5 Tips to Prevent Back Strain at Work
“Oh, my back!” It may sound like a line from a bad 90s commercial, but unfortunately it’s a phrase often heard in the workplace. Back injuries [...]
5 Tips to Lower Workers’ Compensation Costs
Each year, Alabama employees lose significant amounts of money due to accidents in the workplace. This is especially true for companies operating in high-risk industries like [...]
Workplace Injuries by the Numbers
Did you know workplace injuries cost U.S. businesses more than $1 billion per week? Yes, you read that right—per week. That equals more than $58 billion [...]
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Brose Tuscaloosa: Working Safe. Working Proud
Walking down the almost pristine aisleway at Brose North America’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama manufacturing facility, it is clear that this is no ordinary plant. Visitors are greeted [...]
SLIPS/TRIPS/FALLS: 6 Basic Steps to Create a Safer Work Environment
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, slips, trips, and falls make up the majority of general industry accidents, which account for: 15% of all accidental [...]
Treat Workplace Safety as if Your Client’s Life Depends Upon It…Because It Does
As mentioned in last month’s newsletter, there are several workers’ compensation trends that employers need to be paying attention to protect their employees and bottom line. [...]
WC Trends
What are the Top 5 Trends in Workers’ Compensation? 1. SAFER WORK ENVIRONMENT Businesses have been working harder to maintain a safe workplace by improving their [...]
It Takes a Village to Build a Village
Since 1999, CS Beatty Construction has partnered with some of the best in the business to prepare sites for Alabama to grow while maintaining a solid reputation [...]
Land Title Company of Alabama provides peace of mind to its clients
The Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund (THE FUND) has been providing coverage to Alabama employers for more than 40 years. There is no “typical” business that embodies [...]
The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and THE FUND Announce New Partnership
The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama is pleased to announce the launch of an exclusive new program with the Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund (THE FUND). [...]
Taking Safety Seriously
Bob Adams fell in love with business while a student at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB); however, he didn’t fall in love with school. Bob [...]
THE FUND Launches Mobile App for Workers’ Compensation
Birmingham, AL Alabama Self-Insured (ASI), most commonly referred to as THE FUND, has launched a mobile app for its members and brokers. The app, ASIWCF, was [...]
COVID-19 Announcement
Dear Member: We are aware of concerns about COVID-19, its impact on the workforce, and workers’ compensation coverage. We are taking actions within our organization to maintain a [...]
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity in Workers’
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity in Workers’ Compensation A New Era in Healthcare Like much of the modern world, technology is changing healthcare. Specifically, the way that providers [...]
Why Experience Mods Make A Difference In Your Workers’ Comp Costs— And What You Can Do About It
For every industry involved with workers’ comp—but especially for those in more accident-prone industries such as construction—experience mods can make or break how much you pay for [...]
3 Steps to Head Off Opioid Addiction Before It Begins
As the opioid crisis continues to grip our country—even escalating so far as to be declared a public health emergency—more precautions are being taken to stop the [...]
It’s High Time to Consider How Medical Marijuana Could Affect Workers’ Comp Key Questions YOU Need to Consider
Although a recently proposed piece of legislation regarding medical marijuana stalled in the Alabama House (it passed with a surprising majority in the Senate), it remains [...]
THE FUND and ABC Announce New Program, ConstructaComp
Birmingham, AL – May 31, 2019 Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund (THE FUND) is pleased to announce the launch of a new program with the Alabama chapter [...]
NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN: How THE FUND Tamed One Company’s Workers’ Comp Issues
SITUATION When new owners took over Fravert Services in 1988, they inherited host of workers’ comp problems, including an almost non-existent safety culture that had previously resulted [...]
4 Steps to Create a Positive Relationship with Your Provider
Sometimes in the workers’ compensation arena, doctors are left in the dark about the actual working conditions of employees they treat for work-related injuries. From inviting physicians [...]
From Out Of Options to Optimized Outcomes
How THE FUND Turned One Company’s Workers’ Comp Situation Around At THE FUND, our focus has always been on our members—their workers’ comp coverage, their safety and [...]
FROM OUT OF OPTIONS TO OPTIMIZED OUTCOMES
FROM OUT OF OPTIONS TO OPTIMIZED OUTCOMES How THE FUND Turned One Company’s Workers’ Comp Situation Around At THE FUND, our focus has always been on [...]
The Fund Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Successful businesses don’t just happen and they certainly don’t happen in a vacuum. On March 8 at The Club in Birmingham, Ala., the Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation [...]
One of the oldest self-insured group funds in the country provides financial stability for Alabamians in uncertain times
The Alabama Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Fund (ASIWCF) provides a critical service to Alabama employers by offering coverage to workers and helping employers control costs associated with workplace [...]
Judge stays previous order striking down Alabama’s Workers’ Comp law
A week after a Jefferson County circuit judge struck down Alabama's Workers' Compensation Act, the same judge issued a further order today staying it indefinitely until the [...]
Member Alert: Judge Rules Alabama’s Worker’s Compensation Act Unconstitutional
A court order has been issued in Jefferson County that challenges the constitutionality of two statutes of the Alabama workers' compensation law. The Order specifically cites the [...]
Like a Broken (Drug Death) Record
Much has been written about opioids and overdose. If you are involved anywhere in workers' compensation, health care, or insurance you have heard of the American opioid [...]
Making Workers’ Compensation Great Again: How will Trump’s Presidency Affect the Industry?
Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - Like the rest of the nation, workers’ compensation experts are wondering how President Trump's campaign promise to make America great again will affect [...]
20 Workers’ Compensation Issues to Watch in 2017
The first Out Front Ideas with Kimberly and Mark webinar of 2017 provided our thoughts on the 20 Workers’ Compensation Issues to Watch in 2017. What follows [...]
OSHA Again Delays Enforcement Date for New Workplace Injury and Illness Reporting Rule
OSHA announced today that it has again delayed the effective date for enforcement of the anti-retaliation provisions of its new rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries [...]
8 Myths and Facts About Workers’ Compensation (August 2016)
The LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Workers’ Compensation Law has interviewed leading experts from different segments of the workers’ compensation industry to tell us some common myths and facts [...]
New OSHA rule and Post Injury Drug Testing
OSHA issued a rule Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (Rule), 81 Fed. Reg. 29624 (May 12, 2016) that revises its record keeping regulation (1904) to [...]
Court Rulings Prompt NCCI to Seek 19.6% Comp Rate Hike in Florida
The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. has proposed a nearly 20% workers compensation rate increase in Florida to cover the projected impact of recent state Supreme [...]
Safety 2.0: Wearables and Worker Safety
The next generation of connected safety wearables could mark a new era in workplace safety and insurance – but only if the data they produce is harnessed [...]
Workers Comp Cycle Poised to Tighten for Insurers, Buyers
Workers compensation buyers have benefited from increased competition in recent years, but some companies could find it difficult to secure coverage as early as 2017 if underwriting [...]
OSHA: Final Rule Issued to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
Provisions call for employers to electronically submit injury and illness data that they already record Why is OSHA issuing this rule? This simple change in OSHA’s rulemaking [...]
How Changing One Habit Helped Quintuple Alcoa’s Income
Back in October 1987, Paul O'Neill gave his first speech as CEO of Alcoa, the aluminum manufacturing giant. Investors were nervous, since Alcoa had faltered with failed [...]
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing the number of [...]
Fraud as a Ticket Out
News stories and press releases from insurance departments nationwide regularly disclose the prosecution of prison guards for workers’ compensation fraud. I often wondered why guards, obviously familiar [...]
When Should an Employer Order a Fitness-For-Duty or Functional Capacity Exam?
A fitness-for-duty examination must be job-related and consistent with business necessity according to the relevant EEOC Guidance. When an FCE is ordered by a physician as part [...]
Could the Federal Government Meddle in Comp?
This is a frequent question. It seems that the modern interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause concludes that the federal government may meddle in whatever it wishes, [...]
As Big Data Dilutes Experience Mods, Agents Must Educate Themselves, and Clients on the Impact
The insurance industry has a reputation for being slow to change, but “big data” is coming to force big changes in workers’ compensation. The emerging use by [...]
The Notes from the Workers’ Comp Summit – Now It Is Your Turn to Join the National Conversation
The final notes from the 2016 Workers’ Compensation Summit held in Dallas last week were released to the participants today. We promised that all of the notes [...]
ABC’s of Experience Rating
This document is designed to further your understanding of experience rating and how it affects your workers compensation costs. Download PDF: ABC's of Experience Rating
Member Spotlight – Available Plastics
Employer’s Claim Management, Inc. is pleased to spotlight the safety efforts of Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund member Available Plastics, Inc. Available Plastics Company, Inc. was founded [...]
Travelers Develops Predictive Model for Chronic Pain
The Travelers Companies, Inc. today announced that it has developed the first predictive model designed to reverse a sharp rise in chronic pain caused by workplace injuries. The [...]
The Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund announces 2016 Retro Return of $5,611,075.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund, it is with great pleasure we announce the Fund’s 2016 Retrospective Rating Return [...]
Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund Partners with Valen Analytics to More Accurately Price and Select Risk
December 10, 2014 The Fund is pleased to announce a new partnership with Valen Analytics, a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling to help insurers [...]
The Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund announces 2015 Retro Return of $5,540,798.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Self-Insured Worker’s Compensation Fund, it is with great pleasure we announce the Fund’s 2015 Retrospective Rating Return [...]
Tropics Software Selected by Alabama Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Fund and Employers Claim Management
Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) June 03, 2011 Alabama Self-Insured Workers Compensation Fund (The Fund), Employers Claim Management (ECM) and Tropics Software Technologies (TST), a national software company specializing [...]
Important information regarding Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting
Notice to Members, Insurance Brokers and other interested parties Re: Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) [...]