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Staff ReportsNovember 1, 2016

Associated Industries of Florida moved Tuesday to build public support behind a fix for rising workers’ compensation insurance rates that business interests see as a threat to the state’s economy. The lobby solicited comments from the public “on how Florida can restore a stable, self-executing, and affordable workers’ compensation system as the Florida Legislature intended,” […]

Jim RosicaOctober 31, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a pass on considering a case challenging Florida’s workers’ compensation system. Without comment, the court on Monday denied the petition filed by Daniel Stahl, an injured South Florida nurse. In April, the Florida Supreme Court also decided not to consider Stahl’s case. After hearing arguments in Stahl v. Hialeah Hospital, all seven justices […]

Michael MolineOctober 26, 2016

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has no plans to draft its own legislative fix for rising workers’ compensation rates, but that doesn’t mean regulators are ignoring the problem, Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier said Wednesday. “We expect to be actively involved in that conversation,” Altmaier told reporters as his office’s biannual industry conference wound down. […]

Guest AuthorOctober 12, 2016

As the chair-elect of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, I believe it is important to correct misconceptions and misstatements made by the head of the Florida Chamber regarding Florida’s workers’ compensation system and the attorneys who represent injured Floridians. In a recent column, Mark Wilson and the Chamber suggest the workers’ compensation […]

Guest AuthorOctober 10, 2016

Attention Florida business owners — in case you missed it, you are about to be hit with a workers’ compensation insurance increase that you most likely haven’t planned for, all for the benefit of Florida’s billboard trial lawyers. This week, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved a 14.5 percent workers’ compensation rate increase that […]

Jim RosicaOctober 6, 2016

As expected, state insurance regulators have issued a final order jacking up the price of worker’s compensation insurance by nearly 15 percent. The order was published Thursday. The decision approves the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) request “for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent,” the Office of Insurance Regulation said in a […]

Staff ReportsOctober 5, 2016

NFIB/Florida Executive Director Bill Herrle on Wednesday criticized workers’ compensation insurers for pushing through a 14.5 percent rate increase this month. Herrle called the increase “massive” and said it would “undoubtedly hurt small businesses by threatening their ability to keep their doors open and employ Floridians.” The National Federation of Independent Business calls itself “the nation’s leading small-business advocacy group,” according […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 29, 2016

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 28, 2016

Will next year’s legislative battle over workers’ compensation rates prove so all-consuming that other state priorities starve for attention? Fears that it might emerged during the quarterly board meeting this week of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which wants the Legislature to clamp down on the assignment of benefits agreements blamed for driving up its own […]

Michael MolineSeptember 27, 2016

Florida employers knew a significant increase in workers’ compensation premiums was coming. That didn’t soften the blow that landed Tuesday, when the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved a 14.5 percent average premium hike on new and renewal policies, effective Dec. 1. “Since the decision by the Florida Supreme Court on the Castellanos case to […]

Tag: workers compensation

Associated Industries seeks public comment on workers’ comp rates

U.S. Supreme Court declines to review Fla. worker’s comp case

David Altmaier promises active role in workers’ compensation debate

Paul M. Anderson: Stereotypes won’t help Florida workers – or produce real reform

Mark Wilson: Rising workers’ comp rates hurt businesses

State issues final order for workers’ comp cost increase

Bill Herrle: Worker’s comp hike hurts small biz

Jeff Atwater urges legislative action to tackle workers’ compensation

Citizens Insurance fears being left in lurch during workers’ comp fight

Florida business up in arms about 14.5 percent worker comp rate hike

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