WSI Editorial by Rep. Jasper Schneider

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Insurance office can help WSI
By Rep. Jasper Schneider, The Forum

There have been few issues that have grabbed the headlines more than the turmoil at North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance. As a state legislator, I have been focused on bringing political accountability to WSI and restoring a system meant to help North Dakotans injured on the job site.

Thinking back to my first campaign, concerns regarding WSI once focused on the treatment of the injured worker. Since that time, WSI has experienced criminal indictments, talk of slush funds, employees asking for whistle-blower protection and the resignation or firing of many of their top executives and board members.

Enough is enough. It is clear that new leadership is needed now more than ever. For this reason, when I announced I was running for insurance commissioner last November, I stated that it was time to use the insurance department’s expertise in regulating private insurance to help right the ship at WSI.

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