Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Commercial Lines Premiums Up 2% in Q2: CIAB Survey
Aug 23 2018 // The trend of increasing commercial insurance premiums that began in the fourth quarter of 2017 continued last quarter. Average premiums across all sized accounts increased by 1.5 percent in Q2, according to The Council of...
Corless Promoted to CEO of Workers’ Comp Provider AF Group in Michigan
Aug 22 2018 // Lisa Corless has been promoted to president and CEO of AF Group, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Corless assumes CEO duties from Elizabeth Haar, who is now BCBSM executive vice president and president...
Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Ohio Home Remodeler Must Repay $255K
Aug 21 2018 // The owner of a residential construction business in Dayton who under reported his payroll by millions of dollars to lower his workers’ comp premiums has been sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud, the Ohio...
Ohio Tool Manufacturer Faces $213K in OSHA Penalties for Amputation Hazards
Aug 21 2018 // Federal safety officials have proposed $213,411 in penalties against an Ohio manufacturer for amputation hazards at the company’s workplace. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Texas Workers’ Comp Fraudster Sentenced for Double Dipping
Aug 21 2018 // A Travis County, Texas district court has sentenced Gary Hunt of Austin on workers’ compensation fraud charges. Hunt reported a job-related injury while working as a sales coach for Radiant Plumbing Service Inc., and...
California Workers’ Compensation Bureau Submits Lower Pure Premium Filing
Aug 20 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Monday submitted an advisory pure premium rate filing lower than last year’s approved rate to the California Insurance Commissioner. The...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau to Distribute $1.1M in Grants to Fire Depts.; $1.2M to Employers
Aug 20 2018 // Through a program to protect firefighters from carcinogens and other harmful health hazards encountered by firefighters during their daily work activities, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) will...
People
Aug 20 2018 // Darrick Lee, a licensed attorney in both Louisiana and Texas, has been appointed fraud manager in the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) at the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Lee has 13 years of...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up
Aug 20 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of July. Details of the incidents, as reported by NCDOI, are as follows: Monroe Man Charged with Fraud Gary Miller of...
Workers’ Comp Results Likely to Weaken Next Year: Fitch
Aug 20 2018 // After three banner years, the U.S. workers’ compensation market will face increasing pricing pressure and an erosion in results heading into next year. That means 2019 will be closer to a break-even combined ratio...
Auto Accidents and Workers’ Comp
Aug 20 2018 // Although there has been an overall decline in workers’ compensation claims, the frequency of claims for motor vehicle accidents has increased in recent years, reports the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Study Looks at Polypharmacy Claims in California Workers’ Comp
Aug 17 2018 // A study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the likelihood that indemnity was paid on a workers’ comp claim increased with the number of concurrent prescriptions the injured worker was...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau to Help Buy Bulletproof Vests for Law Enforcement
Aug 16 2018 // Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says the state’s injured worker fund is setting aside a portion of its safety grant funding to help local police agencies pay for bulletproof vests. The Republican gubernatorial...
New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates May Decrease for Seventh Year in a Row
Aug 16 2018 // New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers’ compensation insurance next year because of a filing that lowers the loss costs insurers use to develop prices. The National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Firefighters With Cancer Often Denied Workers’ Comp in Texas
Aug 15 2018 // Many Texas cities are denying workers’ compensation to firefighters with cancer, according to union leaders and state lawmakers. Over the past six years, more than 90 percent of the 117 workers compensation claims...
Workers’ Compensation Insurers Face Rise in Motor Vehicle Accidents
Aug 14 2018 // Although there has been an overall decline in workers’ compensation claims, the frequency of claims for motor vehicle accidents has increased in recent years. According to the National Council on Compensation...
3 Steps to Help Close Workers’ Compensation Claims Performance Gap
Aug 13 2018 // An analysis of five years of benchmarking data from more than 1,700 claims identifies three practices that workers’ compensation claims organizations rated as low in quality should adopt to keep from falling further...
Workers’ Comp Insurtech Pie Insurance Raises $11 Million
Aug 10 2018 // Pie Insurance, an online seller of workers’ compensation policies to small-and-medium-sized businesses, reported it has completed an $11 million Series A funding round. The company, a full stack managing general...
El Paso Construction Company Cited for Trenching, Excavation Safety Hazards
Aug 10 2018 // Federal safety officials have cited an El Paso, Texas, construction company for failing to protect its employees from trench collapse hazards. El Paso Underground Construction, a pipe-laying company, faces $190,642...
Workers’ Compensation Results Likely to Weaken Next Year: Fitch
Aug 9 2018 // After three banner years, the U.S. workers compensation market will face increasing pricing pressure and an erosion in results heading into next year. That means 2019 will be closer to a break-even combined ratio rather...
