Fewer workers are filing workers' compensation claims, helping lower the costs Florida employers will pay for insurance next year.
Related: Workers' Comp 101
How big of a reduction in rates will be decided by Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier, who held a rate hearing Wednesday in Tallahassee.
|9.6% reduction proposed
The National Council on Compensation Insurance, which proposes rates on behalf of all workers' compensation carriers, has proposed an overall average 9.6% reduction in premiums for 2018.
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