Self-Ins. Group Heads to Mediation over $28 Million in Assessments

By John P. Kamin, ReporterThe Healthcare Industry Self Insurance Program has dropped a lawsuit that sought to collect $28 million in assessments from California employers who were once its members and agreed to enter into mediation to resolve the dispute over its deficit.Attorneys for the troubled HISIP and more than 100 of its former members will enter mediation led by former California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low. The self-insured group, which is managed by Self-Insured Solutions, filed suit against 129 defendants last June, arguing that the ex-members were jointly and severally liable ...