Next Insurance Services Inc. has expanded its workers compensation policies to 24 additional states, the Palo Alto, California-based insurtech company announced Wednesday.
The insurer, which has been writing workers comp in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada and Texas, will now also write comp coverage in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.
Next says it plans to expand to additional states in 2021.
The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a bill on Monday that would consider volunteer firefighters and other volunteer rescue personnel employees eligible for workers compensation if they are injured while performing their duties.