Vision
To be the best workers’ compensation system in the United States by achieving superior:

• Financial performance
• Service and quality
• Innovation
• Workplace satisfaction

Mission
BWC exists to serve our customers, Ohio workers and employers

Values

• Honesty and integrity
• Trust and teamwork
• Personal accountability
• Respect for others
• Openness to change

Since 1912, Ohio's workers' compensation system has helped employers and employees cope with workplace injuries by providing medical and compensation benefits for work-related injuries, diseases and deaths. BWC has a central office in Columbus and 16 customer service offices located across the state. In addition, we've established a customer focus center in Bridgeport.

BWC provides insurance to about two-thirds of Ohio's work force. The remaining workers receive coverage directly through their employers. These companies are part of a self-insurance program for large and financially stable employers who meet strict qualifications set by BWC.

With more than $19 billion in assets, BWC is the largest exclusive state-fund workers’ compensation system in the United States and the second largest underwriter of workers’ compensation insurance in the country.

In fiscal year 2006, BWC provided workers’ compensation coverage to more than 288,000 employers, processed more than 188,000 new claims and paid out more than $1.9 billion in benefits. Premiums and assessments from employers was more than $2.1 billion.

Ohio’s workers’ compensation system is made up of two parts: BWC, which is the administrative and insurance arm of the system, and the Industrial Commission of Ohio (IC), which is the claims adjudicative arm. The IC hears and decides contested workers’ compensation claims and issues. The governor appoints the three-member commission and the Ohio Senate confirms those appointments. One member represents labor, one represents employers and one represents the public.

The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission is responsible for reviewing BWC’s investments and investment policy, the administrator also seeks advise and consent from the commission in regard to administrative rules. The five-member commission is comprised of two representatives of Ohio’s work force, two representatives of employers, and another member who represents the public.

Today, BWC is a leader in the workers’ compensation industry with innovative programs created with our customers -- workers, employers and medical providers -- in mind. The latest of these efforts is ohiobwc.com, which has helped us remove bureaucratic barriers through technology.