SURCHARGE ON HOLD

The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and the National Council of Compensation Insurers (NCCI) agreed to delay for at least one year implementation of a non-electronic filing fee for workers’ compensation residual market applications. NCCI had proposed requiring agents to pay a $45 fee for all assigned-risk applications submitted via mail or telephone after Sept. 18. This hard-copy surcharge had been proposed as a way to encourage agents to use NCCI’s new, free online Residual Market Application Processing Service (RMAPS) system.