Author of Rate-Ranking Study to Deliver Keynote at Seminar

The Idaho Industrial Commission announced that the author of the Oregon study comparing workers' compensation costs throughout the U.S. will deliver the keynote address at its annual seminar today. Michael Manley, research coordinator at the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, will discuss the 2014 findings of the premium rate-ranking study. California ranked as the most expensive state to purchase workers' compensation insurance, with an index rate of $3.48 per $100 of payroll. Idaho ranked No. 12, moving up from No. 19 in the 2012 study, with an index rate of $2.01...