NCCI Establishes Special Code for Ga. Explosion

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) established a special catastrophe code last week to cover the Feb. 7 explosion at a Georgia sugar plant that killed 11 workers and spawned a fire that burned for more than five days near Savannah.The fire potentially affected workers and first responders as far away as New York. The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCRIB) posted notice Friday that NCCI has established Catastrophe Code 28 to identify all claims emanating from the disaster on Feb. 7 and 8.NYCRIB said the coding would cover New York companies that had employees i...