Florida Workers’ Comp Reform Battle Far From Over
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Workers comp bill passess first house test
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Workers’ comp proposal draws objections
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Business group proposes workers’ comp changes
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Supreme Court backs insurer on ‘PIP’ medical fees
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Familiar Issues Expected to Surface Early in 2017
As we begin 2017, we can expect some of the high profile issues addressed early in the year to be continuations of issues that gathered significant attention in 2016. One of the hottest topics early in the year is likely to be the state of Florida’s workers’ compensation insurance market. Beginning with reforms made in […]
NCCI Filings Available Through I-File
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) announced this week that filings of the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) are now available through the OIR’s I-File system. This includes prior filings dating back to the 2001 implementation of the electronic filing system. NCCI wrote to the OIR acknowledging that both the OIR and NCCI […]
Revised Workers’ Compensation Filing Would Produce 19.6% Increase
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has revised its previous 17.1% rate increase filing in light of the Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision in Westphal. The proposed increase is now 19.6%. The effective date of the proposed rates is October 1, 2016. However, the Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a public hearing on […]
Justices eye constitutionality of malpractice caps
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Florida Supreme Court Finds Another Provision of WC Law Unconstitutional
For the second time in six weeks, the Florida Supreme Court has held part of Florida’s workers’ compensation law to be unconstitutional. In Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg, the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of section 440.15(2)(a), Florida Statutes, which cuts off disability benefits at 104 weeks for a worker who is totally disabled […]