Carson City, NV – Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year.
The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about 1.1 percent. Nevada employers who purchase their workers’ compensation insurance in the assigned risk market will see an average increase of 2.5 percent. Both increases will take effect on March 1, 2013.
Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper has approved a filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for an average increase of 2.6 percent for Nevada workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs. The average premium impact of 1.1 percent is smaller than the loss-cost change because of other changes to NCCI rating factors.
This is just the second time in five years that there has been an overall increase in voluntary loss costs, and the first time in as many years that there has been an overall increase in the rates for the assigned risk market. Since 2008 there has been an approximate 21.7 percent decrease involuntary market loss costs, and a 22.6 percent decrease in assigned-risk-market rates.
The majority of the premium increase is due to changes in the Medical Fee Schedule issued by the Division of Industrial Relations.
The approved loss costs and rates can be found on the Nevada Division of Insurance website at doi.nv.gov/spc/workerscomp.aspx.
Source: NV DOI