The New Jersey Department has ordered Applied Underwriters and various subsidiaries to show cause as to why its Continental Insurance Company subsidiary shouldn’t be suspended from transacting workers’ compensation insurance …
A California Court of Appeal just handed Applied Underwriters a significant defeat. The case will affect Applied negatively in its numerous battles with California employers formerly enrolled in its EquityComp …
Applied Underwriters’ has consistently argued that questions about the construction and/or enforceability of its reinsurance participation agreements (RPAs) used in its Applied Underwriters EquityComp and SolutionOne programs should be resolved …
Arbitration is frequently the venue of choice for Applied Underwriters. For one thing, its EquityComp and SolutionOne reinsurance participation agreements include mandatory arbitration provisions, often in out-of-state locales, and using …
Employer plaintiffs in two putative class action lawsuits against Applied Underwriters will have access to documents about the firm’s EquityComp and SolutionOne programs, as well as to documents related to …
Every year, as January rolls around the staff at Workers’ Comp Executive takes a moment to reflect upon the year that passed. We review the stories that made headlines last …
A California Court of Appeal shot down Applied Underwriters renewed attempt to compel arbitration in a dispute with an insured in its workers’ comp and payroll processing programs. The Second …
Prompted by California Department of Insurance’s regulations requiring carriers to file for approval the ancillary agreements they intend to use, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is amending its rules …