NCCI Takes Issue with AP Report on S.C. Reforms

NCCI's prediction that reform recommendations by a South Carolina task force would cause a short-term 25% increase in costs was never intended as a public document and does not analyze the full impact of the proposals, a spokesman for the rating agency said Tuesday. Peter Burton, NCCI's government affairs executive, said the Associated Press erred in a story published by South Carolina newspapers Dec. 13. While AP dubbed NCCI's four-page letter an "analysis" of reform proposals by Gov. Mark Sanford's task force, the report is actually only an "internal working paper" that touches on only a fe...