Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Company Cited, Fined $106K After Employees Injured in Nebraska Trench Collapse
May 22 2019 // Federal safety officials cited an excavation company after two employees suffered serious injuries when a trench collapsed at a construction site in Lincoln, Nebraska. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Direct Written Premium Fell in California Workers’ Comp System in 2018
May 20 2019 // Total direct written premium in the California workers’ compensation system fell for the second consecutive year in 2018, declining 3.8 percent to less than $12.3 billion as nine of the 10 largest insurer groups in...
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May 20 2019 // National Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Baptiste Ossena, global product leader of Hull and Marine Liabilities (HML), is assuming additional responsibility as the North American regional head...
California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Chief’s Message to Comp Community
May 20 2019 // The California workers’ compensation marketplace today remains generally healthy for insurers, employers and injured workers, the chief of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in...
A.I.M. Mutual Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage to Maine
May 16 2019 // After 30 years as a workers’ compensation insurance carrier in New England, A.I.M. Mutual has announced its expansion of coverage to Maine. Already serving Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut, this...
MEMIC Hires Lieberman as Production Underwriter in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
May 15 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Ted Lieberman to the role of production underwriter to support continued growth in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets. Prior to joining MEMIC,...
Chookaszian, Banta Join Omaha National Insurance Board of Directors
May 14 2019 // Omaha National Insurance Co., a Nebraska-based provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small and mid-size businesses, has appointed Dennis Chookaszian and Geoff Banta as independent members of its board of...
McCray Appointed Executive VP at Amerisafe in Louisiana
May 14 2019 // DeRidder, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, Amerisafe Inc., has named Andrew McCray as its new executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. McCray comes to Amerisafe with more than 30 years...
Kansas’ Spirit Aerosystems Faces $193.2K in Penalties for Carcinogen Exposure
May 13 2019 // Spirit Aerosystems Inc. – based in Wichita, Kansas – has been cited for exposing employees to carcinogen hazards and faces penalties of $193,218 for two repeated and four serious violations, federal safety officials...
New York Man Arrested for More Than $33K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
May 9 2019 // Investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office have charged a 56- year-old New York man with grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony, and penalties for fraudulent practices, a class E...
4 Thoughts About THREE
May 8 2019 // I’ve held off commenting very much on THREE, the new three-page commercial policy by Berkshire Hathaway. It’s time for a few of my thoughts. It has only been filed in a limited number of states. So far, THREE...
Progressive Rolls Out Small Business Insurance Comparison Quoting Platform
May 8 2019 // Ohio-based national insurer Progressive has joined the ranks of carriers offering small businesses a platform to buy insurance quickly and simply. The insurer’s new online BusinessQuote Explorer (BQX) delivers...
Iowa Court: No Claim for Workers’ Comp Insurer’s Failure to Inspect Workplace
May 8 2019 // Iowa’s high court has ruled in favor of a workers’ compensation insurer in a case in which a group of employees and former employees of a manufacturing plant alleged that the insurer failed to protect workers...
California Psychologist And Doctor Charged With Fraudulent Workers’ Comp Evaluations
May 7 2019 // A California psychologist and doctor have been charged for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance claims for workers’ compensation medical legal evaluations in an attempt to steal tens of thousands of dollars from...
Texas Meat Packing Plant Faces $615.6K in Penalties for Safety Violations
May 7 2019 // A meat packing plant in San Angelo, Texas, has been cited for exposing workers to highly hazardous chemicals and faces more than $615,000 in penalties. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Recent Commission Ruling Highlights Need for National Workplace Violence Prevention Standard
May 6 2019 // A federal commission decision that an employer had a duty to protect a social services worker who was stabbed to death by a client, even though the company did not violate any specific safety standard, reinvigorated...
Telemedicine Takes Workers’ Comp Into the Future
May 6 2019 // The use of telemedicine may be in its nascent stages within the workers’ compensation system, but the starting line has definitely been crossed with employers and workers’ comp insurers embracing the ability to...
Atlas General, Bascule Underwriting to Offer Workers’ Comp for Equine Industry
May 1 2019 // Atlas General Insurance Services has collaborated with Bascule Underwriting, specialists in equine insurance, to provide an exclusive workers compensation product for horse farm owners. The program will be administered by...
Hiscox Appoints Hill from Blackboard Insurance Co. as Head of Claims in the U.S.
Apr 30 2019 // Hiscox, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist insurer, announced the appointment of Melissa Hill as head of Claims in the United States. Hill, who has more than a decade of experience in claims operations, will oversee the...
California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Chief’s Message to Comp Community
Apr 29 2019 // The California workers’ compensation marketplace today remains generally healthy for insurers, employers and injured workers, the chief of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in...
