Workers' Compensation Reform

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• Updated! Workers Compensation Loss Costs Multipliers and Expense Constants Currently In Use (Approved as of April 1, 2013) (PDF format)
• Workers' Compensation Loss Cost 2012
  • Opinion and Decision (PDF Format)
  • June 2012 Public Hearing Index
• Workers' Compensation Loss Cost 2011
  • Opinion and Decision (PDF Format)
  • NYCIRB's cover letter submitting amended lost cost filing exhibits (PDF Format)
  • Amended exhibits to NYCIRB's lost cost filing (PDF Format)
• Proposed Disability Duration Guidelines - Proposed by the State of New York Department of Insurance to the Workers' Compensation Board, September 2010 (PDF format)
• September 15, 2010 Letter from the Superintendent to the Chair, Workers' Compensation Board transmitting the Proposed Disability Duration Guidelines (PDF format)
• Joint Report to the Governor: Summarizing and Benchmarking Workers' Compensation Data and Examining Progress on Prior Recommendations for Improvements in Data Collection (February 27, 2009)
  • Press Release (PDF Format)
  • Report (PDF Format)
  • Workers Compensation Board Annual Report: 2007-2008 - Appendix Three (PDF Format)
• Circular Letter No. 6 (2008): Loss Costs - Index (originally posted 04/16/2008, revision posted 05/15/2008)
• Insurance Department Issues Report to the Governor Summarizing Workers' Compensation Data and Recommending Improvements in Data Collection and Development of a Research Structure for Public Policy (March 3, 2008)
  • Press Release
  • Report to the Governor (PDF format)
• Insurance Department Issues Draft Workers’ Compensation Medical Treatment Guidelines (December 3, 2007)
  • Press Release
  • Cover Letter to Honorable Zachary Weiss, Chair, Workers' Compensation Board (PDF format)
  • Medical Treatment Guidelines Education Plan (PDF format)
  • Proposed Medical Treament Guidelines (PDF format)
    • Cervical Spine Injury
    • General Principles
    • Knee Injury
    • Low Back Injury
    • Shoulder Injury
• Competitive Rate-Making Process Urged in Workers' Compensation Proposal Sent to Governor & Legislature (September 4, 2007)
  • Proposal (PDF Format)
  • Press Release 
• Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop by Record 20.5%; New York Businesses Expected to Save More than $1 Billion (July 11, 2007)
  • Press Release
• System Developed for Quick Resolution of Workers' Compensation Disputes Delivers on First Promise to Reduce Costs (June 4, 2007)
  • Press Release
  • Regulations
• Workers' Compensation 2007 Rate Filing Materials
• Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rate Application of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (July 14, 2006)
  • Opinion and Decision (PDF Format)
• Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rate Application of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (July 15, 2004)
  • Opinion and Decision (PDF Format)