All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2019 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that makes changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system that lawmakers say preserve and strengthen reforms adopted in 2013.An increase in benefits paid to...
May 29 2019 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is considering an update to the rules governing the use of machines in the workplaces in light of the increasing use of robotic...
May 29 2019 // Federal safety officials have levied more than a half a million dollars in penalties against a Texas rubber products company for multiple workplace safety violations.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
May 29 2019 // When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care they want but no significant improvement in physical function or speedier return to...
May 28 2019 // Glatfelter Program Managers has unveiled a new workers’ compensation program now available in most states.The new program gives clients and agents access to Glatfelter’s industry-specialized risk management...
May 23 2019 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that makes changes to Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system that lawmakers say will preserve and strengthen reforms adopted in 2013.An increase in benefits paid to...
May 22 2019 // Every 36 hours on average, American local news outlets deliver a new report on violence at a McDonald’s. A group of employees in Chicago say workers bear the brunt of such incidents, enough to constitute a pattern of...
May 22 2019 // The average total cost of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim is among the highest of 18 states studied, with litigation costs a key driver of higher overall benefit delivery expenses, according to a recent...
May 22 2019 // Federal safety officials cited an excavation company after two employees suffered serious injuries when a trench collapsed at a construction site in Lincoln, Nebraska.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
May 20 2019 // Total direct written premium in the California workers’ compensation system fell for the second consecutive year in 2018, declining 3.8 percent to less than $12.3 billion as nine of the 10 largest insurer groups in...
May 20 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Baptiste Ossena, global product leader of Hull and Marine Liabilities (HML), is assuming additional responsibility as the North American regional head of HML....
May 20 2019 // The California workers’ compensation marketplace today remains generally healthy for insurers, employers and injured workers, the chief of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in...
May 16 2019 // After 30 years as a workers’ compensation insurance carrier in New England, A.I.M. Mutual has announced its expansion of coverage to Maine.Already serving Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut, this...
May 15 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Ted Lieberman to the role of production underwriter to support continued growth in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets. Prior to joining MEMIC,...
May 14 2019 // Omaha National Insurance Co., a Nebraska-based provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small and mid-size businesses, has appointed Dennis Chookaszian and Geoff Banta as independent members of its board of...
May 14 2019 // DeRidder, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, Amerisafe Inc., has named Andrew McCray as its new executive vice president and chief underwriting officer. McCray comes to Amerisafe with more than 30 years...
May 13 2019 // Spirit Aerosystems Inc. – based in Wichita, Kansas – has been cited for exposing employees to carcinogen hazards and faces penalties of $193,218 for two repeated and four serious violations, federal safety officials...
May 9 2019 // Investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office have charged a 56- year-old New York man with grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony, and penalties for fraudulent practices, a class E felony.Robert...
May 8 2019 // I’ve held off commenting very much on THREE, the new three-page commercial policy by Berkshire Hathaway. It’s time for a few of my thoughts.It has only been filed in a limited number of states. So far, THREE...
May 8 2019 // Ohio-based national insurer Progressive has joined the ranks of carriers offering small businesses a platform to buy insurance quickly and simply.The insurer’s new online BusinessQuote Explorer (BQX) delivers...