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New Senate President Bill Galvano has signaled that the Senate might take up workers’ compensation reform notwithstanding that rates have decreased in the last two years. Galvano reasons that the recent downward trend in workers’ compensation rates might not be sustainable, and in fact might be followed by future rate increases, due to the Florida […]
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 […]
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 […]
