WCIRB - Frequency Half What Was Decade Ago

The WCIRB recently released a study identifying the key factors leading to the decline in claim frequency over the last decade. The WCIRB report suggests that indemnity claim frequency, which currently is approximately one-half of what it was a decade earlier, can best be studied by analyzing injuries resulting from a cumulative exposure separately from all other injuries. According to Ward Brooks, the WCIRB Research Director, "the causes of changes in cumulative injury frequency are different from the causes of changes in non-cumulative injury frequency. This is a significant finding of our ...