Bill would Allow WCF Policyholders to Elect Board Members, Increase Pay

A Utah state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would end the governor's authority to appoint members to the board of directors of the state Workers' Compensation Fund and allow policyholders to elect members instead. Senate Bill 63 by Curtis S. Bramble, R-Provo, would also amend the current statute to allow the Workers' Compensation Fund to sell reinsurance or act as a reinsurance intermediary for medical or disability costs assumed by Utah self-insured employers. The bill would also allow WCF to sell workers' comp or industrial accident reinsurance outside the st...