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We contacted every state in the U.S. and asked for data on
companies that self fund their workers compensation. Forty-five
states provided us with data. The remaining states would not
make the data publicly available. Data was provided by the following states, however we do have headquarter
records for all states:
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USE OF INTERNAL AND THIRD PARTY SOURCES:
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The only relevant data points made available by the states were the company
name and address. Several states only provided a company name. Through the
use of commercial databases we located and
appended addresses, relevant contact data, and other information to most companies.
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HEADQUARTERS AND BRANCHES:
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For many companies, we were able to append a "headquarters" location.
This allows us to group multiple branches of a company across multiple
states. This way, we can list Company X as one entry in the database, but
still provide a list of all self-funded Company X branches. The location of
the headquarters may or may not be in one of the forty-five states for which
we have data.
Most corporate headquarters' data include the number of employees corporate
wide, telephone number, contact name, and title.
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LIMITATIONS ON BRANCH LOCATIONS:
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Not all states provided us with a list of all branches. For example, State X
may indicate to us that Company Y self-funds in State X.
However, they only provided us with Company Y's general (i.e. headquarters)
contact information. Even though we do not have a list of Company Y's
branches in State X, we at least know that State X is one of the states in
which Company Y self-funds its workers' compensation.
The state given for a branch may not correspond to the state where that
branch is listed as being self-funded. This is because the address provided
by the state was for the office that managed the filing of the self-funded
certification, rather than the location of actual self-funding. This
disparity should not affect the end-user, as the relevant decision maker
would still be located at the state-provided address.
There are a number of companies which are "standalone" headquarters, meaning
they are not a division, branch or subsidiary of another company. Most
standalones also have complete addresses, phones and contacts.
The number of companies in any one state which self-fund may be
disproportionate to the population of that state. This relates to individual
state laws regarding self-funded workers' compensation requirements.
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