National Council on Compensation Insurance

• Overall U.S. Workers Comp Industry 'Encouraging': NCCI

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2013

  Net written premiums in the U.S. workers compensation market increased 9 percent, the second straight year premiums increased, says NCCI.

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  Oklahoma Passes Bill Allowing Employers to Opt Out of Workers' Comp System

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 1, 2013

  Oklahoma is joining Texas as the only states that allow employers to opt-out of the workers’ compensation system.

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  Risk Managers Share Insights on Workers’ Comp Success

  By PC360 Staff  |  March 19, 2013

  Top risk managers from major corporations—including Disney, Hostess, SAP, and Beam—discuss their strategies for a winning program—and name their favorite workers' comp carriers.

• Illinois Bucks Trend in Other States; Looks to Establish Competitive Workers' Comp State Fund

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 15, 2013

  Illinois state legislators are running counter to a national trend by proposing creation of a state workers’ compensation insurance fund that would compete with the private system.

• Aging Workforce Raises the Stakes in Workers’ Comp Prevention

  By Kevin Ring  |  March 8, 2013

  The U.S. workforce is getting older; people are retiring later in life than ever before. And this trend has been a major concern for those in the health & safety field, as traditional wisdom holds that older workers are more prone to suffer more expensive on-the-job injuries. 

• Risk Managers on WC Success

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 8, 2013

  RMs Discuss The Impact Of State-Level Reforms, Strategies For Dealing With Common Injuries And Their Favored Carriers

• For Older Workers, The Game Has Changed

  By Kevin Ring  |  February 25, 2013

  New workers' comp claims research shows a substantial cost difference between younger and older workers, but the split isn’t necessarily where one would expect.

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  For Older Workers, The Game Has Changed: Part 1

  By Kevin Ring  |  February 12, 2013

  Who qualifies now as an "older worker," and are they really more prone to expensive, severe injuries? The answers may surprise you.

• Leonard Re-elected Chair of ACORD Board of Directors

  By Staff Writer  |  February 5, 2013

  John Leonard, president and CEO of Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) has been re-elected 2013 chair by the ACORD Board of Directors (www.acord.org). Lawrence Blakeman, an outside director, was also re-elected as the vice-chair. The announcements were made by ACORD's president and CEO Gregory A. Maciag.

• Florida Intends to Raise WC Rates, Address Cost Drivers

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 29, 2012

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation intends to increase the region's workers' compensation rates by 6.1 percent effective Jan. 2013, the state's insurance commissioner says.

• Marsh’s Jonathan Zaffino on Workers’ Comp Cost Controls

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 15, 2012

  Marsh has launched a Workers’ Compensation Center of Excellence, which brings all of the broker’s Workers’ Comp insurance and risk-management capabilities under one umbrella, including advanced analytics and modeling, claims management and advocacy, and insurance-program design and placement. Jonathan Zaffino, Marsh’s Casualty Practice Leader, talks with NU about this program,...

• Workers’ Comp All-Stars Share Best Practices in Orlando

  By Staff Writer  |  October 15, 2012

  The three winners of the Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Risk Management Awards, sponsored by NU and the National Council on Compensation Insurance, traveled to Orlando in August to share their successful strategies with risk-manager attendees at the Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference.

• Conflicting Signals: Making Sense of the Latest Workers’ Comp Data

  By Stephen J. Klingel  |  August 20, 2012

  The 2012 edition of the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) annual State of the Line report, evaluating Workers’ Compensation fundamentals and conditions, reveals a market characterized by a number of countervailing indicators as to its forward trajectory.

• Workers' Comp Risk Management Awards

  By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 20, 2012

  Meet the winners of the sixth annual “Awards for Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Risk Management”: Limbach Facility Services, a mechanical design and construction contractor; Kelly Services, the staffing-solution provider; and Vestas-American Wind Technology, which manufactures and services wind turbines.

• NCCI Study: Obesity Tied to Workers Comp Indemnity Benefit Duration

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 19, 2012

  Indemnity benefit duration of obese workers’ compensation claimants is over five times longer than non-obese claimants, a new study says.

• Thinking About Revising Your WC Underwriting Policies? You’d Better Start Now

  By Emil Metropoulos  |  May 21, 2012

  Over the past year the major ratings agencies have expressed concern over challenges the Workers’ Compensation line has faced during the recession, as well as the continued pressures it faces in achieving long-term profitability. In its January briefing, Standard & Poor’s went so far as to describe Workers’ Comp profitability...