Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri Contractor Faces $212K in Penalties Over Trench Hazards
Jul 24 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Missouri contractor for exposing employees to trench engulfment hazards and imposed more than $212,000 in penalties. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Oklahoma Manufacturer Cited, Fined $187K for Serious Workplace Hazards
Jul 24 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited HE&M Inc., a Pryor, Oklahoma-based metalworking band saw manufacturer, for exposing employees to fall, machine...
California Financial Advisor Sentenced to 10 Years for Embezzling $1M
Jul 24 2019 // California financial advisor Tom Fallon, 65, has been sentenced in Long Beach Superior Court after being convicted in an open plea of 25 criminal counts of money laundering and grand theft. Fallon was sentenced to 10 years...
With Commissioner’s OK, Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Rates to Fall by 8.8%
Jul 23 2019 // Wisconsin’s chief insurance regulator has approved an overall 8.84% decrease in workers’ compensation premium rates. The new rates approved by Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable are effective Oct. 1, 2019,...
Washington Woman Charged with Running Construction Business While on Disability
Jul 23 2019 // A Spokane, Wash.-area woman faces a felony theft charge for allegedly running a construction business while claiming she was too disabled to work. Deborah J. Steeneck, 59, is accused of stealing more than $11,000 in...
Pennsylvania Resort Employee Injured in Bear Attack During ‘Safari Tour’
Jul 23 2019 // Officials say a worker at a western Pennsylvania resort was injured in a bear attack while guiding a routine “Safari Tour” of wildlife kept at the property. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort says the Himalayan bear...
Sage Program Underwriters Offers Workers’ Comp for Shooting Sports Industry
Jul 23 2019 // Sage Program Underwriters has launched a new national workers’ compensation program for the shooting sports industry. The exclusive program targets all aspects of the industry including: Indoor & outdoor...
Report Shows California Workers’ Compensation Premiums Falling
Jul 22 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurance premiums in California are declining as continued rate decreases more than offset the impacts of continued economic growth, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Method Insurance Brings Specialty Workers’ Comp Program to Illinois
Jul 22 2019 // Method Insurance Service is expanding and offering its specialty workers’ compensation program for underserved high-hazard, debit mod, mid-market risks in Illinois. Method is a program administrator for Service...
PTSD Coverage for First Responders Left Out of Ohio Workers’ Comp Budget
Jul 19 2019 // Lawmakers have approved a two-year budget for Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers after missing the initial deadline at the end of June and covering the gap with a temporary budget. The nearly $645 million...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Applied Underwriters Settles Workers’ Comp Dispute with New York
Jul 19 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Applied Underwriters will voluntarily halt the selling of a reinsurance-based, loss-sensitive workers’ compensation product in New York under an agreement with the state regulator who...
Investigation Indicates Widespread Fraud in the New York City Towing Industry
Jul 19 2019 // New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Lorelei Salas has announced an investigation into the tow truck industry that suggests widespread insurance and workers’ compensation...
Scholarship Organization Forms in Maine to Assist Children of Injured Workers
Jul 19 2019 // Representatives of employers, organized labor, insurance companies, plaintiff’s attorneys, medical providers and defense attorneys have formed Kids’ Chance of Maine to provide scholarships to the children of...
No Workers’ Compensation Loss History? No Problem, Says Valen Analytics
Jul 18 2019 // Workers’ compensation carriers can now accurately score a policy even where there is no loss history on the account, according Valen Analytics, a data analytics and predictive modeling firm for the property/casualty...
Pie Insurance Begins Providing Workers’ Comp Insurance in New Hampshire
Jul 17 2019 // Pie Insurance has begun providing workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses in New Hampshire. It simultaneously announced that it has begun providing workers’ comp insurance in Mississippi, Utah and...
Digital Workers’ Compensation Provider Pie Insurance Enters 4 Additional States
Jul 17 2019 // Pie Insurance said it has begun providing workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses in Mississippi, New Hampshire, Utah and West Virginia. With these additions, Pie now offers coverage in 29 states and the...
Workers’ Comp Underwriting Looks Strong for 2019 But Rates Are Dropping: Fitch
Jul 16 2019 // The workers’ compensation market is on track for a fifth consecutive year of underwriting profits in 2019 despite recent weakening in market fundamentals. According to a Fitch Ratings report, the industry’s...
Wisconsin Bureau Proposes 8.8% Drop in Workers’ Comp Rates
Jul 15 2019 // Wisconsin insurance officials will soon consider a proposal to lower insurance rates for workers’ compensation in the state. The Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau has proposed decreasing workers’...
Texas Law Targets Surprise Medical Bills in Workers’ Comp
Jul 15 2019 // Texas lawmakers in the recent legislative session passed a bill addressing surprise medical bills injured employees have received after being treated at federal military facilities. Senate Bill 935 requires workers’...
Georgia Court: Insurer Can’t Deny Coverage Despite Misinformation on Application
Jul 15 2019 // An insurer that extended its workers’ compensation coverage for 90 days after discovering the employer had violated the terms of its policy could not then deny coverage for a claim on the grounds that those terms had...
