Workers' Comp

When is a joint underwriting association not a joint underwriter? When it's the Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association. What makes it so special?

In December, Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw convened and facilitated a discussion on the potential creation of an advisory board to help improve the state's workers' compensation process.

Our cover story and several companion articles this month focus on Florida's workers' compensation system.

With workers' compensation rates under control (or, depending on your perspective, underpriced), there is an opportunity to examine other components of this complex market.

The Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT), a nonprofit insurance provider for government entities in Florida, has released results of its 2009-2010 business cycle.

For most employers, workers' compensation insurance is a difficult product to purchase and expensive to administer.