All the headlines from our Self Insured Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 28 2004 // While 2003 was another challenging year for nonprofits in terms of funding cuts, the NIA Group served the sector well by holding a steady course during a period of continued instability in the insurance marketplace. The...
Apr 13 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers on Monday heard public comments on two proposed rules – one focusing on proposed risk pools for self-insured employers and the other on a mandatory...
Mar 25 2004 // To respond to the growing needs in California for affordable workers’ compensation insurance, Compensation Risk Managers (CRM) has begun offering coverage through three new programs, available through independent...
Mar 22 2004 // For larger risks, a self-insurance plan might be the right fitAs premiums for workers’ compensation rise, employers across the United States are looking for alternative ways to cover their risks. Some employers have...
Mar 17 2004 // With health care costs and insurance premiums rising, many state and federal policymakers are promoting association health plans (AHPs) as a way to expand access to affordable health insurance coverage. But a new report...
Feb 24 2004 // Pediatricians Insurance Risk Retention Group of America (PIRRGA), a physician-owned and governed medical malpractice insurance company, has received notification of registration from the Florida Office of Insurance...
Feb 23 2004 // As the insurance industry, the nursing home industry, trial lawyers, and more look to find common ground in the saga of Florida nursing homes, the thought that the situation will eventually find the right answers does...
Feb 9 2004 // Meadowbrook/TPA Associates, a Massachusetts’ third party administrator of self-insured workers’ compensation programs, is distributing $4,023,874 in dividends to 520 businesses who are members of the...
Feb 9 2004 // SIFs are designed to reduce the financial impact of a workers’ compensation claim in the event a worker with a disability, injured on the job, aggravates a pre-existing impairment.Maintaining healthy workers’...
Jan 22 2004 // Meadowbrook/TPA Associates, a third-party administrator of self-insured workers’ compensation programs, announced that it is distributing $4,023,874 in dividends to 520 Massachusetts businesses who are members of the...
Dec 17 2003 // Mark Ashcraft, former manager of the State of California’s Department of Industrial Relations, Office of Self Insurance Plans (DIR-OSIP), recently joined Sacramento-based Bickmore Risk Services (BRS) as a consultant...
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance JournalBy Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance JournalBy Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...