All the headlines from our Self Insured Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 6 2004 // Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC), a nonprofit, charitable risk pool specializing in 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. NIAC, based in Santa Cruz, Calif.,...
Nov 23 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has approved a first-time application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for one company and also approved the renewal of certificates for six other companies...
Nov 22 2004 // Creating a risk retention group to provide medical malpractice liability insurance for Wyoming doctors would probably not lower their insurance rates, but it might help address having too few insurance providers in the...
Nov 18 2004 // Self-insurance pools interactively rated by A.M. Best Co. bear out the effectiveness of the stringent entrance requirements of members, focused loss-mitigation activities, and ownership interest in both the loss exposure...
Sep 22 2004 // Facing ever-increasing workers’ compensation costs, a group of Northern California private schools submitted an application to the state to form a self-insurance group and is inviting private and parochial schools...
Sep 16 2004 // While Louisiana’s new insurance high-risk pool reportedly hasn’t had enough time to build up a financial cushion to absorb the potential effects of Hurricane Ivan, other reforms in place should enable insurers...
Sep 6 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently approved the reapplication for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by nine private employers. Texas law allows certain large, private...
Sep 6 2004 // AIK Comp’s precarious financial situation in Kentucky should serve as a wake-up call for the workers’ compensation group self-insurance market in the Bluegrass State.Lawmakers and regulators in Kentucky need no...
Aug 17 2004 // Monument LLC, a California-based design, implementation and management firm of self-insured workers’ compensation groups, announced that it has formed Cornerstone Comp Inc., a new, self-funded California-based...
Aug 9 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance issued an alert to Alabama citizens concerning a Hawaiian risk retention group licensed to do business in Alabama that has been placed into a liquidation process by order of a Hawaiian...
Aug 3 2004 // Although the Illinois General Assembly just wrapped up the longest overtime in state history, several bills critical to the insurance industry fell by the wayside due to ongoing political wrangling and the overshadowing...
Jul 26 2004 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Co., an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004.Second...
Jul 21 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance issued an alert to Alabama citizens concerning a Hawaiian risk retention group licensed to do business in Alabama that has been placed into a liquidation process by order of a Hawaiian...
Jul 13 2004 // The Florida Department of Financial Services has fined 31 providers of workers’ compensation coverage a total of more than $875,000 for failing to fully comply with Florida law in administering workers’ comp...
Jun 30 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is calling on Kentucky lawmakers to make changes to the workers’ compensation program in the Commonwealth in order to prevent future financial collapses...
Jun 21 2004 // The Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers has approved two “historic” rules to regulate how self-insured companies will conduct business in West Virginia. Under Rule 18, the 127 active self-insured...
Jun 14 2004 // Self-insured companies are increasing their use of inter-company arbitration to reduce insurance-related costs and increase subrogation recovery and are realizing some unique benefits, according to Arbitration Forums Inc....
Jun 7 2004 // Avoiding the Trap of Failed PromisesAfter four months of debate and intense pressure from the business community, the California Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a comprehensive workers’...
May 20 2004 // The Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers has approved two “historic” rules to regulate how self-insured companies will conduct business in West Virginia.Under Rule 18, the 127 active self-insured...
Apr 30 2004 // Just hours after Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler formally called upon the industry to come up with a plan to change the way private passenger auto high risks are handled, officials of Commonwealth Auto...