A former Florida prison guard is free on bond after being charged with faking illness to fraudulently collect more than $2.7 million in workers’ compensation. Authorities said David Brownell was arrested last week in Tampa, where he lives. He was …
An appellate court is urging the Florida Legislature to reconsider a state law that makes injured employees pay employers’ legal costs if they lose good faith workers’ compensation appeals. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in …
Florida employers may see their workers’ compensation rates increase as the National Council on Compensation Insurance announced it is seeking a statewide average 6.1 percent rate hike on behalf of insurers. If approved, the NCCI filing would mark the third …
Florida Governor Rick Scott has reappointed seven judges on the state’s court that handles workers’ compensation claims. Judge W. James Condry II, 54, of Orlando, has been a judge of Compensation Claims for the Orlando region since 2001. Previously, he …
Florida’s governor has signed workers’ compensation legislation streamlining the workers’ compensation certificate process, eliminating mandatory premium audits, and discontinuing refunds for insurers with excess profits. Gov. Rick Scott signed into law HB 941, sponsored by Rep. Doug Holder, which made …
In the wake of the Florida Legislature’s failure to cut physician reimbursements for prescribing repackaged drugs to workers’ compensation patients, a national group of state legislators is looking to create a model act that states could use to address the …
While their debates over property insurance and no-fault auto insurance consumed the attention of state officials and the media, Florida lawmakers were quietly dealing with several other insurance issues including workers’ compensation. Lawmakers managed to make workers’ compensation one of …
Florida lawmakers are looking to give regulators and law enforcement officials more flexibility to investigate check cashing companies that may be facilitating fraud in the construction industry. The House Subcommittee on Insurance and Banking yesterday approved HB 1277, sponsored by …
Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Florida, which dropped in the year following system reforms in 2003, showed signs of growth from 2005 to 2009, according to a new study. The WCRI study found that the average indemnity cost per …
Florida small businesses seeing their second workers’ compensation rate increase in as many years are calling on the state to reduce the increase because they fear it will harm the economy. A small business group is asking that the increase …
