Workers’ Compensation
Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Insurance announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership with the Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, WSI will sell a policy that covers all an employers’ workers who must travel out of state on a temporary or incidental basis. The state legislature passed a law allowing WSI to offer the coverage, which is aimed at helping businesses along the Red River Valley that often go back and forth between North Dakota and Minnesota. North Dakota employers with active accounts in good standing may purchase the All States’ coverage that will cover all of an operation’s employees for a flat rate of $600 per year.
Dollars: The annual premium is $600. No deductibles.
Carrier: Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, admitted.
States Available: All except Ohio, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Contact: www.workforcesafety.com.