NCCI News
Understanding the Impact of Recessions on Workers Compensation
Workers and employers in the U.S. have endured 17 recessions during NCCI's 100 years of operation.
Recessions produce far-reaching ...
Workers Compensation: Past, Present and Future
The workers compensation system is healthy and strong.
On behalf of the National Council on Compensation Insurance, it feels great to be ...
Changing Times at NCCI: Workers Comp Organization Now 100 Years Old
When this reporter started her career in insurance a few decades ago as an actuarial quality control technician for the National Council on Compensation Insurance, the only computers we had sitting ...
Claims Frequency Up for 2021, but Workers Comp Profitability ‘Unprecedented’
For the first time in more than a decade, workers compensation claims frequency, outside of COVID-19 illness claims, increased in the United States last year. But not to worry, the trend won't last, ...
Many Face a ‘Sobering and Alarming’ Impact From Long-Haul COVID: NCCI Report
About 10 percent of those who contracted COVID-19 continue to suffer persistent symptoms months later, creating the potential for millions of people to suffer functional impairment for extended ...
Workers Comp Performed Strongly During Pandemic Even With Premium Plunge
Because of job losses and shrinking payrolls during the pandemic recession, the workers compensation industry's net written premium dropped 10 percent to $42 billion in 2020. However, private ...
Less Driving = Fewer Comp Claims: NCCI Report
The COVID-19 pandemic comes with a bright spot for workers compensation insurers: Fewer workers are being injured in motor vehicle accidents. A research brief issued by the National Council on ...
Few COVID-19 Cases Result in Permanent Disability: NCCI
If COVID-19 behaves like other workers' compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in some degree of permanent partial disability and one out of 2,000 may result in ...