Staff ReportsMay 9, 2023
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'Overall, you see a healthy and strong workers compensation system.'
"Workers' compensation"
Staff ReportsMay 9, 2023
Christine Jordan SextonDecember 19, 2022
7min0
Defense attorneys' fees increased nearly 5.6% while plaintiff attorneys' fees dipped by 1.9%.
Christine Jordan SextonNovember 7, 2022
6min0
This is the sixth consecutive year the state has ordered a reduction in workers' compensation rates.
Christine Jordan SextonAugust 24, 20226min0
'In these inflationary times any reduced costs are very welcome to small business owners,' NFIB Florida Executive Director Bill Herrle said.
Christine Jordan SextonMay 12, 2022
2min0
Reps. Wyman Duggan and Cord Byrd and Sen. Ed Hooper championed the new law
Jacob OglesJanuary 2, 2019
3min280
A new year means lower workers’ compensation insurance bills in Florida. The state Office of Insurance Regulation in November approved an overall 13.8 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates for 2019, which went into effect on Tuesday. That marks two consecutive years of decreases for Florida employers. The rate dropped 9.5 percent in 2018. […]
Michael MolineApril 24, 2018
8min416
Daytona Aircraft Services had a beef with its workers’ compensation carrier — it believed the insurer had misclassified its operations, and that the mistake was costing $18,000 per year in inflated premiums. The company presented its case Tuesday before the Florida Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, an independent forum overseen by the state Office of Insurance […]
Michael MolineFebruary 2, 20174min574
Florida Supreme Court rulings in workers’ compensation cases will boost employers’ costs by 35.4 percent, adding $1.3 billion to the cost of doing business in the state, an economist warned Thursday during the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s Insurance Summit. “This breaks into a $929 million annual increase in premiums for the insured employers and a […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 29, 2016
4min478
CFO Jeff Atwater hammered home the need for workers’ compensation reform, saying recent decisions could have a significant impact on Floridians. State regulators on Tuesday approved a 14.5 percent average increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The new rates are lower than ones initially proposed by National Council on Compensation Insurance. The council proposed new […]
Michael MolineSeptember 27, 2016
6min598
State regulators Tuesday approved a 14.5 percent average increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums — less than the 19.6 percent hike sought by an industry council. The new rates take effect Dec. 1. The original rate proposal by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, or NCCI, would have taken effect on Oct. 1. The higher […]