Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Appoints Roberts, Michaud as Directors
Apr 1 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Amanda Roberts as director of financial reporting, in which she will oversee its financial forecasting, budgeting and general ledger...
Workers’ Comp and the Gig Economy: Status Quo Remains, for Now
Apr 1 2019 // The rise of an on-demand economy once threatened to put workers’ compensation insurers in the hot seat, in large part because the question of how the sector could, or should, cover these individuals remained...
Another View
Apr 1 2019 // Bunker, a startup broker focused on independent contractors and small businesses, sees gig workers and their workers’ compensation insurance needs as a lucrative proposition. “Bunker has worked with leading...
Today’s Hot Markets
Apr 1 2019 // Telemedicine, Breweries, Intellectual property, Nurseries and Cottage foods Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes, challenges, expansions and growth in the past year. Here are five industry sectors and...
Attorney Turned Criminal Apologizes to Insurers for Giant Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 1 2019 // Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal who netted $700,000 a year by sending San Diego workers’ compensation claimants to...
Cal/OSHA Cites Contractor After Workers Hospitalized for Valley Fever
Mar 29 2019 // Cal/OSHA has issued serious health and safety citations to Underground Construction Co. Inc. of Benicia, Calif. after two of its employees contracted Valley Fever. The workers were reportedly exposed to the fungal disease...
Minnesota Truck Repair Shop Contests OSHA Fines Tied to Explosion Injuries
Mar 28 2019 // A truck service shop in North Mankato, Minnesota, is contesting federal fines levied after a natural gas explosion last November that injured two workers. The explosion happened Nov. 14 at Allstate Peterbilt when natural...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Again Cited for Workplace Hazards; Faces $188K in Fines
Mar 28 2019 // A wood pallet manufacturer in Beloit, Wisconsin, has been cited by workplace safety regulators for safety and health violations and now faces more than $188,000 in penalties. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Ohio Company Faces $1.3M in OSHA Penalties for Workplace Hazards
Mar 27 2019 // Federal safety officials have fined a metal heat treatment company based in Bowling Green, Ohio, $1,326,367 for exposing its employees to severe workplace hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Normandy Insurance Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage to Arkansas
Mar 26 2019 // Deerfield Beach, Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Insurance Co. is now offering workers’ compensation insurance to small, mid-size and large businesses in Arkansas. The company said it has...
Analysis: Warren Buffett Champions an Inferior Product in THREE Policy
Mar 25 2019 // Warren Buffett, often ahead of the curve, sounded like a disrupter in a 2004 shareholder letter. Fifteen years ago, Buffett wrote, “Insurers have generally earned poor returns for a single reason: They sell a...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects 2019 Board
Mar 22 2019 // Rose Barrett of the Berkshire Hathaway Group was reelected as the chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board of directors for 2019. Barrett, who has served on the CWCI board since 2014 and has been...
Q&A: Mitchell International’s Hatamian Talks Workers’ Comp’s Tech Transformation
Mar 22 2019 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Mitchell International’s product management and strategy group leader, Shahin Hatamian, recently spoke with Insurance Journal’s Elizabeth Blosfield about how technology has been...
California Contractor Cited for Accident That Fatally Crushed Worker
Mar 21 2019 // Cal/OSHA has cited a Bay Area contractor for serious safety violations after a worker was fatally crushed at a San Rafael construction site on Sept. 18, 2018. Investigators determined that West Coast Land and Development...
Massachusetts Man Charged in Connection with Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 21 2019 // The owner of a Revere, Mass.-based contracting company has been indicted in connection with a workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Anner Valentin...
Study Examines Impact of California Workers’ Comp Formulary
Mar 20 2019 // Since California implemented its workers’ compensation formulary last year, an increasing share of drugs prescribed to injured workers are either “Exempt” from prospective utilization review or “Not...
Tesla Defends Factory Worker Safety as Injury Days-Off Rise
Mar 19 2019 // Tesla Inc. factory employees spent almost three times as many days off the job because of work-related injuries and illness in 2018 as the year before, an indication of just how much strain they were under as they...
Cooper Nominates State Rep. Goodman to North Carolina Workers’ Comp Panel
Mar 19 2019 // A sitting North Carolina legislator has been nominated by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve on the state Industrial Commission. Ken Goodman Photo courtesy of Ballotpedia Cooper told legislators at the beginning of the month of his...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue
Mar 18 2019 // Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated a requirement for businesses with 250 or more employees to...
How Workers’ Comp Brokers Can Increase Commissions by 81%
Mar 18 2019 // Workers’ compensation brokers frequently overlook a risk-free method to nearly double their commissions while improving their client’s overall financial position. The use of a captive insurance company to...
