All the headlines from our Self Insured Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
Jul 2 2003 // An announcement by the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll gives details of the formation of a new medical malpractice insurer — the Professional Casualty Association, which “has closed on a deal in which it assumed...
Jun 10 2003 // National Insurance Programs (NIP) has formed a new division to focus on the development and management of self-insurance vehicles for business groups.NIP has appointed Barry Barron, division president and Lyn Winters, vice...
Jun 9 2003 // Public risk managers said that price, increased self-insured retentions and coverage were the biggest challenges they face over the next year, according to a survey conducted recently by Munich-American RiskPartners, a...
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Apr 14 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Attorneys Liability Protection Society Inc., A Risk Retention Group (ALPS) to ‘BBB’ from ‘A-‘ and...
Feb 12 2003 // CRC Insurance Services Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., announced the formation of the CRC Alternative Risk Transfer Division. CRC Alternative Risk Transfer (CRC/ART) will provide alternative risk management services and transfer...
Feb 4 2003 // A Tennessee court granted the petitions of Insurance Commissioner Paula A. Flowers to place three insurance reciprocals that write malpractice insurance into receivership. Receivership will allow the state Commerce and...
Jan 27 2003 // Due to the restricted coverages available in the market today, risk retention groups (RRGs) have experienced a significant amount of rapid growth over the past year. At a time when the industry is facing what is perhaps...
Jan 22 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it’s now offering a program called “Complex Claim Advice,” to employers who self-insure their short-term disability plans and face “a growing...
Dec 27 2002 // California Department of Industrial Relations (CDIR) Acting Director Chuck Cake has ordered the state’s Self Insurers’ Security Fund to take over payment of Eel River Sawmill’s workers’ compensation...
Nov 11 2002 // More than a year after Sept. 11, the U.S., the European Union (EU) and many other countries are still working on ways to provide adequate insurance coverage for their air carriers. While several plans have been suggested,...
Nov 11 2002 // More than a year after Sept. 11, the U.S., the European Union (EU) and many other countries are still working on ways to provide adequate insurance coverage for their air carriers. While several plans have been suggested,...
Nov 4 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that at the request of Gov. Mark Schweiker, the state insurance department has approved a filing by the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting...
Sep 6 2002 // ManagedComp Inc., a Woburn, Mass.-based national worker’s compensation underwriter and third party administrator, plans to distribute $5,432,000 in surplus to four self-insurance groups (SIGs) in...
Aug 15 2002 // The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Office of Self Insurance Plans (SIP) is reportedly opposing the bankrupt Henry Mayo Hospital’s reported attempt to force injured workers to resolve...
Aug 5 2002 // How do I insure thee? Let me count the ways.” With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, that question’s become increasingly meaningful for risk managers, insurers, agents, brokers, consultants and...
Aug 5 2002 // How do I insure thee? Let me count the ways.” With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, that question’s become increasingly meaningful for risk managers, insurers, agents, brokers, consultants and...
Jul 1 2002 // Minnesota-based RTW Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation management systems, will launch a new business unit on July 15, to provide its proven core product-case and claims management services-to self-insured...