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No matter the industry, businesses continue to face ever-escalating workers’ comp insurance premiums. In an effort to keep costs down, many companies are turning to an increasingly popular alternative to traditional “guaranteed cost” or “retrospective premium” workers’ comp programs: “large deductible” (LD) policies. LD policies theoretically give businesses greater Chain And Padlock Around Dollar Bundlecontrol over claims exposure and costs while at the same time satisfying regulatory requirements by having an insurance company as the ultimate guarantor of claims payments. But while some businesses may save money with LD policies, they may also find their assets tied up for years unless they challenge some common—and often problematic—terms and conditions of their LD policy programs.

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In The Odyssey, Homer describes Orion as a giant hunter armed with bronze club. As the legend goes, Orion was killed—either by the sting of a great scorpion or by the bow of Artemis—and was placed among the stars, creating the well-known constellation.

Orion-stars-256x300Orion Insurance Company is now set to join its mythic namesake as an artifact of history, though without the long-lasting twinkle. Barring one important, if remote, opt-out scenario, Orion and its sister company, the London and Overseas Insurance Company Limited (collectively OIC), are expected to dim and fade away over the next few years.

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