As a member of the National Council of Self-Insurers you will realize many benefits:

• Established in 1946, the National Council of Self-Insurers is and always has been the only national organization to represent the interests of companies, who self-insure their workers’ compensation.
  
  
• The membership consists of state self-insurer associations, corporate employers, group self-insurers, state self-insurance guaranty funds and professional members; such as attorneys, third party administrators and medical management groups. The corporate employers are generally multi-state companies, who represent virtually all industries; retail, hotel & hospitality, food processing, communications, steel, auto, oil, paper, chemical, computer technology, lumber products, transportation and energy.
  
  
• The Council speaks at the national level on issues affecting workers’ compensation. It alerts the membership of the Council, when issues being considered by Congress require broad contact with legislators and administrators.
  
  
• Through its newsletters, e-mails and web site, the Council provides an information service to its members.
  
  
• Working with the UWC and other business associations in Washington DC, the National Council puts forth effort in the nation’s capitol when issues arise there.
  
  
• Most recently, in Washington DC, the Council has helped achieve the extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, the improvement of the administration of Medicare Set-Asides, the decision by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not to require an inflation factor in Set-Asides and the exclusion of workers’ compensation from medical privacy legislation.
  
  
• The National Council intervenes as amicus curiae in cases of broad interest. In Sullivan vs. Barnett, before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Council, through its amicus, argued for a reversal of the U.S. Court of Appeals decision, which said the utilization review procedures of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation System were unconstitutional. In only six weeks after hearing oral arguments, the Supreme Court agreed with the National Council and reversed the Court of Appeals decision. This prevented the situation of self-insurers and insurers having to continue to pay medical providers during the utilization review process.
  
  
• In the late spring of each year, the Council conducts an annual meeting, which includes speakers on timely issues, major questions as well as reports on federal actions and proposals. In addition to their receiving valuable information, members have repeatedly cited the opportunity that the meeting provides for them to network. The friendships and acquaintances developed are frequently called upon by members, during the year, when they face particular problems.