All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2022 // Q’Orianka Kilcher, 32, of North Hollywood, has been charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud.An investigation by the California Department of Insurance reportedly found Kilcher...
Jul 6 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) said it is accepting public comments on a proposed rule amending 28 Texas Administrative Code §180.62, concerning the Medical Quality Review...
Jul 6 2022 // West Virginia’s insurance commissioner is reminding workers’ compensation stakeholders about statutory changes that took effect this month on claims and adjudication of claims.“As a result of these...
Jul 6 2022 // Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to help employers with unpaid workers’ compensation premiums regain access to coverage through the New York State Insurance Fund, the state’s largest workers’...
Jul 5 2022 // Payments for medical-legal services used to resolve medical disputes over compensability issues in California work injury claims have risen sharply under the new Medical-Legal Fee Schedule that took effect last year, a new...
Jul 5 2022 // The surcharge for Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund and for the second-injury fund will remain the same for 2023 – at near-historically low rates.The Division of Workers’...
Jul 4 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the Texas Labor Code shall be at the rate of 6.38%. The rate is effective July 1,...
Jun 30 2022 // Total insurer combined losses and expenses incurred in 2021 were $13.1 billion, or 96% of calendar year premium, compared with $12 billion in 2020, according to a report released today. The Workers’ Compensation...
Jun 29 2022 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has given preliminary approval to a new occupational safety and health plan for Massachusetts state and local employers and their employees.If given final...
Jun 28 2022 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed three insurance defense attorneys to the state’s workers’ compensation bench. Jacobs (Linkedin) Jill Jacobs has worked as deputy city attorney for Palm Beach for the last...
Jun 27 2022 // The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a pair of decisions by the Minnesota Supreme Court that held employers cannot be required to reimburse workers for marijuana used to treat on-the-job injuries because the...
Jun 21 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the Texas Labor Code shall be at the rate of 6.38%. The rate is effective July 1,...
Jun 20 2022 // An Iowa workers’ compensation insurance carrier is not entitled to retroactive reimbursement from another insurer for benefits it paid in error, the state Supreme Court ruled this month.American Home Assurance paid...
Jun 20 2022 // New data shows the types of drugs used to treat injured workers in California, and the distribution of payments for those medications, has shifted over the past decade, with opioids becoming far less prevalent and...
Jun 13 2022 // Two people were rescued after they somehow fell into a partially filled chocolate tank while doing maintenance work at a candy factory in Pennsylvania.The incident at the Mars Wrigley plant in Elizabethtown occurred...
Jun 12 2022 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Georgia pillow manufacturer for repeat violations after four accidents that left workers with amputated fingers..Place Vendome Holding Co., operating as...
Jun 10 2022 // MAPFRE USA Hires Zimmerman to Lead Commercial LinesMAPFRE USA, a leading personal and commercial auto writer and home insurer in Massachusetts, announced that Jesse Zimmerman has joined the leadership team as vice...
Jun 9 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) said it is extending its mandatory data call for information on COVID-19 injuries through Dec. 31, 2022.The DWC previously extended its...
Jun 9 2022 // This content originally appeared on NCCI’s Insights page. It is used here with permission.Catastrophes in insurance are generally associated with large losses that occur in the property lines of business, such as...
Jun 9 2022 // A worker who was injured in a car accident when he was traveling home from his job site in the middle, rather than the end, of the workday at the direction of his employer is entitled to workers’ compensation...