The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) is a U.S.

insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

rating and

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collection bureau specializing in

workers' compensation Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp ...

. Operating with a not-for-profit philosophy and owned by its member insurers, NCCI annually collects data covering more than four million workers compensation

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and two million

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. The bureau uses this information to provide: * Analysis of industry trends in workers' compensation

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s * Workers compensation insurance rate and loss cost recommendations * Cost analysis of proposed

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regarding workers' compensation

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and benefits * Special claims research projects * Analysis of

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and regulatory decisions on workers' compensation * Cooperation with other data-collection agencies to ensure a credible

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NCCI also produces a number of manuals that govern the details of how Workers Compensation insurance premiums are calculated in many (but not all) states. Among these manuals are the Basic Manual (which sets out rules on the classification code system, payroll amounts used to compute premiums, and changes in classifications and premiums); Experience Rating Manual (which details rules governing how Experience Modification Factors are computed and used in Workers Compensation insurance premiums); and the Scopes Manual (which details how NCCI intends the various classification codes to be assigned to various kinds of employment). NCCI also computes the experience modification factors used in most states to adjust employers' Workers Compensation insurance premiums, using loss and payroll data reported by the various member insurance companies that are part of NCCI. NCCI provides data and analysis to

insurance companies Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge ...

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workers' compensation insurance funds, regulatory authorities,

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needing information on workers' compensation issues, and non-governmental workers' compensation agencies. The bureau is headquartered in

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with regional offices throughout the United States. The current

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and

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is William Donnell. A

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composed of representatives of affiliated insurers and outside organizations oversees the bureau's activities.

External links

NCCI website
Insurance in the United States Workers' compensation