Latest Self Insured Headlines

All the headlines from our Self Insured Topic Page, ordered by recency.

N.C. High-Risk Pool Appears Unlikely to Pass This Session

Jul 26 2006 // The creation of a special health insurance pool for thousands of North Carolinians who aren’t insured or can’t afford coverage because of chronic illness likely won’t be heard in the Senate before the...

More N.Y. Self-Insured Workers’ Comp Groups Shutting Down

Jun 21 2006 // Two more self-insured workers’ compensation groups in New York will close over the next several months, bringing the year’s tally to five, as officials continue to enforce stricter financial standards.The...

More N.Y. self-insured comp trusts close

Jun 19 2006 // Two more self-insured workers’ compensation groups in New York will close over the next several months, bringing the year’s tally to five, as officials continue to enforce stricter financial standards.The...

N.C. High-Risk Pool Small Step Toward Reducing Uninsured

Jun 14 2006 // As a telephone installer, aircraft maintenance worker and now a self-employed massage therapist, Stacie Schultz has never let illness stop her from earning a living.“I don’t get sick. That’s not who I...

Alaska Legislature rejects self-insurance bill as session comes to end

May 22 2006 // News CurrentsAlaska legislators concluded the 2006 regular session this month and in the final hours rejected a bill opposed by insurers that would have encouraged more employers to self-insure for workers’...

Washington lowers fine, penalties against self-insured contractor Skanska

May 22 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...

Nine Companies Approved to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas

May 19 2006 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure covering a one-year period for nine private employers.Texas law allows...

Alaska Legislature Ends Session; Rejects Self-Insurance Bill

May 11 2006 // Alaska legislators concluded the 2006 regular session this week and in the final hours rejected a bill opposed by insurers that would have encouraged more employers to self-insure for workers’...

Washington Department of Labor and Industries Lowers Fine, Penalties Against Self-Insured Contractor

May 10 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...

Calif. Approves Tax-Exempt Status for Private School Self-Insurer

Apr 21 2006 // The California Private Schools Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Group, Inc., a self-insurance group for private schools, has been granted tax-exempt status by the California Franchise Tax Board.Rather than paying...

Maine Gov. Baldacci Proposes Self-Insurance for Dirigo Health Plan

Mar 17 2006 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci this week proposed a major change in the structure of Dirigo Health, his prized program which is developing into one of the most contentious issues in the young gubernatorial campaign.Baldacci...

Meadowbrook Enters Nev. Self-Insured Workers’ Comp Market

Mar 9 2006 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. has hired the team of insurance professionals from Nevada CompFirst Inc. and Med West Inc. of Nevada to strengthen its presence in Nevada’s self-insured workers’ compensation...

Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner Approves 11 Firms to Self-Insure

Feb 23 2006 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure covering a one-year period for 11 private employers. Texas law allows certain...

Meadowbrook/TPA Returns $2.5M to Mass. Workers’ Comp Self-Insureds

Feb 22 2006 // Meadowbrook/TPA Associates, a third-party administrator of self-insured workers’ compensation programs, announced it is distributing $2,475,000 in dividends to 475 Massachusetts businesses that are members of the...

WHEN THE NONPROFIT

Feb 20 2006 // While nobody wants to report a loss, there are several insurers that are not bothered if they don’t report a profit. They serve the nonprofit market and are themselves nonprofit organizations.One of the nonprofit...

When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit

Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination...

When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit

Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property/casualty insurance company chief executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some...

When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit

Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination...

Closer Look: Nonprofits

Feb 19 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property/casualty insurance company chief executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some...

Nonprofits

Feb 19 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination...