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		<title>Delaware Workers&#8217; Compensation Insurance Rates to Decrease for Fifth Year</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2021/11/30/643790.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Delaware Department of Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trinidad Navarro]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers&#8217; compensation insurance rates in the state will decrease for the fifth year in a row, effective December 1, 2021. The voluntary market is seeing another double-digit decrease in voluntary market loss costs, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Connecticut Considers Drop in 2022 Workers&#8217; Comp Rates, Seeks Public Comment</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2021/09/30/634570.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais issued a department notice on September 24 announcing a 30 day period of public comment on the National Council on Compensation Insurance&#8217;s (NCCI) voluntary loss cost and assigned risk rate filing. NCCI is proposing &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Delaware Workers&#8217; Comp Rates Drop for Fourth Year in a Row</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2020/10/29/588696.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 14:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Delaware workers&#8217; compensation insurance rates will decrease for the fourth year in a row, effective December 1, 2020. This comes as the voluntary market is seeing yet another double-digit decrease in loss costs, with an average 11.56% reduction, and residual &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vermont Unemployment Insurance Decrease Aims to Help During COVID</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2020/06/25/573539.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Vermont businesses are going to be getting a break on the costs of their unemployment insurance, and people collecting unemployment benefits will be getting more money, Governor Phil Scott said Tuesday. Starting July 1, the Vermont Department of Labor will &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Statewide Overall Decrease of 7.5% Approved for Florida Workers&#8217; Comp Rates</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2019/11/21/549150.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida insurance commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Patronis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Council on Compensation Insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for a statewide overall decrease of 7.5% for Florida workers&#8217; compensation insurance rates. This applies to both new and renewal &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>State Farm to Cut Rates in Maryland for Second Time in Two Years</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2019/03/19/521053.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Schell]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[State Farm Insurance Companies will cut its rates in Maryland for the second time in two years. As a result, its overall personal auto rate will drop by 1.4 percent. The total state-wide expected impact for State Farm by this &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>700K State Farm Customers in Arizona Getting 3% Auto Insurance Rate Cut</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/03/01/519091.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is dropping its overall personal auto insurance rate by 3 percent in Arizona. The total state-wide expected impact for State Farm Mutual by this rate decrease in Arizona will be roughly $22.3 million. Combined &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vermont Workers&#8217; Comp Rates to Decrease for Third Year in a Row</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2019/02/20/518204.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Pieciak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Scott]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Workers&#8217; compensation insurance will continue to cost less for most Vermont employers when new rates approved by the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) become effective on April 1, 2019. This is the third rate decrease since Governor Phil Scott took &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Connecticut Approves 17% Workers&#8217; Comp Rate Cut for 2019</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/10/31/506149.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut insurance department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katharine L. Wade]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Insurance Department has approved a nearly 17 percent decrease in rates for workers&#8217; compensation insurance, marking the fifth consecutive year that rates have dropped in Connecticut. &#8220;This steady drop – nearly 50 percent over the last five years &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Employers May See Big Drop in 2019 Workers&#8217; Comp Rates</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2018/09/20/501942.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injured workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L&I]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Washington Department of Labor & Industries]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The price of workers&#8217; compensation insurance in Washington could drop significantly in 2019. The Washington Department of Labor &#38; Industries this week proposed a 5 percent decrease in the average premium employers pay for the coverage. If approved, the rate &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New York Board Proposes 11.7% Decrease in Workers&#8217; Comp Rates</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/05/30/490533.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 10:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Department of Financial Services]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB), a non-governmental rate service organization, has proposed an 11.7% decrease in the overall loss cost level in New York State. The change was proposed in its 2018 loss cost filing with the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Hampshire Workers&#8217; Comp Rates May Decrease for Sixth Year in a Row</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2017/09/12/463973.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Chris Sununu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire Insurance Department]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rate proposal]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers&#8217; compensation insurance next year because of a filing that lowers the rates and loss cost factors insurers use to develop prices. This move would mark the sixth year in a row &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Commissioner Asks Consumer Watchdog to Retract News Release</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/08/10/422912.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Watchdog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 103]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[California Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday asked Consumer Watchdog to retract a news release about State Farm that he said &#8220;includes inaccurate statements and is misleading.&#8221; The Consumer Watchdog news release issued on Tuesday was picked up by media outlets, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California State Fund Files for Workers&#8217; Comp Rate Decrease</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/06/09/411490.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens rate decreases for 2015]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[State Compensation Insurance Fund]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[workers' comp rates]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The State Compensation Insurance Fund is seeking to cut its workers&#8217; compensation rates, per a recent filing with the California Department of Insurance. The rate filing also includes an overall 9.5 percent rate reduction due to improvements in State Fund&#8217;s &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Commissioner Lowers Workers&#8217; Comp Advisory Rate</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/05/31/410258.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 15:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Department of Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pure premium]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones adopted and issued a revised advisory pure premium rate, lowering the benchmark to $2.30 per $100 of payroll for workers&#8217; compensation insurance. The change is effective July. This is a 10.5 percent reduction compared with &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ohio BWC Proposes Private Employer Workers&#8217; Comp Rate Reduction</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2015/01/25/355272.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 23:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Ohio Bureau of Workers&#8217; Compensation (BWC) is proposing to reduce overall premium rate levels for private employers beginning July 1, 2015. The 10.8 percent reduction would result in a decrease in projected annual premium of $153 million, the BWC. If &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Earthquake Authority Proposes to Lower Rates</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2014/10/23/344629.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Jergler]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The California Earthquake Authority on Thursday proposed an average 8 percent decrease in rates. CEA&#8217;s Advisory Panel recommended the rate decreases, along with additional coverage options in deductibles, discounts and certain limits, to the CEA Governing Board, which next meets &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Commissioner: Louisiana Workers&#8217; Comp Insurance Rates to Decrease</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2013/12/31/315811.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that rates for workers&#8217; compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana effective May 1, 2014. Commissioner Donelon recently approved a 5.1 percent decrease in workers&#8217; compensation loss costs submitted by the National Council on &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iowa City Work Prompts Lower Flood Insurance Rates</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2013/11/07/310625.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Midwest News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Property owners in Iowa City&#8217;s 100-year flood plain will get a 15 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums because of city efforts on a variety of flood-related projects. Property owners in the flood plain will see the 15 percent &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rockwood Decreases Agent E&#038;O Rates in Massachusetts, California, Texas</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/05/07/291147.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Rockwood Programs has implemented underwriting guideline changes to its P&#38;C Agents E&#38;O program. The modifications will result in a rate decrease in the states of California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Texas. The exact amount of the decrease will be dependent on &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Citizens Board Agrees to Retroactive 10% Rate Cut</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/07/02/254094.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp.]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The board governing Louisiana&#8217;s property insurer of last resort has agreed to drop rates by 10 percent across a dozen south Louisiana parishes retroactive to June 7, when the reduction was signed into law. The $16 million annual rate cut &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kentucky Workers&#8217; Compensation Rates Continue to Drop</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2011/08/29/212766.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Adams]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[loss costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Council on Compensation Insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Kentucky regulators have approved the sixth straight reduction in workers&#8217; compensation loss cost rates. Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark has approved a statewide average 7.5 percent decrease in loss costs rates. The new rates mean that the state&#8217;s loss cost &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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