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Insurers To Pay New York $120M for Premium Overcharges

January 4, 2011

New York officials say four insurance groups have agreed to pay a total of about $120 million in excess workers’ compensation surcharges to the state.

The attorney general’s office says the companies collected too much in surcharges on premiums from policyholders after the state Workers’ Compensation Board in 2000 changed the way it calculates the annual fees it charges worker’s comp insurers, charges the insurers pass along to policyholders.

The four insurance groups are ACE, Zurich, Pennsylvania Manufacturers, and CNA, each a parent to a number of insurers operating in the state. The ACE companies will pay $70 million, Zurich $37.5 million, Pennsylvania Manufacturer $5.9 million and CNA $5.75 million.

Topics Carriers New York Workers' Compensation

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  • February 10, 2012 at 11:44 am
    UW says:
    WC is a losing segment. If you look at the loss ratios of WC, it is typically over 100% on a book basis. All of the comments are probably from people that don't comprehend tha... read more
  • January 6, 2011 at 7:45 am
    Jonathan Hull says:
    My experience has been that Work Comp overcharges by insurers are far more common than most employers would suspect. The only solution is to take a proactive approach to see t... read more
  • January 5, 2011 at 9:50 am
    Rusty says:
    I agree with other postings that this money should go back to the policyholders and not to the state. I feel this is an illegal confiscation of private funds by a state that i... read more

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