West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner 2009 Annual ...

Revenue Recovery Unit
Revenue Recovery is responsible for the collection of all monies due to the Uninsured Employers’
Fund and the Old Fund, as well as collecting fines imposed on employers when the workers’
compensation coverage has been cancelled. The unit contacts employers who have defaulted on their
workers’ compensation premium payments, and takes action against employers who do not pay. Those
actions include placement of employers on the Employer Violator System (EVS) and the filing of liens
against companies, owners and officers. The Division will seek injunctions to close the business of an
employer who fails to maintain workers’ compensation insurance, as well as make determinations on
whether an employer was out of business or did not have employees when the workers’ compensation
coverage was cancelled. They work with other state agencies to revoke any business license that the
non-paying employer may have. This Division works closely with the Insurance Commission’s
Regulatory Compliance Division and with the Employer Coverage Division to verify employers who
are operating without workers’ compensation insurance coverage. Some of the major activities of the
Revenue Recovery Division are listed in depth below.
Cash Receipts
This includes collections from the Workers’ Compensation Old Fund and the Uninsured Employers’
Fund.
January $ 432,575.11
February $ 128,211.85
March $ 149,590.34
April $ 158,809.16
May $ 120,044.94
June $ 117,012.49
July $ 136,614.93
August $ 313,900.04
September $ 172,836.01
October $ 93,101.33
November $ 75,772.94
December $ 106,981.82
2009 $ 2,005,450.96
Default Notifications and Employer Contact
The Division sends letters of notification to all employers that are reported as being in default by not
maintaining the mandatory workers’ compensation insurance. In 2009, more than 3,300 letter notices
were sent to employers that were reported to be uninsured. There were 23,031 contacts both by
telephone and in-person between Revenue Recovery and the uninsured employer.
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