A Florida judge recently shot down NCCI and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s (OIR) 14.5 percent rate hike for workers’ comp in that state, saying that NCCI held “secret” meetings without public notice, and because it is statutorily recognized, acted improperly in doing so. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by Miami-based attorney James Fee, who sued the organization in August in order to “introduce some required clarity and transparency into the opaque world of workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida.”