ambulance company faces penalties totaling $235,800 for 14 alleged workplace health and safety violations, according to federal safety officials. The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety...
GUARD, Eyeing Expansion, Names Hitt as Executive VP for Property/Liability
Aug 12 2015 // Workers’ compensation insurer Berkshire Hathaway GUARD recently named Lyle Hitt as executive vice president of Property and Liability Insurance as the company plans to expand. In his new role, Hitt will oversee...
Hazards Lead to $156K in Fines for Louisiana Trucking Firm
Aug 11 2015 // A trucking company based in Louisiana has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for exposing workers to various safety and health hazards. Proposed penalties total $156,800. Transporter Maintenance and...
QBE Completes Sale of Argentine Workers’ Compensation Business
Aug 11 2015 // QBE announced it has completed of the sale of the group’s workers’ compensation business in Argentina to La Caja Aseguradora de Riesgos de Trabajo ART SA, a company wholly owned by the Werthein Group, which has...
Ohio Steel Company Fined $162K for Workplace Hazards
Aug 10 2015 // Federal safety officials have proposed penalties totaling $162,400 against an Ohio-based steel manufacturer for exposing workers to workplace hazards. While Republic Steel has made a significant investment in personnel,...
OSHA Sues Texas Company for Wrongfully Firing an Employee
Aug 10 2015 // Federal officials have sued a Texas-based company for violating the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The lawsuit against Continental Alloys and Services Inc. in Spring, Texas, maintains...
California Law Agencies Get $34.9M to Fight Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 10 2015 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has awarded $34.9 million in grants to 37 district attorney offices representing 42 counties in California to combat workers’ compensation insurance fraud. The grants are funded...
Berkshire Insurance Units Slump in Q2
Aug 10 2015 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted second-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates because of higher claims costs at insurance units including Geico. Net income dropped 37 percent to $4.01...
Court Decision May Impact Workers’ Comp Side Agreements in California
Aug 7 2015 // A recent court decision may have the potential to change the practice of side agreements in workers’ compensation policies California, a practice that some say often goes on under the regulatory radar. Zurich...
OSHA: 33 Injured in Missouri Aluminum Plant Explosion
Aug 6 2015 // Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant, a federal agency said. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Premiums Growing at Double-Digit Rates
Aug 5 2015 // Workers’ compensation premiums in California continue to grow at double-digit rates, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The WCIRB recently released its “State of the...
NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Maryland
Aug 4 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Maryland Insurance Administration. NCCI stated in its July 28 filing that based on its review...
PURE Introduces Domestic Staff Workers’ Comp Coverage for Florida Members
Aug 4 2015 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer of high net worth individuals and families, has introduced Domestic Workers’ Compensation Insurance for members...
West Virginia to See Decrease in Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 3 2015 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says employers in the state will see an estimated $43 million reduction in workers’ compensation premiums in the coming year. Tomblin says employers have saved more than $323 million since the...
Report on California Workers’ Comp Reforms Touts Successes
Aug 3 2015 // The Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation have released a report on progress implementing California’s workers’ compensation reforms. The report details increased...
SASSI Expands Workers’ Comp Program Into Additional States
Jul 31 2015 // SASSI, the Salon and Spa Specialty Insurance agency, has added an additional market for its workers’ compensation insurance program, enabling the agency to write this coverage in additional states. The program is...
Texas Company Fined $112K for Safety Violations at Energy Facility
Jul 31 2015 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southcross Energy Partners GP LLC for seven safety violations at its cryogenic natural gas processing facility in Gregory, Texas. Safety officials have...
Texas Approves 12 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Jul 30 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) renewed approval for 12 employers to self-insure workers’ compensation claims. Together, the companies employ about 45,000...
Louisiana-Based Workers’ Comp Insurer Expands Into Texas
Jul 30 2015 // LUBA Workers’ Comp, based in Baton Rouge, La., is now offering workers’ compensation insurance coverage to businesses in Texas. LUBA Workers’ Comp covers businesses in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi...
Texas Company Fined $424K for Trench Collapse
Jul 29 2015 // One minute he was working in the 8-foot trench below ground. The next, he was being buried in it. His co-workers came to his rescue, digging him out with their bare hands. Moments after they pulled the injured man to...
