Opinion: Study Suggesting N.Y. Scaffold Law Causes Injuries Misuses...
[Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary on a recent study from the New York Civil Justice Institute. The study argues that the New York’s “Scaffold Law” diverts millions of dollars to legal costs...
View ArticleDelaware Task Force Eyes Lower Workers’ Compensation Costs
Delaware’s state panel established to address recent rate increases for workers’ compensation insurance in the state is recommending that medical costs be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three...
View ArticleVirginia to Raise Penalties for Employers Without Workers’ Comp Coverage
Employers in Virginia who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance for their employees will be assessed, beginning July, a civil penalty of up to $250 per day for each day of noncompliance,...
View ArticleDelaware Lawmakers Eye Proposals to Lower Workers’ Comp Medical Costs
Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15...
View ArticleICW Group Offering Workers’ Comp Insurance in Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey
ICW Group Insurance Cos., a multiline property/casualty insurer based in San Diego, Calif., announced it has begun writing workers’ compensation insurance in Georgia, Indiana and New Jersey. ICW Group...
View ArticleDel. Lawmakers Approve Bill Aimed at Lowering Workers’ Comp Medical Costs
Delaware lawmakers have given final approval to legislation aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates in Delaware. The bill approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday calls for a 33...
View ArticleVirginia Task Force to Target Worker Misclassification, Payroll Fraud
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently signed an executive order establishing an inter-agency task force that will target worker misclassification and payroll fraud. “Every Virginian who works hard and...
View ArticleDelaware Workers’ Compensation Oversight Panel Begins Work
A Delaware panel established to oversee efforts to keep the state’s workers compensation rates affordable is getting down to work. Delaware’s Workers Compensation Oversight Panel is charged with...
View ArticleSettlement Reached in Accidental Wild West Show Shooting in New Jersey
The legal battle over an accidental shooting at a Wild West theme park in New Jersey that left an actor partially paralyzed has ended with a settlement of nearly $2 million. The New Jersey Herald...
View ArticleTexas to Hold Hearings on Workers’ Comp Rates and Relativities
The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled public hearings to review rates charged by insurers for workers’ compensation insurance in this state, and to consider revised Texas workers’...
View ArticleNGM Insurance Introduces Expanded Workers’ Comp Program in Virginia
The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Co. has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program in Virginia via its network of independent insurance agents throughout the commonwealth. “The...
View ArticleVirginia Approves 3.4% Overall Increase in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced Tuesday the approval of revisions to the premium levels charged for workers’ compensation insurance in Virginia. The revisions will result in...
View ArticleN.Y. Group: Scaffold Law Will Consume Billions From Public Projects Spending
The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) said New York’s “Scaffold Law” continues to drive up the cost of construction in the state and warned that the law would consume billions of dollars from...
View ArticleMassachusetts Court Rules on ‘Equitable Contribution’ Case
Massachusetts’ top court ruled this month that a workers’ compensation insurer that has paid benefits under a policy has a right to pursue “equitable contribution” from a second insurer that also...
View ArticleMaryland’s Chesapeake Employers to Begin Phasing in NCCI Rates in 2020
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, Maryland’s largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance, announced its plan to phase in the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) rating...
View ArticleCompWest to Offer Workers’ Comp to Artisan Contractors in California, Utah
CompWest Insurance has launched workers’ compensation insurance for artisan contractors in California and Utah. The program targets artisan construction operations with annual premiums between $25,000...
View ArticleDelaware City to Pay at Least $9M to Cover Injured Firefighters’ Care
Wilmington officials say they’ll have to pay $9 million or more to cover the health care costs for four firefighters injured in a blaze that killed three of their colleagues last year. Mayor Mike...
View ArticleVermont to See Decrease in Costs for Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Vermont Governor Phil Scott has announced that workers’ compensation insurance will cost less for most Vermont employers when new rates approved by the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR)...
View ArticleTexas Workers’ Comp Nonsubscriber Reports Due April 30
Texas employers that do not provide workers’ compensation insurance must submit two types of forms to the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). DWC is offering a temporary grace period for employers...
View ArticleMassachusetts Worker Injured on the Job Wins $750K Jury Award
A Massachusetts jury has recently awarded $750,000 to a man who suffered severe leg injuries while working for a landscaping business that did not carry workers’ compensation insurance. A lawyer for...
View ArticleVermont Has No Amusement Park Ride Safety Oversight
Vermont has no direct safety oversight of the rides at the fairs, carnivals and field days held across the state every summer and fall, and efforts to require such oversight have gone nowhere,...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Creates $10M Fund for Policyholders Affected by Hurricane Harvey
Workers’ compensation insurance provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has established a grant of $10 million to policyholders affected by Hurricane Harvey. The grant program is intended to support the...
View ArticleGlatfelter Adds Workers’ Compensation Coverage to Program Business Offerings
Glatfelter Program Managers (GPM) has added workers’ compensation to its program business offerings, effective Nov. 1. Educational institutions, independent school bus contractors, water/sewer...
View ArticleICW Group Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage Into 5 New States
ICW Group Insurance Companies, a group of property and casualty carriers, is now writing workers’ compensation insurance in five new primary states — Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota and Missouri,...
View Article4K Texas Businesses Share $3M in Early Qualifier Dividends from Texas Mutual
Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has paid more than $3 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 4,000 newer policyholder owners across the state....
View ArticleNew Hampshire High Court Rules Board Wrong to Deny Workers’ Comp for Medical Pot
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that a labor appeals board was wrong to determine that workers’ compensation insurance can’t reimburse an employee for the cost of medical marijuana. The court...
View ArticleNew Empire Underwriters Standalone Workers Comp Offering Targets Staffing Firms
Empire Underwriters, a national insurance wholesaler, excess and surplus lines facility and program manager has released a standalone workers comp program for staffing companies available nationwide...
View ArticleWorkers’ Comp Carrier ClearPath Mutual Expands into Indiana, Tennessee
ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded its workers’ compensation insurance offering into Indiana and Tennessee. According to ClearPath Mutual, when it began operations in 2018, the company applied...
View ArticleNext Insurance Expands Workers’ Compensation to 24 Additional States
Next Insurance, a digital insurtech company focused on small business insurance, has expanded its workers’ compensation offering to 24 additional states, bringing the total number of states it offers...
View ArticleKentucky AGC Self-Insurers’ Fund to Return $18.5M In Dividends, Decrease Rates
The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self-Insurers’ Fund, a workers’ compensation insurance provider in the state of Kentucky, will return more than $18.5 million, including special fund tax...
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