2015 Colorado workers’ comp insurance premiums will not cost more for the average employer, the CDI recently noted. This is a look at why.
2015 Colorado workers’ comp insurance premiums will not cost more for the average employer, as the “loss costs” of these premiums did not spike for the first time since 2010. As the Colorado Division of Insurance (CDI) recently noted, this is due to the fact that a substantial number people who experienced workplace injuries ended up returning to work sooner than planned in 2014.
This is likely good news to employers who are looking to cut or maintain low workers’ compensation insurance costs this year, as they ended up paying increased premiums:
In making this announce, the CDI did explain that some employers, based on their specific industry, may still experience an increase in their 2015 Colorado workers’ comp insurance premiums.
Given that the relatively stagnant rate of loss costs were noted as a primary reason that the 2015 Colorado workers’ comp insurance premiums didn’t generally increase, it may be worthwhile to take a closer look at what loss costs for workers’ comp insurance are.
Essentially, loss costs are baseline, variable rates used to determine insurance premiums. For workers’ comp insurance, some of the factors that impact how loss costs may vary from year to year include (but are by no means limited to):
While Marguerite Salazar, Insurance Commissioner, has noted in the past that “increasing claim costs and increasing frequency of claims continue [to be] trends,” when remarking on the 2015 Colorado workers’ comp insurance premiums, she noted that, “these results come down to the efforts made by employers and employees to control workers’ compensation costs.”
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