Article: Conning Research: Workers' Compensation Market Faces Major Shift as State Funds Swell; - Private Insurers Facing a New Major Competitor.

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- State-sponsored funds have quickly become a force in the workers' compensation insurance market, altering the competitive landscape for the private insurers that once dominated this line of business, according to a new study by Conning Research & Consulting, Inc.

The study, "Workers' Compensation State Funds -- What You Don't Know Might Hurt You," finds that in states that have state funds, they now account for nearly a third of the national market.

"Insurers that have historically profited from the workers' compensation line are now facing a new challenge," said Michael Weinstein, Director of Research at ...

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