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Connecticut Eyes 9.8% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Costs

Connecticut workers’ compensation insurers are recommending an overall 9.8% reduction in loss costs in the voluntary market and a 10.5% overall reduction in the assigned risk market. The rate filing submitted to the Connecticut Insurance Department by the insurers’ National …

Connecticut Approves 14.1% Workers’ Compensation Pure Premium Reduction

The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a filing with decreases of 14.1% to workers’ compensation pure premium lost costs, and an 8.2% reduction in assigned risk rates. The decreases, effective January 1, 2022, pave the way for insurance companies to …

Workers’ Comp Could Bring Savings for Maine Businesses

Maine businesses could save as much as $27 million this year thanks to a projected decline in workers’ compensation insurance claims. Maine Superintendent of Insurance Eric Cioppa said he approved a 12 percent average decrease in expected workers’ compensation loss …

Report: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Market Stable With Plenty of Capacity

The South Carolina workers’ compensation market is strong, according to the state department of insurance’s most recent report, as the first reform to the state’s workers’ comp system in almost a decade readies to complete a full year of enactment …

Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Fall 10.2%

The annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation insurance shows a decrease for the fourth year in a row in Oklahoma, according to the state insurance department. The Oklahoma Insurance Department reported that the …

South Carolina Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Going Up, New Filing Requirements Take Effect

New requirements regarding the implementation of changes in workers’ compensation loss costs have been passed by the South Carolina Legislature, and the insurance department is reminding insurers to ensure they follow the new filing rules as loss cost increases will …

Pennsylvania OKs Average Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease of 0.9%

The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) said the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has approved PCRB’s filing which calls for an overall average workers’ compensation loss cost decrease of 0.90 percent from existing loss costs. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller approved PCRB’s …

Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau Seeks 0.9% Loss Cost Decrease

The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) has submitted a filing of Pennsylvania loss costs and related rating values with a proposed effective date of April 1, 2016. The filing proposes an overall average loss cost decrease of 0.90 percent. PCRB’s …

PCRB Proposes 5.99% Average Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease in Penn.

The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) has submitted a filing of Pennsylvania loss costs and related rating values with a proposed effective date of April 1, 2015. PCRB said in its Circular No. 1636 on Dec. 15 that its filing, …

Missouri Insurance Director: Workers’ Comp Insurance Costs Likely to Fall

Missouri businesses could see a decline in their workers’ compensation insurance premiums next year. The state insurance department says a new report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance indicates that insurers are likely to see a 3.7 percent drop …