Montana Finds Flaws in Oregon Benchmark

State officials in Montana are embarking on a comparative study to find out why the Big Sky State consistently ranks as one of the highest-cost workers' compensation systems in the country, and have already delivered a report that pokes holes in a biennial Oregon comparison that is widely used as a national benchmark. The latest national comparison of premium costs by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services ranked Montana as the fifth most costly system in the country, behind Alaska, California, Delaware and Kentucky. Montana employers paid an average of $3.69 per $100 of pa...