Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nebraska Dairy Faces $78.8K in OSHA Penalties Following Grain Bin Death
Dec 21 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it cited Thiele Dairy in Nebraska for failing to develop and implement safety and health programs related to grain bin...
Louisiana Has Second Lowest Non-Fatal Work Injury Rate, Officials Say
Dec 20 2018 // Louisiana is second only to Washington, D.C., with the lowest non-fatal work-related injury rate in the country, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced. A recent Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) report showed...
California Hits 2 Companies with $4.3M Fine for Improperly Selling Workers’ Comp
Dec 19 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday imposed a $4.3 million penalty on American Labor Alliance and CompOne USA for selling workers’ compensation and liability policies to employers of farmworkers...
North Carolina Gov’s Pick for Workers’ Comp Panel Rejected, Again
Dec 18 2018 // Republican legislators have rejected another candidate from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for the North Carolina Industrial Commission. The House voted 34-59 on Thursday against confirming Judge Robby Hassell of...
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Approves Mid-Year Workers’ Comp Filings
Dec 17 2018 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved two mid-year workers’ compensation loss cost filings, effective January 1, 2019. The fillings are from the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB), an...
Reuters Special Report: J&J Knew About Asbestos in Baby Powder for Decades
Dec 17 2018 // Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was deadly, a...
Emerging Issue in Texas: Firefighter, EMT Cancer-Related Workers’ Comp Claims — and Denials
Dec 17 2018 // How to process cancer-related workers’ compensation claims filed by firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) is developing into an emerging issue, Texas workers’ compensation system regulators...
Report: Return on Net Worth for California Workers’ Comp Insurers Rose
Dec 17 2018 // A new report shows the average return on net worth for California workers’ compensation insurers rose to 9.9 percent in 2017, the fourth consecutive increase. The report comes from the National Association of...
Chiropractor in California Pleads Guilty in $150M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Dec 17 2018 // A Los Angeles, Calif., chiropractor has pleaded guilty to taking part in a $150 million workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Paul Turley of Granada Hills pleaded in early December to conspiracy to commit insurance...
Southwest Ohio Business Owner Convicted of $425K Workers’ Comp Fraud Gets Prison Time
Dec 17 2018 // A federal judge has sentenced the owner of a now-defunct southwest Ohio payroll services company to six months in federal prison and a $10,000 fine after being found guilty of workers’ compensation insurance...
Feds Cite Missouri Demolition Company After 2 Workers Die
Dec 14 2018 // A Missouri demolition company has been cited by federal safety regulators for failing to provide fall protection after two employees suffered fatal injuries at a demolition site in St. Louis. The U.S. Department of...
Latest Edition of AMA Guides Lowers Impairment Ratings in Workers’ Compensation
Dec 14 2018 // For workers injured at work, the amount of compensation they receive depends on which edition of the medical guidelines on evaluating impairments is used. The American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of...
Spicer Joins Oklahoma Agents Group as Workers’ Comp Program Account Manager
Dec 13 2018 // Nikki Spicer has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAO) as the association’s new workers’ compensation program account manager. She will be working alongside Susan Starr and is replacing...
Report: Workers’ Comp Premiums in California for First 9 Months of the Year Down 3%
Dec 12 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau of California issued its quarterly experience report on Wednesday showing premium for the first nine months of 2018 was 3 percent below the same period for 2017. The WCIRB...
Ohio Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for $425K Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 11 2018 // A federal judge has sentenced the owner of a now-defunct southwest Ohio payroll services company to six months in federal prison and a $10,000 fine after being found guilty of workers’ compensation insurance...
WCRI: Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Costs Per Claim Decreased Since 2014
Dec 10 2018 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Texas decreased from 2014 to 2016 for claims with more than seven days of lost time, evaluated as of 2017, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation...
Chiropractor in California Pleads Guilty in $150M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Dec 10 2018 // A Los Angeles, Calif. chiropractor has pleaded guilty to taking part in a $150 million workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Paul Turley of Granada Hills pleaded last week to conspiracy to commit insurance fraud,...
How to Deliver Restaurants from Risks of Take-Out Boom
Dec 10 2018 // With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular are increasingly ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants. As more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must...
AAU Adds Connally to Workers’ Comp Division in Florida
Dec 10 2018 // Allied American Underwriters (AAU), a division of USG Insurance Services, Inc., has hired Stan Connally as producer/broker for Workers Compensation in the Tampa, Fla., branch. Connally joins AAU with 36 years of experience...
Report: Return on Net Worth for California Workers’ Comp Insurers Rose
Dec 7 2018 // A new report shows the average return on net worth for California workers ‘ compensation insurers rose to 9.9 percent in 2017, the fourth consecutive increase. The report comes from the National Association of...
