Workers' Compensation Rates Pegged to Go Up 14.5 Percent
- Daily Business Review
- Sep 28, 2016
- 1 min read
Updated: Oct 12, 2022
Pointing to a major Florida Supreme Court ruling on attorney fees, state regulators issued an order that said workers' compensation insurance rates should increase 14.5 percent starting later this year.
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The long-awaited order by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation trimmed a proposal that called for increasing rates 19.6 percent. Nevertheless, business groups immediately warned that a 14.5 percent increase would hurt employers.
