Premium Rates

Oregon’s Comp State Fund to Pay $50M in Dividends

Employers nationwide are paying less for workers’ comp coverage, as rating bureaus and state authorities translate improved workplace safety into lower premium rates. But for...

Florida May Cut Comp Premium Rates, Again

In the latest example of workers’ comp success stories occurring in almost every state (except California), Florida is likely to cut employers’ workers’ comp premium rates in...

AIG Having “Exceptional” Year As CA Premiums Rise

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is having what’s shaping up to be a banner year, with second-quarter results indicating an “exceptional” 2026 so far for the i...

Is the “Grand Bargain” of Workers’ Comp Broken?

For all the barriers to care and benefits injured workers face in highly litigious states like California, where providers are recoiling from the system, workers in other sta...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: Virginia Edition

Virginia will likely cut the premium rates employers pay to maintain workers’ comp coverage, thanks to a proposed decrease to the state’s advisory loss cost levels from the N...

NY Comp Premiums to Drop 22% as CA Employers Face 6.6% Hike

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a steep decrease in the premium rates employers will pay for workers’ comp coverage, along with hundreds of millions in dividends and...

CA: 6.6% Increase for Comp Premiums in September 2026

California’s Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, announced a 6.6% increase in advisory pure premium rates for workers’ comp coverage, effective September 1, 2026.Tra...

Comp Remains Profitable, But Insurers Still Want More From CA Employers

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) released its 2026 State of the Line report, and its conclusions are no surprise to industry experts: workers’ comp remai...

Data: PPOs Are Another “Cost Control” Measure That Hurts CA Employers

California employers pay more than almost any other state for comp coverage, with premiums set to rise again in September. California claims take twice as long and cost twice...

CA: WCIRB Fails to Justify 10.4% Rate Hike to Employers

For the second year in a row, the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) wants California employers to pay more for workers' comp coverage.Last year, th...

CA Wants to Raise Employers' 2026 Comp Premiums

Once again, California may significantly increase the cost of workers’ compensation coverage for employers.Workers’ Comp Executive reports that the Workers’ Compensati...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: PA Edition

States across the nation continue to lower the cost of workers’ comp coverage while California employers pay higher and higher premiums. The latest addition to the list: Penn...