Jefferson City, MO – Anna S. Hui, Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Director recently announced Taylor Burks will serve as the next Division of Labor Standards Director. “Taylor joins our team with great experience and qualifications and will be a tremendous asset to the Division of Labor Standards,” said Hui. “He brings a… [Read more]
Legislative & Regulatory News
CA WCIRB Releases California Terrorism Risk Assessment Study
San Francisco, CA – The WCIRB has released the Workers’ Compensation California Terrorism Risk Assessment study that was developed in partnership with Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS), a leading provider of catastrophe modeling analytics. The study is intended to estimate potential California workers’ compensation losses arising from certified terrorist acts that would be retained by… [Read more]
ME Governor-Elect Mills Announces DOL Commissioner, Exec Director of WC Board
Augusta, ME – Governor-elect Janet Mills recently announced that she will nominate Laura Fortman to serve as the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Labor and John Rohde to serve as Executive Director of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Fortman served as Maine’s Commissioner of Labor from 2003-2011 and as the Deputy Administrator of the Wage… [Read more]
CA CHSWC Commissioners Bloch, Bouma, and McNally Reappointed by Governor Brown
Oakland, CA – The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) recently announced the reappointment of Doug Bloch, Christine Bouma, and Sean McNally to the Commission. A total of eight (8) Commissioners are appointed by the Governor and the Legislature. Labor Code 75 establishes that two of the employer members and two of… [Read more]
Colin M. Hayashida Appointed as Hawaii Insurance Commissioner
Honolulu, HI – Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Director Catherine P. Awakuni Colón recently named Colin M. Hayashida as insurance commissioner for the State of Hawaii. The appointment was effective January 1, 2019. The Hawaii Insurance Division regulates the Hawaii insurance industry, issues licenses, examines the fiscal condition of Hawaii-based companies, reviews rate… [Read more]
PA Insurance Commissioner Commends First Insurers to Retroactively Correct Workers’ Comp Charges
Harrisburg, PA – Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman recently commended Zenith Insurance Company and ZNAT Insurance Company, the first insurers to submit informational workers compensation filings that describe how the insurance companies are retroactively correcting charges to employers for their workers compensation policies written between April 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018. The informational filings were… [Read more]
TN Governor-Elect Bill Lee Announces New Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor-elect Bill Lee has announced Dr. Jeff McCord will be the next Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Dr. McCord is from Sullivan County and currently serves as the Vice President for Economic and Workforce Development at Northeast State Community College. McCord leads Workforce Solutions, a workforce… [Read more]
WV Gov. Justice: Workers’ Comp Rates Rank Among Lowest in Country
Charleston, WV – Gov. Jim Justice recently announced that West Virginia has the fourth average lowest workers’ compensation insurance rate in the country, according to the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate Ranking. Issued once every two years since 1986, the report compares workers comp rates across all 50 states. “I ran for Governor because I… [Read more]
CA Commissioner Imposes $4.3 Million Penalty on Two Companies for Unlicensed Workers’ Comp Sales
Sacramento, CA – California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones recently issued a Decision and Order imposing a $4,345,000 penalty on American Labor Alliance and CompOne USA for selling workers’ compensation and liability policies to employers of farmworkers without being properly licensed with the Department of Insurance. “My priority as Insurance Commissioner is to protect California consumers,”… [Read more]
PA Insurance Department Approves Mid-Year Workers Comp Filings from PCRB
Harrisburg, PA – Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman recently announced Insurance Department approval of two mid-year workers’ compensation loss cost filings, effective January 1, 2019, from the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB), an independent bureau, which makes filings to the Insurance Department on behalf of the nearly 325 companies that write workers comp insurance in Pennsylvania.… [Read more]