All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2019 // Starr Wright Insurance Agency, Inc. (Starr Wright USA), a division of Starr Insurance Companies, has a launched a distribution channel for Starr Insurance Companies’ Defense Base Act insurance coverage, specifically...
Aug 2 2019 // Fewer injured workers are receiving opioids to treat pain than in previous years, as medical providers are turning more to non-opioid medications and physical therapies.A new study of injured worker claims from 27 states...
Jul 31 2019 // Expect workers’ compensation insurance rates in California to continue to fall, with total written premium expected to drop by $1 billion or more for 2019 despite the positive impacts of continued economic growth, a...
Jul 31 2019 // An automotive glass manufacturer has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for exposing employees to multiple safety and health hazards at its production plant in Moraine, Ohio.Fuyao Glass America Inc. faces...
Jul 30 2019 // The board of the California Self-Insurers’ Security Fund has approved the 2019/20 Alternative Security Program.The ASP provides a financial backstop to replace security deposits required to collateralize self-insured...
Jul 26 2019 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Newport News Shipbuilding more than $13,000 for a safety violation after investigating the death of an employee. However, the violation was unrelated to the...
Jul 25 2019 // Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation provider, LWCC, has hired Seth Irby as chief marketing and customer experience officer, and promoted Gary Sanders to vice president.Irby brings to LWCC a variety of...
Jul 25 2019 // In siding with a law firm in a case involving access to workers’ compensation claimant information and the use of that information for solicitation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declared...
Jul 25 2019 // Slip and falls, flying tools, poor posture. The workplace can be dangerous, and now you can add pets to the risks that Oregon workers face.Dogs and cats have accounted for more than 1,900 claims since 2014 received by...
Jul 24 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Missouri contractor for exposing employees to trench engulfment hazards and imposed more than $212,000 in penalties.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Jul 24 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited HE&M Inc., a Pryor, Oklahoma-based metalworking band saw manufacturer, for exposing employees to fall, machine...
Jul 24 2019 // California financial advisor Tom Fallon, 65, has been sentenced in Long Beach Superior Court after being convicted in an open plea of 25 criminal counts of money laundering and grand theft.Fallon was sentenced to 10 years...
Jul 23 2019 // Wisconsin’s chief insurance regulator has approved an overall 8.84% decrease in workers’ compensation premium rates.The new rates approved by Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable are effective Oct. 1, 2019,...
Jul 23 2019 // A Spokane, Wash.-area woman faces a felony theft charge for allegedly running a construction business while claiming she was too disabled to work.Deborah J. Steeneck, 59, is accused of stealing more than $11,000 in...
Jul 23 2019 // Officials say a worker at a western Pennsylvania resort was injured in a bear attack while guiding a routine “Safari Tour” of wildlife kept at the property.Nemacolin Woodlands Resort says the Himalayan bear...
Jul 23 2019 // Sage Program Underwriters has launched a new national workers’ compensation program for the shooting sports industry. The exclusive program targets all aspects of the industry including: Indoor & outdoor...
Jul 22 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurance premiums in California are declining as continued rate decreases more than offset the impacts of continued economic growth, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Jul 22 2019 // Method Insurance Service is expanding and offering its specialty workers’ compensation program for underserved high-hazard, debit mod, mid-market risks in Illinois.Method is a program administrator for Service...
Jul 19 2019 // Lawmakers have approved a two-year budget for Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers after missing the initial deadline at the end of June and covering the gap with a temporary budget. The nearly $645 million...
Jul 19 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Applied Underwriters will voluntarily halt the selling of a reinsurance-based, loss-sensitive workers’ compensation product in New York under an agreement with the state regulator who...