Insurance Fund Responds to Claim That System Is 'Broken' With 1,500-Word Letter

An insurance fund has responded to a New Jersey first responder group's claim that the system for dispensing death benefits in the state is "broken." Statewide Insurance Fund sent a lengthy letter to the Sparta Independent that was published on the newspaper's website Friday.  "While the Statewide Insurance Fund is extremely sympathetic to any family that loses a member, it believes that the committee and the families are not fully aware of the many facts relating to workers’ compensation claims and therefore improperly blaming 'insurance carriers' a...