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Workers' Compensation News

 
Residual WC Insurance Premiums Heading Up 09/02/2015
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Employers in North Carolina’s residual workers’ compensation insurance market could be facing a 2.2% premium increase April 1, according to a filing with the ...Read More
 
 
Rural Volunteer Fire Dept. Closes due to Lack of WC Coverage 08/31/2015
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A volunteer fire department in a tiny West Virginia town has temporarily shut down because it failed to pay for workers' compensation coverage. Grant Town -- ...Read More
 
 
Reports Find Medical Costs Dropping, Attribute Success to SB 863 08/27/2015
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The average amount of medical costs paid per claim in calendar year 2014 dropped to $3,836 from $4,026 in 2013, according to California's Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. Gregory Johnson, director of medical analytics for the rating bureau, said during a research web...Read More
 
 

Registration Opens for Governor's Safety Conference 08/26/2015
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Registration is open for Washington state's 64th annual Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Conference. The ...Read More
 
 
Repeat Safety Violations Bring Manufacturer $119,900 in Fines 08/26/2015
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $119,900 in penalties against an Atlanta air filter manufacturer, which the agency described as the second significant enforcement action against the company in the past six months. OSHA said American Air Filter failed to...Read More
 
 

Regulators Mulling Formulary to Prevent Opioid Abuse 08/24/2015
State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Maine's workers' compensation system could have a drug formulary before the end of the year, and its focus will be therapeutic if Workers' Compensation Chairman and Executive Director Paul Sighinolfi has his way. ...Read More
 
 
Roxanne Pitts, Executive Director of the Uninsured Employers' Fund, Dies 08/21/2015
State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Roxanne Pitts, the executive director of Maryland’s Uninsured Employers’ Fund, died Saturday, according to a notice from the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission. She ...Read More
 
 

Rusin & Maciorowski Hires New Comp Attorney 08/20/2015
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Rusin & Maciorowski law firm in Chicago announced Wednesday that it has hired a new attorney for its Workers' Compensation Department. ...Read More
 
 
Roofer Fined $47K for Most Common OSHA Violation 08/20/2015
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
Yet another roofing contractor has been hit with tens of thousands of dollars in federal fines for allegedly failing to protect its workers from falls while working on high surfaces. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $47,000 in fines against A&W Roofi...Read More
 
 

Regulators Pepper Alternative Workers' Comp Advocate with Questions 08/19/2015
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Bill Minnick got so many questions after his presentation about workers’ compensation alternatives, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Workers’ Compensation Task Force ran out of time to ask them all. ...Read More
 
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