All the headlines from our Self Insured Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 8 2015 // The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office will not immediately lose its oversight of public risk pools as initially proposed in the state Senate’s budget. Senators voted to study the issue rather than...
Jun 1 2015 // A California Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s decision to exclude temporary staffing agencies from self-insuring for workers’ compensation, a ruling that upholds one of the provisions in the...
May 29 2015 // The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office plans to continue fighting a proposal in the Senate’s budget that takes away its authority to monitor the state’s public risk pools.The New Hampshire Senate...
May 26 2015 // The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office could lose its ability to oversee a public risk pool it’s had issues with for years, if a last-minute amendment to the state Senate budget remains in place.The New...
May 18 2015 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed new legislation passed in April that brings several changes to the state’s captive insurance rules – including changes to the investment guidelines to allow “marketable...
May 12 2015 // A California Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s decision to exclude temporary staffing agencies from self-insuring for workers’ compensation, a ruling that upholds one of the provisions in the...
May 6 2015 // Vermont officials announced that Gov. Peter Shumlin will sign new legislation passed in April that would bring several changes to the state’s captive insurance rules — including changes to the investment...
Apr 9 2015 // Workers’ compensation carriers and self-insurers will not be required to pay for a patient’s medical marijuana under a new bill Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law.The state’s more than 63,000 holders of...
Mar 27 2015 // A consultant says it’s not feasible to move to a self-insurance model for Wisconsin state employees next year.The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the consultant’s report found moving from a competitive HMO...
Mar 25 2015 // Second (or subsequent) injury funds (SIFs) have been abolished in 20 states. Alabama and Maine began this movement in 1992, with South Carolina being the most recent convert; each ending its respective program in 2013....
Mar 23 2015 // A new private contractor is being hired to oversee claims processing and loss prevention services for Louisiana’s self-insurance program.The Office of Risk Management announced that Sedgwick Claims Management...
Mar 16 2015 // A new private contractor is being hired to oversee claims processing and loss prevention services for Louisiana’s self-insurance program.The Office of Risk Management announced that Sedgwick Claims Management...
Jan 27 2015 // CC&S is a premier national auditing group providing specialized audits to the risk industry including, best practices, reserve adequacy, inventory evaluations, claim file audits and inventory reduction concepts and...
Dec 23 2014 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) approved one new Certificate of Authority to self-insure workers’ compensation claims and renewed nine such certificates. The companies receiving the certificates...
Oct 2 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled recently that a district court erred when it found that a federal law did not preempt the state’s prohibition against mandatory arbitration clauses in insurance contract.In Speece v....
Jul 24 2014 // San Diego, CA, 07/24/14 – National third party administrator (TPA) American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM) was chosen by Golden Insurance Company Risk Retention Group (RRG) to manage its general liability and excess...
Jul 11 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said North Carolina is now an even more attractive home for captive insurance companies with the enactment of a law allowing new captive types and providing some...
Jul 9 2014 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) approved 12 renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the DWC...
Jul 2 2014 // Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker has approved the implementation of the 2014/15 Alternative Security Program, which DIR says frees $7.54 billion in working capital and provides self-insured...
Jun 16 2014 // San Diego, CA, 06/16/14 – Security America Risk Retention Group (RRG) has appointed American Claims Management Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator (TPA), to manage its general liability and professional...