The soft market in property-casualty insurance is likely to continue indefinitely, according to a panel of property-casualty insurance executives.

The Maryland Insurance Administration is going to investigate if the Injured Workers Insurance Fund should pay premium taxes after the Towson, Md.-based workers’ compensation insurer’s attempt to convert to a nonprofit mutual insurance company failed.

Nationally recognized workplace wellness expert Ron Z. Goetzel will head a list of speakers scheduled to participate in the Workplace Wellness Symposium, scheduled for June 8 near Baltimore.

The American Insurance Association is giving Maryland lawmakers a mixed assessment of the recently completed 2010 General Assembly session.

The leadership of the Injured Workers Insurance Fund has indicated its support for a proposal to convert the insurer from a quasi-state agency to a nonprofit mutual insurance company.

IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance was honored for its agency-carrier communications by the insurance technology company Applied Systems.

Workplace injuries involving women don’t draw the attention or prevention efforts of those involving men, according to a Maryland workers’ compensation expert.

“There is a perception among employers that they don’t …  Read →

A new Maryland law taking effect Oct. 1 will hold the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund to a majority of the same standards as other domestic insurers.

Established in 1914, IWIF is …  Read →

Fraud investigations performed by IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, led to 28 suspects being prosecuted and the recovery of $3.3 million last year, it reported.

The …  Read →

IWIF, Maryland’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, is partnering with four minority-owned investment firms in response to a Maryland General Assembly mandate last year.

The firms – Brown Capital Management, …  Read →