Self-Insurer's Council
The Self-Insurer's
Council is a five-member body appointed by the Secretary of the Department
of Workforce Development to assist and advise on the administration of the
self-insurance program.
The 1913 Wisconsin
Statutes contained a provision that allowed the Department to exempt
employers from their duty to purchase worker's compensation insurance if
the employer could demonstrate that they had the financial ability to pay
all claims arising from injuries occurring in their workplace. This
provision created the self-insurance program; and, subsequently the
Self-Insurer's Council.
The Council plays an
instrumental role in ensuring that those employers applying for
self-insurance are financially viable. The Council also monitors, in
conjunction with the division, the financial status of employers that are
in the self-insurance pool.
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