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The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Apartments Low Income Subsidized Housing Market Detail: Housing Insurance Services offers programs through two admitted …

Study: Workers’ Compensation Public Options Outperform Private Industry

State funds blunt the impact of bigger losses through concerted loss prevention efforts. An insurance industry think tank has concluded that 25 public and quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance plans perform better financially than the private market in a number of …

Study: Workers’ Compensation Public Options Outperform Private Industry

State funds blunt the impact of bigger losses through concerted loss prevention efforts. An insurance industry think tank has concluded that 25 public and quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance plans perform better financially than the private market in a number of …

It Figures

$14.7 Million The State of Ohio has been awarded a $14.7 million judgment against four defendants in a case involving a hazardous waste treatment facility that was not shut down properly. The Montgomery County Common Pleas Court found that Republic …

Study: Workers’ Compensation Public Options Outperform Private Industry

State funds blunt the impact of bigger losses through concerted loss prevention efforts. An insurance industry think tank has concluded that 25 public and quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance plans perform better financially than the private market in a number of …

North Dakota Flood Plans Make People North of Fargo Uneasy

Talk in Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., of billion-dollar flood protection projects has some officials to the north a bit uneasy. “I think there’s going to be water coming at us like we don’t know what,” Pembina County Commissioner Andy Adamson said at …

Former North Dakota Work Comp Director Appeals Conviction

North Dakota’s Supreme Court is reviewing the appeal of a former state workers’ compensation director who was convicted of misspending more than $26,000 in agency funds. Sandy Blunt was convicted of a single felony charge last December. He was given …

Study: Workers’ Compensation Public Options Outperform Private Industry

An insurance industry think tank has concluded that 25 public and quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance plans perform better financially than the private market in a number of performance categories and at least as well when it comes to the bottom …

Fargo, North Dakota, to Cease Self-Insuring for Liability

Fargo’s finance director says the city likely will switch from its self-insured liability plan to the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund by next year. Finance Director Kent Costin said moving away from the self-insured plan should help the city stabilize …

Okla. Lawmakers: Halt Denial of Claims to Domestic Violence Victims

Oklahoma is one of only eight states that allow health insurance companies to classify domestic violence as a “pre-existing condition,” two state lawmakers say. Democratic state Rep. Eric Proctor and Republican state Sen. Randy Brogdon are calling for an end …