Workers' Comp

President Barack Obama signed financial services reform into law last week, setting in motion an intense effort by interested parties to shape the regulations and government bodies that will implement the legislation to their liking.

Markel Corp. is moving into the Florida workers' compensation business with the acquisition of Aspen Holdings, Inc.

Surplus lines insurers are big winners in the financial reform bill that Congress believes will prevent another economic meltdown that caused the current Great Recession.

Obesity is a major cost driver in workers' compensation claims, as Kevin Glennon, RN, BSN, CDMS, CWC, QRP FL-W/C, well knows.

A Riverside, Calif. man has pled guilty to a whopping 59 felony counts of grand theft, 59 felony counts of insurance fraud, three felony counts of tax evasion and one felony count of conspiracy.

Workers' compensation was created to address health problems specifically of a work-related nature. Unfortunately, discrepancies have emerged between that purpose and the reality of modern workers compensation.

Injured workers' claims arising out of the Transocean's Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup will be governed by three sets of laws: the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, and state workers' compensation laws.

Property and casualty insurance trade groups are voicing general support for financial services reform legislation as passed by the House, especially because it preserves state regulation of insurance.