Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safety National Adds Workers’ Compensation, Captive Services Products
Feb 9 2017 // Safety National Casualty Corp. has added two new offerings to its suite of products: large guaranteed cost workers’ compensation and captive services. Safety National’s large guaranteed cost workers’...
Texas Offers Grace Period for Workers’ Comp Reporting
Feb 7 2017 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is offering a temporary grace period to those employers who have not met workers’ compensation reporting requirements in the past — allowing them to report...
Vermont to See Decrease in Costs for Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Feb 7 2017 // Vermont Governor Phil Scott has announced that workers’ compensation insurance will cost less for most Vermont employers when new rates approved by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) become...
Wells Fargo Market Outlook Offers Favorable News for Cyber Security
Feb 6 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Wells Fargo Insurance released its 2017 Insurance Market Outlook and Employee Benefits Outlook report in late January, which shows this year’s property/casualty insurance market will again...
Former Washington Corrections Officer Jailed over $100k Workers’ Comp Scam
Feb 6 2017 // A former Washington state corrections officer accused of holding three jobs while claiming he was too disabled to work will serve seven days behind bars along with home detention. John J. Gruden, 44, late last month...
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Feb 6 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. has selected Theresa Vinson as a new senior claim representative in the Raleigh, N.C., office, according to Jeff Pettus, president and CEO of BSA. In her position as senior claim...
As Super Bowl Approaches a Former NBA Player Reflects on Cumulative Injury
Feb 2 2017 // Most of us who sit down with our beverages and snacks to watch one of the biggest events in pro sports on Sunday won’t have things like workers’ compensation and cumulative injury on our minds. Just Brady vs....
Labor Department’s Wells Fargo Whistleblower Site Taken Down
Jan 30 2017 // Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday accused the U.S. Labor Department of dismantling a website designed to help Wells Fargo workers file whistleblower retaliation and other complaints against the bank, and asked...
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Named Vice-Chair of Two National Task Forces
Jan 26 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has been named vice-chairman of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Workers’ Compensation and Examination Oversight Task Forces. The mission of...
Former Washington Corrections Officer Jailed In $100K Workers’ Comp Scam
Jan 26 2017 // A former Washington state corrections officer accused of holding three jobs while claiming he was too disabled to work will serve seven days behind bars along with home detention. John J. Gruden, 44, pleaded guilty to...
Wells Fargo Market Outlook Has Favorable News for Cyber Security
Jan 26 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Wells Fargo Insurance released its 2017 Insurance Market Outlook and Employee Benefits Outlook reports showing this year’s property/casualty insurance market will again be favorable to...
Report Finds New York Construction Fatalities, Regulatory Violations Rising
Jan 24 2017 // The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) found in its latest construction fatality report that construction worker deaths are rising in New York, and many construction employers across the state...
New CA Workers’ Compensation Laws 2017 Workshop
Jan 23 2017 // Santa Ana, CA, January 23, 2017- Registration for the Insurance Educational Association’s annual 3-hour seminar on the new workers’ compensation laws of California is now available on its website with seminars...
Judge: Oregon Must Reinstate Workers’ Comp Agency CEO
Jan 23 2017 // Oregon’s workers comp insurance agency must reinstate the chief executive it improperly fired in 2014, a judge has ruled. The ruling was a stunning victory for fired CEO John Plotkin and an embarrassing setback for...
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Jan 23 2017 // Property and casualty veteran Mark LaBour has joined Alliant’s growing Florida practice. As vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division, LaBour will deploy targeted risk management and...
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Jan 23 2017 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has appointed Todd R. Johnson, senior vice president and property-casualty practice leader of the USI Insurance Services’ (USI) Massachusetts offices located in Woburn, Needham and...
Illinois Workers’ Comp Reform Proposal the Wrong Approach: Insurer Groups
Jan 23 2017 // Insurance industry lobbying groups have spoken out against a proposed amendment to an Illinois statute that would give insurance regulators in that state more control over workers’ compensation rates. Illinois House...
California Workers’ Comp Sees Sharp Increase in ALAE Costs, Report Shows
Jan 23 2017 // Allocated loss adjustment expense costs have increased sharply over the last several years despite implementation of many of the components of a workers’ compensation reform law intended to reduce total loss...
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Jan 23 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has named Charlie Rosson senior vice president. Rosson is based in San Francisco, Calif. He will work to develop RSG penetration with brokers on a national basis. He has 23 years of experience in...
Oregon’s New Fall Protections for Home Builders Much Stricter
Jan 23 2017 // A state regulation that took effect Jan. 1 requires Oregon construction contractors to make sure workers are protected from falls if work is done six or more feet above a surface. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health...
