Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
What’s Happening and What Lies Ahead for P/C Insurance Pricing: Moody’s
Oct 30 2018 // The current pricing environment for property/casualty insurers is “modestly positive,” with commercial and personal auto rates rising by mid-to-high single digits, homeowners and commercial property rates...
OSHA Fines Florida Farm Over Worker’s Death by Lightning
Oct 26 2018 // Officials say the farm that employed a Florida woman fatally struck by lightning has been cited for failing to protect workers. A U.S. Department of Labor news release says Occupational Health and Safety Administration...
Iowa Delays Launch of New Workers’ Comp Electronic Filing System
Oct 26 2018 // Iowa’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has delayed its planned roll out of a new electronic filing, case management, hearing scheduling and EDI system for workers’ compensation, WCES. The Division had...
Miller Named President, CEO at Minnesota’s SFM Mutual
Oct 26 2018 // The board of directors at Bloomington, Minnesota-based SFM Mutual Insurance Co. has named Terry Miller president and chief executive officer of the organization. Miller’s promotion, effective Nov. 5, is the result of...
Better Underwriting, Lower Taxes Behind The Hartford’s Strong Q3 Results
Oct 26 2018 // The Hartford reported third quarter 2018 net profit of $427 million compared with $145 million in third quarter 2017. The $282 million increase was due to higher commercial lines, personal lines, group benefits and mutual...
Families Await Justice in North Dakota Oilfield Workplace Lawsuits
Oct 25 2018 // Brenda Austin was worried when her son, Casey, told her he planned to work in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield in early 2013. “Don’t worry. I’ll be in a safe spot,” he told her when he left...
Report: Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Fell in California After Reforms
Oct 25 2018 // Medical payments per claim with more than seven days of lost time in California decreased after the implementation of workers’ comp reform for claims with experience through March 2017, according to a recent study by...
Insurtech Pie’s Founder Talks About Entry into California Workers’ Comp Market
Oct 25 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Pie Insurance seems to be slicing its way through workers’ compensation markets in state after state. The Washington, D.C.-based insurtech is a direct provider of workers’ comp...
North Carolina Approves 17.2% Rate Decrease for Workers’ Comp
Oct 25 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau’s 17.2 percent rate decrease filing for workers’ compensation insurance has been approved by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, according to a statement from the...
Delaware Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Decrease for Second Year in a Row
Oct 23 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the second year in a row in Delaware, effective December 1, 2018. “I am delighted to approve yet another decrease in workers’ compensation rates in...
A.M. Best Upgrades Workers’ Comp Carrier ICW Group in California
Oct 23 2018 // A.M. Best Company has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group Insurance Cos. to “A” (Excellent) from a “Stable” outlook. A.M. Best said its ratings reflect the...
New Report Shows California’s Share of Payroll, Workers’ Comp
Oct 22 2018 // Californians accounted for 11.9 percent of all jobs covered by workers’ compensation in the U.S. in 2016, 13.9 percent of covered payroll and 19.6 percent of all cash and medical benefits paid for work injuries and...
West Virginia Won’t Change Funding for State Workers’ Comp Plan in 2019
Oct 22 2018 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says there will be no change in state funding for the state employees’ public insurance plan next year in a letter to the agency’s director. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports...
DOI: Workers’ Comp Rates in Indiana to Drop Again Next Year
Oct 19 2018 // Businesses in Indiana can expect to pay less for workers’ compensation insurance coverage next year, continuing a trend that has been ongoing for several years. Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has...
WCIRB Studied Impact of Medical Fraud Enforcement in California
Oct 17 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released a study that shows the impact of medical provider fraud on the system, and it finds that efforts by the state as well as local district...
Oregon Study Shows California Workers’ Comp Rates Falling, but Still High
Oct 16 2018 // Workers’ compensation premium rates fell considerably nationwide, while California continued to see among the worst rates in the nation, according to a new study out from the Oregon Department of Consumer and...
California Insurance Commissioner OKs Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Filing
Oct 15 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved a filing from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s that makes amendments to uniform statistical reporting and experience rating. The...
Monday Workers’ Comp Claims Not Changed by ACA: Report
Oct 15 2018 // Monday morning claims – or claims of worker injuries thought to be unrelated to their jobs and likely happening on the weekend – have not been altered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to new research...
2018 Workers’ Comp-Related Bills Signed into Law in California
Oct 15 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California in early October issued a summary of legislation signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. The Legislature recessed for the year on Aug. 31, and Brown had...
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Oct 15 2018 // Stone Creek Insurance Agency is expanding its Spokane, Wash. presence with the addition of four new employees. San Francisco Bay Area-based Stone Creek launched its Spokane office in February. Charles Hook has been named...
