Wholesaler broker Crump Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Self Funded Alternatives, an insurance intermediary specializing in self-insured workers’ compensation programs. SFA is based in Langhorne, Penn. and has associates in Las Vegas, Nev. and Woodland Hills, Calif. Crump said that …
In hopes of settling a stalemate in Washington’s special legislative session, Gov. Chris Gregoire has submitted a proposal that includes a claims settlement option for workers’ compensation claims. As part of the proposal, injured workers who are 55 and above …
Alaska has seen a significant decrease in workplace fatalities — down 42.5 percent from the previous decade — according to the epidemiology branch of the state Division of Public Health. According to the Division, during 2000–2009, 379 work-related fatalities were …
At its April 6, 2011 meeting, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Governing Committee directed the WCIRB to submit to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) an informational analysis of workers’ compensation insurer experience as of December. 31, …
Facing a tight state budget, North Carolina’s lawmakers are reconsidering the state’s financial commitment to a workers’ compensation fund that covers voluntary first responders in local communities. The Volunteer Safety Workers’ Compensation Fund was set up in the late 1990s …
Two carnival workers have been hurt, one seriously, when a roller coaster being erected for a Southern California festival touched a power line. Ventura County fire Capt. Ron Oatman said the North American Amusements employees were setting up a roller …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a+” from “a” of North American Casualty Group (NAC) and its members, California Insurance Company, and Continental Indemnity Company, which operate under a pooling arrangement. Best also affirmed NAC’s …
Pennsylvania House lawmakers have approved new legislation that would allow insurers to write workers’ comp coverage to owners and principals of businesses. Agents in the state had sought the change to correct a potential gap in coverage — particularly for …
Washington state lawmakers grappling over how to fill a projected budget shortfall of $5 billion in a special legislative session may first have to end a stalemate on a more contentious issue: workers’ compensation. There is widespread agreement in Olympia …
California Assembly Member Anthony Portantino, 44th District, has proposed a bill aimed to level the playing field for brokers who help to secure workers’ compensation insurance from the State Compensation Insurance Fund. In AB 974, Portantino said State Fund’s practice …
