Court Hearing Continues on 32.9% Rate Hike

The long-anticipated workers' compensation rate hearing on a proposed 32.9% increase continues today in a South Carolina administrative law court. The National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) proposed the 32.9% increase in workers' compensation loss-cost rates -- a rate one witness for the state testified is too low, much to the chagrin of employer and business groups who also are participating. The hearing began Monday before Judge Marvin Kittrell and resumes today at 9 a.m. NCCI filed its rate hike request last July with the South Carolina Department of Insurance (DOI). The DOI...