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Industry Experts Launch Workers’ Comp Executive Blogs
Workers’ Comp Executive is excited to announce the launch of a new regular feature for subscribers – topical articles written by outside industry experts on the workers’ comp issues of …
What’s a SIG 2.0
In delving deeper into why SIGs and self-insurance can be good for an employer, it’s important to note that this method of obtaining and providing workers’ compensation coverage to one’s employees is not for smaller companies or the faint of heart.
What’s a SIG – Self Insured Group ?
In discussing the world of Workers’ Compensation in California, we see it is a very big place, filled with all kinds of ways to insure (or self-insure) employees’ work related injuries. Included in this plethora of options is a very useful tool to have in your arsenal; that of the Self-Insured Group or “SIG.”
Self Insured Groups: New Deposit & Assessment Rules
New rules governing the actuarial reports, security deposits and annual assessments for self-insured groups (SIGs) are out. SIG insiders are saying much of the initial concern has been muted. The …
OSIP and Self-Insured Groups Leaning Toward More Disclosure
Fresh on the heels of a self-insured group (SIG) failure and hoping to avoid a bigger New York-style debacle and add a little much-needed transparency, the Office of Self-Insured Plans …
SIGs Claim Vindication, but Critics Not Satisfied
There is a running controversy as to whether the Office of Self-Insured Plans, part of the Division of Industrial Relations, should release California’s workers’ comp self-insured groups (SIGs) financial data. …
Self-Insureds Tackle Taxation Issue
Self-insured group administrators are sponsoring legislation in California that would allow them to avoid paying taxes of up to 8.8 percent on the some of their workers’ comp reserves. The …