All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2022 // Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, California, was arraigned today on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly creating fraudulent...
Apr 7 2022 // Workers’ compensation costs for employers in Pennsylvania are going down for the sixth straight year.Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys approved a loss-cost filing, including a 6.25% reduction in loss...
Apr 5 2022 // The Supreme Court of Arkansas has reversed and remanded a decision in an appeal of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s denial of a claim for additional medical benefits of an appellant over a...
Apr 4 2022 // An Alexandria, Louisiana physician pleaded guilty to having conspired to violate three different federal statutes in connection with a scheme to defraud both federal and private workers’ compensation insurers.U.S....
Mar 28 2022 // Falvey Cargo Underwriting Offers Cyber for CargoFalvey Cargo Underwriting announced its latest product offering, Cyber for Cargo, to help address broad cyber exclusions that apply to nearly all cargo insurance policies....
Mar 28 2022 // A report from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute on the state’s independent medical review process used to resolve workers’ comp medical disputes shows the number of IMR decision letters hit...
Mar 24 2022 // Austin, TX., March 24, 2022 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has launched five self-paced insurance license renewal and introductory classes on the topics of Ethics, NFIP Flood Exposures,...
Mar 21 2022 // Sharon Thaler, national director of workers’ compensation field underwriting operations at AF Group/CompWest, has been elected to chair the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board for 2022.Thaler was...
Mar 21 2022 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows injured worker access to medical care for initial treatment was relatively consistent between 2010 and 2020.CWCI used data from more than 1.5 million job...
Mar 17 2022 // The U.S. Postal Service said it is continuing to investigate an accident at a North Carolina distribution center in September that caused an employee to lose an arm after touching a machine, the federal agency said...
Mar 14 2022 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain announced on March 10 that Arkansas businesses could see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022.The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) approved...
Mar 14 2022 // IMA Financial Unveils the Metaverse’s First Insurance Research & Development FacilityFinancial services firm IMA Financial Group said it has launched the metaverse’s first insurance and risk management...
Mar 14 2022 // Despite the serious consequences of its actions, an Appleton, Wisconsin-based contractor was again cited for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...
Mar 10 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) will distribute $600 million to Minnesota’s insurers, self-insurers and policyholders, the association announced this month.The WCRA Board of Directors,...
Mar 9 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on proposed revisions to a pair of Electronic Data Interchange forms: EDI-01, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)...
Mar 7 2022 // A new California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows injured workers’ overall access to medical care for their initial treatment remained relatively consistent between 2010 and 2020.CWCI used data from...
Mar 7 2022 // Carmen Hall Soruco, 70, and her husband Antonio Soruco, 75, both of Novato, California, were sentenced after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud charges.Hall was sentenced on multiple felony counts to two...
Mar 7 2022 // The global pandemic, economic recession and worldwide supply chain shortages have not hindered the optimism and drive of the U.S. small business sector. In fact, the Great Resignation might lead to a small business...
Mar 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to address whether the federal drug law that criminalizes possession of marijuana invalidates state orders requiring employers and their workers’ compensation insurers to pay for...
Mar 4 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) reported more than 78,000 COVID claims and 422 fatalities as of Feb. 6, 2022.DWC’s March report, “COVID-19 In The Texas...