National Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Soars to 115; – NCCI Blames California, but It Can’t Take All the Heat

BOCA RATON, FL -- Workers' comp results in California are driving up the nation's workers' comp results, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance, a national rating agency.In fact the nation's average combined ratio jumped to 115 percent in the 1997 accident year, a leap from 108 percent the year prior. The last time combined ratios were this high, was during the 1991 accident year, when the average combined ratio in the country was 116 percent. Still, it's an indication that costs ar