California Commissioner Lowers Workers’ Comp Pure Premium
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a revised advisory pure premium rate, lowering the benchmark to $2.02 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation insurance effective July 1.
This is 16.5 percent less than the average pure premium rate of $2.42 California insurers filed as of Jan. 1.
Jones adopted the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s recommendation to lower the advisory pure premium rate mid-year. His adoption is only advisory. The commissioner has no rate authority over workers’ comp.
The mid-year pure premium advisory rate reduction is based on insurers’ cost data indicating workers’ comp insurers’ medical costs were lower in 2016. The WCIRB claims the downward medical loss development is in part driven by continued acceleration in claim settlement, decreasing indemnity claim frequency, and lower than projected loss adjustment expenses.
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