Rating Bureau Recommending 42% Decrease for Longshore, Harbor Workers

Pennsylvania’s rating bureau has proposed a 42% decrease in workers’ compensation premiums for longshore and harbor workers after discovering its rates dwarfed those in other maritime states. If approved, the filing for F-Classifications under the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act would take effect Oct. 1. For the job of stevedoring, F-Classification 7309, Pennsylvania’s rate was more than five times higher than the average for other states with harbors. “We wouldn’t have expected the differences to be as much as we saw,” said John Pedric...