In the face of growing health care costs, many employers have turned to self-insured plans, where they assume the financial risks on the chance that they might save some money. And it’s a popular ...

In 2011, roughly 58.5 percent of workers with health coverage were in private sector self-insured health plans — a significant jump from 40.9 percent in 1998, according to a study from the Employee ...

There’s no denying that homeowners across the country are facing steeper insurance costs. Premiums have climbed, and in some communities, families are deciding to take on the risk themselves rather ...

Managing medical claims presents significant challenges for self-insured employers. While self-insurance offers greater control over healthcare costs, it demands sophisticated oversight of the claims ...

Before switching from a fully insured group health plan to a self-funded plan, organizations should take several factors into ...

Board of Education (BOE) members voted to approve the Medical Self Insurance Fund (MSIF) Strategic Plan in a unanimous vote ...

A new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds the percentage of all private-sector establishments offering at least one self-insured health plan has recently fallen--however ...

For the third consecutive year, both the number and frequency of work injury claims reported by California's public self-insured employers declined last year, even as total paid and incurred workers' ...