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WV.gov > News > Offices of the Insurance Commissioner > Insurance Commissioner Announces Upcoming Workersâ Compensation Conference

Insurance Commissioner Announces Upcoming Workersâ Compensation Conference

2/11/2008

Charleston â€“ West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today that the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner will be holding a special event next month focusing on the opening of West Virginiaâ€™s workersâ€™ compensation market.

The Offices of the Insurance Commissioner, in conjunction with the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is holding a forum September 5, 2007 specifically designed to provide workersâ€™ compensation carriers with the information needed to begin writing business in West Virginia.

â€œExciting changes have occurred in West Virginia creating a new, open and competitive market beginning July 1, 2008,â€ Cline said.Â â€œWe encourage workerâ€™s compensation carriers to attend the forum to learn about the expanding opportunities that West Virginiaâ€™s open market will provide and what companies can do to participate.â€Â

This forum is a valuable opportunity for senior management to learn first hand of what is being experienced in West Virginia and provide answers to questions relative to this new market opportunity.Â Participants will learn about the changes that have occurred, NCCIâ€™s role and what workersâ€™ compensation carriers must do to take advantage of the quickly approaching open market date.

The forum is being held Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at the Charleston Town Center Marriott; registration is requested however there is no fee to attend.Â For more information contact Barbara Hudson at the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner at 558-6279 extension 1266.