Montana State Fund Seeks Restructuring

The Montana State Fund will be seeking to restructure in the coming new year to operate more like private sector carriers, according to Montana paper, the Daily Missoulian. The State Fund provides workers' compensation insurance for the state and some 26,000 Montana businesses. In August, the state legislature ordered a bi-partisan study reviewing the Fund's structure. Recently received, the study concludes that the Montana State Fund should become an independent organization and be exempt from the requirements of state agencies, but still maintain ties to the Montana Department of Administrat...