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MEMIC Partners for Workplace Safety
 MEMIC Partners for Workplace Safety
About_MEMIC About_MEMIC About_MEMIC
MEMIC Quick Facts
 
Company Name
Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC)
 
Company Overview
Maine’s largest workers’ compensation insurer. A mutual company that serves as a guaranteed market for workers’ compensation insurance for all Maine employers.
 
What is Workers' Compensation?
Insurance that covers the cost of medical expenses and lost income of employees injured on the job. In Maine and most other states, employers are required to carry workers’ compensation or to self-insure.
 
President and CEO
John T. Leonard             
 
No. of Employees
217
 
No. of Policyholders
Approximately 21,000 employers (with their estimated 170,000 employees)
 
2005 Net Written Premium
$160.8M
 
Total Assets
Approximately $700M
 
Percent of Commercial Market Premium in Maine in 2005
64%
 
Returned to Policyholders since 1998
$71M
 
Average No. of Claims Annually
Approximately 20,000
 
A.M. Best Rating
“A” (Excellent)
 
National Ranking
Top two percent of 3,000 property/casualty insurers five years in a row (source: The Ward Group)
 
Subsidiary
  • MEMIC Indemnity Company
    $26.4M net written premium in 2005
  • Based in Manchester, NH—licensed to write workers’ compensation in 38 states
 
Commitment to Workplace Safety
  • Lost time injuries reduced by 30% since 1993
  • 321 safety workshops with over 60 topics held in 2005
  • 8,000 safety consultations in 2005
  • On-line “Safety Director”
  • Specialty programs: Contractor Certification Program; Certified Logging Program; Specialty Certificate Program in Leadership for Frontline Supervisors
 
MEMIC Timeline

1993

Established as a private mutual company to serve as guaranteed market for workers’ compensation in Maine by Maine Legislature


1993

Partnership for Workplace Safety public awareness campaign debuts


1994

MEMIC announces first reduction in Maine workers’ compensation rates in 35 years


1997

MEMIC announces third consecutive year of rate reductions

1998

Maine workplace injury rate has decreased by more than 30 percent since 1992


1998

Bureau of Insurance declares MEMIC has attained “capital adequacy;” Company announces first return of capital to policyholders; $5.1M disbursed


1999

Board of Directors vote to disburse another $16M in capital to policyholders


2000

MEMIC is first company of its kind to earn an “A” from A.M. Best, the insurance industry’s most respected benchmarking organization; Company establishes subsidiary, MEMIC Indemnity Company, based in Manchester, NH


2001

Board of Directors vote to disburse remainder of $47M of capital collected to eligible policyholders


2002

MEMIC is recognized by The Ward Group, an independent insurance analyst, as being part of the top 50 property casualty insurers among more than 3,000, putting company in top 2 percent of all insurers for financial strength and security


2004

MEMIC is recognized for third consecutive year as part of The Ward Group’s top insurers


2005

MEMIC returns $4.0M to employers in dividends; Company named to the Ward 50 for fourth consecutive year


2006

MEMIC returns $12.0M in dividends, named to Ward 50 for 5th consecutive year