Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Illinois Roofing Contractor Barringer Fined Again for Fall Hazards
Jan 10 2017 // An Illinois roofing contractor has once again been cited and fined by federal safety officials for exposing workers to fall hazards. Proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) penalties total...
Normandy Insurance Expands Workers’ Compensation Coverage to Georgia
Jan 10 2017 // Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Insurance Co. has expanded its coverage into Georgia, bringing the total number of states it offers coverage to two. The company also writes coverage in...
California Report Shows Lower Bay Area Workers’ Comp Claims Costs
Jan 9 2017 // A report out today shows that San Francisco Bay Area residents account for 17.5 percent of California job injury claims but only 15. percent of claim costs. The report by the California Workers’ Compensation...
Oregon’s New Fall Protections Now 6′ And Up for Home Builders
Jan 9 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...
Court Rules Florida Workers’ Comp Rate Hike to Remain, For Now
Jan 9 2017 // Florida’s workers’ compensation rate increase of 14.5 percent will remain in effect while a Florida appeals court reviews a legal challenge to the state’s recent ratemaking process. The First District...
Illinois Approves Large Workers’ Comp Deductible Rules
Jan 9 2017 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has posted in the Illinois Register a second notice of the approval by the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (IJCAR) of rules concerning size limits on large deductibles...
Missouri Expects Another Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
Jan 9 2017 // Employers in Missouri should see a continued decrease in workers’ compensation insurance costs. The Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 4.6 percent decrease in workers’ comp insurance loss costs...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Jan 9 2017 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Percentage of Texas Workers’ Comp System Non-Subscribers Declines
Jan 9 2017 // The percentage of companies that don’t participate in the Texas workers’ compensation system has fallen to the lowest level since 1993, the agency that regulates this line of insurance in the state has...
California DIR Releases Overview of New Laws
Jan 9 2017 // The California Department of Industrial Relations released its 2016 Legislative Digest, which summarizes new laws that impact workers and employers. Most of the chaptered bills took effect on Jan. 1. Highlights of those...
California Labor Commissioner Nails Taxi Company for Failure to Carry Comp
Jan 9 2017 // Santa Rosa, Calif., taxi company A-C Transportation Services Inc. has agreed to settle a $522,300 citation for refusing to provide its 30 drivers with workers’ compensation insurance coverage and for misclassifying...
West Regulation Report Card: California Most Politicized State
Jan 9 2017 // A report gives California’s insurance regulatory environment low marks for auto body repair rules, the insurance commissioner’s call for insurers to divest from coal, its prior approval law and being the...
USI’s Johnson Appointed as Chairman of Massachusetts WCAC
Jan 6 2017 // Massachusetts Governor 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 West...
Report on California Workers’ Comp Shows Sharp Increase in ALAE Costs
Jan 5 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...
Texas Re-Certifies 10 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Jan 5 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) re-certified 10 employers to self-insure workers’ compensation claims. Together, the companies employ about 15,000 people in...
American Specialty Insurance & Risk Services, Inc. Announces January 1st Workers Compensation Program Launch
Jan 4 2017 // Fort Wayne, IN, January 4, 2017 – American Specialty, a recognized leader in Sports, Recreation, and Entertainment insurance, is proud to announce its new Workers Compensation program through Arch Insurance Company (A+...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Decline Again
Jan 3 2017 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced a rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for a statewide decrease of 9.8 percent in workers’ compensation rates has been...
California Labor Commissioner Nails Taxi Company for Failure to Carry Comp
Dec 30 2016 // Santa Rosa, Calif. taxi company A-C Transportation Services Inc. has agreed to settle a $522,300 citation for refusing to provide its 30 drivers with workers’ compensation insurance coverage and for misclassifying...
Texas Feed Manufacturer Fined Nearly $92K for Health, Safety Violations
Dec 30 2016 // Thomas Moore Feed in Navasota, Texas, has been cited by federal safety officials for repeat and serious health and safety violations. Proposed penalties total $91,911. Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate for Q1 2017
Dec 30 2016 // For the first quarter of 2017, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set at 4.41 percent any interest or discount provided for in the state’s workers’ comp statutes. The...
