Quote of the day
"Workers' compensation costs, of course, are just one of the many cost items that are higher in California. Add higher corporate taxes, higher health care costs, higher utility costs, and permits and fees that are more time consuming and more expensive, California is at a strategic disadvantage."
Jim Zauher, columnist, Redding Record-Searchlight
Opinion: California Comp Costs Still Way Out of Line
Although California workers’ compensation premiums have been reduced considerably, they still continue show a staggering disparity with other states, and contribute to the Golden State’s strategic business disadvantage. By Jim Zauher, Redding Record-Searchlight
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State Fund Offers Tips for National Ergonomic Month
Acknowledging October as National Ergonomics Month, California State Compensation Insurance Fund offers ergonomic tips relating to proper grip for hand tools; lifting and protection of the back; and computer use. State Compensation Insurance Fund
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Editorial: Kansas Workers’ Comp Rates Not a Big Problem
Although Kansas Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Barnett thinks that Kansas businesses are burdened by present workers’ compensation premiums and payouts, there is little evidence to support that charge, at least compared with other states. Wichita Eagle
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Oregon Workers’ Comp Official Responds to Oregonian Story
Cory Streisinger, director of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, which administers the state’s workers’ compensation and workplace health and safety laws and programs, responds to an Oregonian story that noted that the 2007 workers’ compensation premium rate cut likely comes at a cost to workers who find it more difficult to get a claim accepted. Oregonian
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Volunteer Fire Department Sues Pennsylvania Town
A Pennsylvania volunteer fire department, which is suing Windham Township for the right to operate in the community despite notable opposition from some residents, also wants to have its members placed under the township’s workers compensation plan. By C.J. Marshall, Daily Review (Towanda, Pa.)
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South Carolina Rate Spike Not What Some Feared
A South Carolina state judge rules that the state’s workers’ comp rates should increase by an average of 18.4 percent starting in December, but that’s at least some consolation to employers: the National Council on Compensation Insurance had recommended that rates skyrocket by 32.9 percent. By Peter Hull, Charleston Post and Courier
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A.M. Best Affirms FSR of Allianz Insurance Group
Ratings bureau A.M. Best Co. affirms the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings of “a” of Burbank-domiciled Allianz Insurance Group, which consists of Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company. Workers’ Comp Executive
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