Rhode Island Attorney General Opposes Workers’ Comp Rate Hike

March 11, 2011

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin said he opposed a 3.9 percent workers’ comp rate hike being sought by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for the state.

NCCI’s calculations call for a 3.9 percent increase for advisory loss costs for workers’ compensation insurance. But Kilmartin says that an analysis and an independent actuarial study, the rate hike should be rejected. Kilmartin’s office submitted an alternative calculation that calls for an overall increase of 0.6 percent.

He has filed his opposition with the state’s Department of Business Regulation, which oversees insurance in Rhode Island.

“When businesses are struggling to stay open, special attention must be paid to any additional costs they are asked to pay, all of which end up being passed on to consumers in the form of higher costs for all goods and services,” Kilmartin said.

Topics Workers' Compensation Pricing Trends

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  • March 14, 2011 at 10:16 am
    reaper says:
    While poorly written it says liberals have it in for the insurance industry.
  • March 14, 2011 at 9:59 am
    Lou Farringer says:
    Does anyone else have trouble understanding what this article is trying to say? It just does not make sense to me.
  • March 14, 2011 at 9:50 am
    reaper says:
    But when the government, state or federal, needs more money for their entitlement programs then it is okay to pass those costs on the the people in the form of higher taxes. ... read more

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