The Comp Alliance is a group self-insured workers’ compensation program designed exclusively for municipal corporations, including school and fire districts, in New York State.
OUR PURPOSE
To provide workers’ compensation insurance with exceptional service that ensures stability for municipal budgets, reduces, and prevents workplace injuries.
WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY:
Securing full funding of liabilities
Providing proactive risk management services
Maintaining diligent claims services
WHO WE ARE
When a municipality joins the Comp Alliance, it gets the tools it needs to keep its employees safe and successfully manage its workers’ compensation costs.
STABLE
Our commitment to fully funding our liabilities ensures we can pay the costs of lost wages and medical care long after an employee is injured and aids in reducing our members’ future workers’ compensation costs, leading to greater stability year-to-year.
PROACTIVE
We encourage our members to utilize our education and training programs to prevent workplace injuries from happening. Our in-house professional risk managers are organized by region, so a representative is always nearby to assist.
DILIGENT
When a workplace accident does occur, our dedicated claims staff works to ensure that the claim is handled professionally and expeditiously, toward a safe and healthy return to work for the injured employee.
OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Comp Alliance is governed by a Board of Trustees that includes elected and appointed municipal officials and representatives from the municipal associations that represent Villages, Towns and Cities in New York. This balance ensures that the Board of Directors is always guided by the needs of its members small and large, and able to provide the best possible service to New York’s municipalities.
OFFICERS
TRUSTEES
We want workers to be safe and productive. The type of training we get from Comp Alliance is outstanding. It’s the bonus stuff that makes them the best option for workers’ compensation like managing claims well and keeping employees safe.
It had previously been difficult to estimate our costs for workers’ compensation. Comp Alliance does not audit at year-end so now we know our costs upfront which has been helpful from a budget perspective. We can also reach out with specific questions and the staff is very supportive.
Safety is not a local government’s game, public service is. Workers’ compensation and safety is their game, and they help keep our employees safe to reduce our costs and save our taxpayers.
OUR PARTNERS
We are proud to partner with these organizations that hold us true to our mission by keeping us apprised of our members’ needs and providing excellent service.
Providing training programs, research and information services, technical assistance, legal services, advocacy, and several other resources to towns.
The program manager since 1994, WRM provides underwriting, marketing, claims, risk management, statutory accounting, regulatory compliance, and all administrative functions for public entity insurance programs in New York State.
A powerful advocate for city and village governments and a readily accessible source of practical information and training resources.