Aug 31, 2011 11:09 AM
Southampton Town officials have begun to search for ways to reduce rising workers compensation costs and improve employee safety throughout the town.
The Town Board heard a presentation from Loren W. Pratt, marketing manager of the New York State Municipal Workers’ Compensation Alliance, also known as the Comp Alliance, at its work session on Friday to get a sense of what the company could offer the town in terms of favorable rates and improving on the municipality’s number of workers compensation claims.
Currently, the Town Board contracts with a different provider, Public Employers Risk Management Association Inc., or PERMA. Last year, town officials were surprised when PERMA dramatically increased the town’s annual rate by about $400,000, to nearly $1.9 million, according to Russell Kratoville, the town’s management services administrator. The increase represented... more
The Town Board heard a presentation from Loren W. Pratt, marketing manager of the New York State Municipal Workers’ Compensation Alliance, also known as the Comp Alliance, at its work session on Friday to get a sense of what the company could offer the town in terms of favorable rates and improving on the municipality’s number of workers compensation claims.
Currently, the Town Board contracts with a different provider, Public Employers Risk Management Association Inc., or PERMA. Last year, town officials were surprised when PERMA dramatically increased the town’s annual rate by about $400,000, to nearly $1.9 million, according to Russell Kratoville, the town’s management services administrator. The increase represented... more
