Pennsylvania Release Notes

Pennsylvania Release Notes

The Workers Compensation Insurance insurance market is always changing. E!Z Work Comp Rater is continuously updated to keep you up-to-date with all the changes in the PA workers' compensation market as they happen. Our Release Notes tell you who filed what changes and when they go into effect.

Work Comp Rater Release Notes

We update all of our editions each month and more often than not, we update them multiple times in a single month. To get the most recent updates, contact
M & R Information Services.

Check out our archived Release Notes to see how they will keep you in the KNOW about the workers' comp market.

Examples of archived Release Notes are below.
PA 2009 January - June Release Notes
PA 2008 Release Notes

Highlights of Recent PA Work Comp Insurance Updates

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 22 July 2010

· All three Nationwide carriers filed new rates plus added rates for two subclasses.
· Employers Group filed rates a new carrier in PA, Employers Preferred.
· The QBE Group filed rates for two additional carriers, North Pointe Ins. Co. and QBE Ins. Corp.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 8 July 2010

The following carriers made changes to their Loss Cost Multipliers:
· Federated Mutual and Federated Service ; and
· The Liberty Mutual Group.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 7 July 2010

· FirstComp increased its LCM.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 1 June 2010

· The Westfield Group changed the LCMs for Westfield Insurance Co., Westfield National, and American Select.
· The Great Americans Cos. added an Expense Constant.
· The Donegal Group added a new carrier: Peninsula Ins. Co.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 15 May 2010

OneBeacon Ins. Co changed its Loss Cost Multiplier:
· By reducing its LCM to 1.073, OneBeacon created a new Tier 1 deviated -25% off the group’s base rates.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 5 April 2010

The following carriers made changes to their Loss Cost Multipliers:
· Cincinnati Indemnity Co. LCMs for Cincinnati Casualty and Cincinnati Ins. Co. remained unchanged except Cincinnati Ins. Co. added 11 class codes;
· The Harleysville Companies for all carriers except Haryleysville Preferred;
· The Hartford Group;
· The Liberty Mutual Regional Area Market companies filed a new LCM for Peerless Indemnity Co. to create a new tier.
· Mitsui Sumitomo Ins. Co. of America and Mitsui Sumitomo Ins. USA;
· The Nationwide companies;
· The Penn Mutual companies; and
· The W. R. Berkley Companies filed new LCMs for two of its four carriers: Acadia Ins. Co. and Firemens’ Ins. Co. of Washington, DC.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 23 March 2010

This Update includes the following changes taking effect 4-1-2010:
All carriers in the E!Z Work Comp Rater database (99.9% of the PA work comp market) have been updated to reflect the 4-1-2010 Loss Costs recently approved by the Insurance Commissioner. The new loss costs represent an overall average increase of 0.68% over the 2009 loss costs.

The following carriers made changes to their Loss Cost Multipliers:
· Church Mutual;
· Farmland Mutual and Nationwide Agribusiness;
· Great West Casualty of the Old Republic group. This carriers also revised its Premium Discount plan, Expense Constant, and Terrorism surcharge.
· Florists Mutual;
· Highmark Casualty Ins. Co. lowered its LCM;
· Merchants Mutual and Merchants Preferred;
· New Jersey Manufacturers;
· Bituminous Casualty and Bituminous Fire & Marine;
· Penn Millers Ins. Co.); and
· The Selective Companies.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 21 February 2010

* Zenith Ins. Co. dropped the -5.6% deviation it had previously applied to 4 class codes.

E-Z Work Comp Rater Update: 1 January 2010

This Update includes the following change:
* EastGUARD Ins. Co. lowered its Loss Cost Multiplier effective 1-1-2010 and reduced its deviation from the group base rates.

For complete details on these and other rate and rating file changes, contact M & R Information Services.

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