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GT: OIR Holds Hearing on Proposed NCCI Workers’ Compensation Filing
By Greenberg Traurig, P.A. On October 18, 2017, the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) convened a hearing for the purpose of discussing the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) proposed decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective January 1, 2018. You may access the public hearing video here: 10/18/2017 and the OIR presentation here: 10/18/2017. Opening…
GT: Workers’ Compensation Discussion In House Commerce Committee
By: Greenberg Traurig Following is a summary of the workers’ compensation discussion held in the House Commerce Committee on October 10, 2017. The summary is provided by Greenberg Traurig. Chairman Burgess: The following persons will be providing an update regarding Workers’ Compensation: Jeff Eddinger, Senior Division Executive National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) …
GT: NCCI Makes Workers’ Compensation Filing for Rate Decrease
By Greenberg Traurig NCCI Makes Workers’ Compensation Filing for Rate Decrease On Monday, August 28, 2017, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) submitted a filing to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) in which NCCI recommended an average premium decrease of 9.6 percent, effective January 1, 2018. The proposal comes in the wake…
FIC: Comp Mental Health Compensability Loosened for 1st Responders Under Bill Filed
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill, SB 126, loosening the requirements for first responders to have compensable mental or nervous injuries for workers’ compensation has been filed again in the Senate for 2018. The bill is in response to the denial of mental health benefits under workers’ comp to emergency personnel who responded…
FIC: NCCI and OIR Workers’ Comp Rate Filing Litigation Ends
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel No appeal to the Florida Supreme Court was timely filed in the case involving the validity of the 14.5% workers’ compensation rate increase that took effect on December 1, 2016. The appeal filing deadline was June 8, 2017. Because the litigation has now concluded, the Florida Office of…
FIC: NCCI and OIR Win Comp Case
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On May 9, 2017, the First District Court of Appeal (DCA) upheld the 14.5% workers’ compensation rate increase approved by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) in October. The opinion can be found here. The case arose when a trial court invalidated OIR’s rate increase finding public records and…
FIC: No Legislative Agreement on Comp: Insurance Chair Warns Rates Will Go Up
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Trial lawyers in the Senate beat back a last-minute compromise attempt on legal fees from Sen. Rob Bradley and a possible agreement (HB 7085, CS/SB 1582) to reduce workers’ comp rates in the final hours of the 2017 regular session. Comp rates have gone up 14.5 percent since the various…
FIC: Scott Gets Bill Preserving Confidentiality of Comp Claimant Information
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Legislation protecting sensitive workers’ compensation insurance claims information from attorneys for solicitation purposes passed the House 120-0 May 3 and will be going to Governor Rick Scott. The House agreed to accept a somewhat different Senate version because the differences were more style than substance, said Rep. Ben Albritton. The…
FIC: WC Public Records Bill Returned to House & Main WC Bill Postponed Again
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On May 2, 2017, the Florida Senate voted unanimously to return the House workers’ compensation public records bill, HB 1107, back to the House. On May 1, 2017, the Senate amended the House bill replacing the House bill with the Senate version of it. FIC reported on May 1,…