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News Release Archive

• 02/24/2011 - Important Reminders for Volunteers Battling the Floods (2011)
• 05/13/2009 - WSI Announces Expanded Injured Worker Benefits
• 04/07/2009 - Dividend Info.
• 03/24/2009 - Important Reminders for Volunteers Battling the Floods
• 01/08/2009 - New WSI Safety Grant and Discount Programs Available to North Dakota Employers
• 11/25/2008 - North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance has Lowest Premiums in the Country
• 07/30/2008 - WSI Reaches New Agreement with Office of Administrative Hearings
• 07/15/2008 - Public Comment Sought on New WSI Policy Statements
• 06/17/2008 - Injured Workers and Employers Satisfaction Remain High at Workforce Safety & Insurance Based on Spring Survey Results
• 06/02/2008 - QUALIFIED INJURED WORKERS WILL SEE 5.6% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS STARTING JULY FIRST.
• 05/22/2008 - New WSI Rate Plan Takes Effect July lst
• 03/19/2008 - WSI BOARD CHAIR STATEMENT ON BRUCE FURNESS SELECTION AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
• 01/11/2008 - New Process Speeds Decision Making for Injured Workers
• 01/11/2008 - WSI Now Accepting Applications for Review of Denied Claim Benefits

• 06/07/2007 - WSI Board of Directors Approves New Rate Plan Authorizes 50 Percent Dividend Credits
• 06/01/2007 - WSI Announces Injured Workers to Receive 4.6% Increase
• 06/01/2007 - WSI Announces Expanded Injured Worker Benefits
• 05/23/2007 - WSI Guardian Scholarship Applicants Sought
• 05/17/2007 - Help North Dakota Teens Work Safe This Summer!
• 04/23/2007 - Statement from Workforce Safety & Insurance Board of Directors

• 06/15/2006 - Board of Directors Approves New Rate Plan, Authorizes $52 million in Premium Dividend Credits, and Encourages Investment of Credits in Proactive Safety Programs
• 06/15/2006 - WSI Announces Annual Benefit Increase for Eligible Injured Workers
• 01/12/2006 - $46 Million in Workers’ Compensation Premiums Being Returned to North Dakota Employers Over $20 million already returned as the New Year Begins

• 08/16/2005 - State Agency Heads re-launch Construction Compliance Task Force.
• 06/09/2005 - WSI Board commits over $90 million to North Dakota and its Workforce.
• 05/12/2005 - WSI 2005 Legislative Reform Package Touted as Comprehensive.
• 02/22/2005 - Century Center and Job Service Buildings Earn ENERGY STAR Award.

• 12/22/2004 - Santa Claus Secures Special Workers Compensation Coverage.
• 11/19/2004 - WSI Board Adopts New Reserve Fund Strategy.
• 09/29/2004 - All States’ Coverage Now Available to North Dakota Employers!
• 06/08/2004 - Mandan Man Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case.
• 05/27/2004 - Workers’ Compensation Premium Increase Authorized.
• 05/10/2004 - Dickinson Man Sentenced to Jail in Felony Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case.
• 05/10/2004 - Grand Forks Man Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case.
• 04/03/2004 - Charles "Sandy" Blunt new Executive Director/CEO of Workforce Safety & Insurance.
• 03/22/2004 - Medical Inflation Causing WSI Premium Pressures

• 12/29/2003 - Man Ordered to Pay nearly $55,000 Restitution in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case
• 12/22/2003 - Santa Claus Secures Special ND Workers’ Compensation Coverage for Christmas Eve and Day
• 12/03/2003 - Berthold Man Sentenced to One Year in Jail in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case
• 09/22/2003 - Williston Employer Sentenced To Jail For Workers’ Compensation Fraud
• 07/18/2003 - WSI Opens Fargo Service Center
• 06/27/2003 - Small Premium Increase for Employers
• 06/19/2003 - Construction Compliance Task Force Rolls Into Fargo With Expanded Group And More Enforcement Tools.
• 05/22/2003 - Construction Compliance Task Force Begins Second Year Of Operation
• 04/24/2003 - ND Workers Compensation Now Offers 14 Day Payments and Electronic Deposits to Injured Workers
• 03/05/2003 - ND Workers Compensation Will Cover First Responders Who Experience Adverse Reactions To Smallpox
• 01/31/2003 - New Study Ranks North Dakota Workers Compensation’S Premium Rates Lowest In The Country
• 01/10/2003 - ND Workers Compensation Will Cover Healthcare Workers Who Experience Adverse Reactions To Smallpox Vaccine

• 12/23/2002 - Santa Claus Issued Special ND Workers Comp Certificate, Good For Christmas Eve And Day Only (pdf 106kb)
• 12/09/2002 - Construction Compliance Task Force Deemed Successful During Trial Run.(pdf 96kb)
• 11/08/2002 - Devils Lake Man Sentenced in North Dakota Workers Compensation Case.(pdf 115kb)
• 11/04/2002 - Minot Man Charged with 16 Counts of Rolling Back Odometers and Buying and Selling Vehicles without a License and a Felony Count of Workers Compensation Fraud. (pdf 117kb)
• 11/04/2002 - Grand Forks Man Charged in North Dakota Workers Compensation Fraud Case.(pdf 114kb)
• 10/08/2002 - Budget Section Approves New Venture for NDWC. (pdf 17kb)
• 07/17/2002 - Bottineau man charged with two workers compensation felony fraud charges.(pdf 17kb)