Insurers

Compliance, filing and reporting for insurers and self-insured employers.

No fax or email filing. The Commission does not accept documents for filing by fax, email, email attachment or file-sharing platform. Those documents are not processed, are not timely filed and do not become part of the claim record.

CompHub portal support
comphubsupport@wcc.state.md.us

Certificate of Compliance
coc@wcc.state.md.us

General questions
info@wcc.state.md.us

Website technical help
websupport@wcc.state.md.us

Insurer Contact Listing - Insurer Designees

The Commission publishes a searchable list of claim representatives (insurer designees) for every insurer and self-insurer in Maryland, alphabetized by insurer name. Each entry has a Maryland local or toll-free phone number and an email address.

Open the Insurer Designee list (PDF)

Tip: press Ctrl+F (Command+F on a Mac) in the PDF to search by name. Can't reach a designee? Email insurer_des@wcc.state.md.us.

INSURANCE, COMPLIANCE & REPORTING

Employer Insurance Compliance

Effective July 1, 2024, an employer that fails to secure workers' compensation insurance for all covered employees may be fined up to $25,000 (Labor & Employment Article § 9-407). The Commission does not provide legal advice.

A county or incorporated municipality may elect to apply LE §§ 9-683.1 through 9-683.5 to its public safety presumption employees.

Questions: Stacey L. Roig, Director — sroig@wcc.state.md.us, (410) 864-5298.

Filing and reporting compliance

Contact the Insurance, Compliance & Reporting Division at (410) 864-5293, toll free (800) 492-0479 ext. 5293, or wccinsur@wcc.state.md.us.

Insurers offering workers' compensation coverage are licensed by the Maryland Insurance Administration (external site).

Forms

Only original forms from CompHub or signed hard copies are accepted. Altered, incomplete, unauthorized or obsolete forms are returned unprocessed.

File these in CompHub: Insurer Request for Change of Address; Request for Employer Designee to Receive Notice of Employee Claims; Application for Certificate of Compliance; Joint Election; Inclusion; Exclusion.

Annual Information Report (IC-1)

Questions: insurance_IC1@wcc.state.md.us

Online Insurer Annual Summary Report

Submit the Annual Summary Report (external site). Questions: wccinsur@wcc.state.md.us or (410) 864-5298.

Use of SERFF for WC Form Filings

To enroll, contact SERFF at 1-816-783-8787 or serffmkg@naic.org. More at serff.com (external site) and serff.com/training (external site).

The Commission charges no filing fee for WC forms. Rate and rule filings go to the Maryland Insurance Administration.

Written questions: Stacey Roig, Director, Insurance, Compliance and Reporting Division, Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission, 10 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 — formfilings@wcc.state.md.us, (410) 864-5298.

Related laws and regulations

Statutes and regulations for insurers and self-insurers
TopicCitation
Certificate of ComplianceLE 9-105
Employers required to secure compensationLE 9-202
Covered employeeLE 9-202
Site of employmentLE 9-203
Corporate or LLC officerLE 9-206
Sole proprietorLE 9-227
Governmental self-insurance groupLE 9-404
Self-insurance by individual employerLE 9-405
Governmental group self-insuranceCOMAR 14.09.14.01 – 14.09.14.11
Individual employer self-insurerCOMAR 14.09.13.01 – 14.09.13.12

Search COMAR at dsd.maryland.gov (external site). Full Maryland Code access is through LexisNexis.

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