All the headlines from our Self Insured Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2009 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Company, a member of the Great American Insurance Group, has launched an errors and omissions liability insurance product for Medicare Statutory...
Oct 8 2009 // J. M. Woodworth RRG, Inc., a medical malpractice Risk Retention Group that insures physicians and surgeons in New York, is reducing the capital new policyholders are required to pay by 83 percent through the end of this...
Oct 6 2009 // Fargo’s finance director says the city likely will switch from its self-insured liability plan to the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund by next year.Finance Director Kent Costin said moving away from the...
Sep 16 2009 // Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On September 22, 2009 America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE...
Sep 7 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said that $6.5 million will be returned to 661 employers who formerly were members of the Phoenix Fund Inc., a self-insured workers’ compensation fund that was put...
Jun 24 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for eight companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a...
Jun 17 2009 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a double dismissal of a workers’ compensation appeal does not entitle an employer to a refund of compensation benefits from the state.Specifically, according to the Ohio high...
May 19 2009 // The state of Ohio has joined Michigan in its objection to the pending sale of Chrysler LLC because of workers’ compensation issues.Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said his office filed a limited objection to...
Mar 26 2009 // The Montana Legislature has passed abill designed to strengthen the state’s position as a captive domicile. The bill, HB 160, is expected to be signed into law by Governor Brian Schweitzer before the end of the...
Feb 9 2009 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (NCIC) specializing in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors, has redomesticated to...
Jan 20 2009 // A North Dakota state agency is the only entity that can legally sell workers compensation insurance to businesses in the state.But Minot state Rep. Dan Ruby says it’s about time the Workforce Safety and Insurance...
Dec 3 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved thirteen companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance...
Oct 28 2008 // Aon announced that part of its White Rock operation, described as a “unique group of insurance and reinsurance vehicles with operations in key domiciles including Bermuda, Gibraltar, Guernsey and Luxembourg,”...
Oct 10 2008 // Small business owners are not fully aware of the financial risks involved in obtaining workers’ compensation insurance through self-insured groups, according to the results of the most recent Small Business Opinion...
Aug 22 2008 // Federal grants totaling nearly $725,000 will be used to help defray costs of South Dakota’s insurance risk pool and establish a vaccination program for those covered by the risk pool.South Dakota is one of 30 states...
Aug 21 2008 // By Andrea WellsIn a busy month for insurance issues on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises marked up bills creating a federal...
Jul 25 2008 // York Insurance Services Group, Inc. invests in Gregory B. Bragg & Associates, Inc. creating leading public entity insurance services provider in U.S.PARSIPPANY, N.J., (July 25, 2008) – York Insurance Services...
Jul 11 2008 // New York officials have closed 14 workers’ compensation self-insured trusts in the past few years and questioned the financial stability of 22 others.However, that still leaves 29 group trusts operating in the state...
Jul 10 2008 // In a big week for insurance lobbyists, a key House subcommittee advanced three major insurance regulatory measures.The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored...
Jul 7 2008 // New York State lawmakers have authorized $52 million from an emergency state fund to assure uninterrupted payment of benefits of injured workers whose employers’ self-insured workers’ compensation trusts have...