NCCI: Comp Market still Limping, but Trends 'Encouraging'

By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterORLANDO, Fla. − An illustration used during Thursday's presentation of the state-of-the-line report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance showed a man on a tightrope, steadily and maybe even limping toward a stable platform ahead. Last year, the same man might as well have been treading the rope on a bull.NCCI President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Klingel said the direction of the workers' comp industry was anything but clear last year, because "data was going all over the place.""This year I’m no longer con...