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Advisory Loss Costs Do Not Appear On Your Workers Comp Policy

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Advisory Loss Costs Are Published By Rating Bureaus

Workers Compensation Advisory Loss Costs (ALC) are published at state-specific times during the year. ALC’s are not to be confused with the insurance companies’ premium rates per classification code.

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Most insureds will never see these rates as the insurance carriers file deviations to the ALC’s.   The deviations are known as Loss Cost Multipliers (LCM’s).   The LCM’s are difficult but not impossible to find.    The state Departments of Insurance or Workers Compensation Boards almost always agree with the LCM’s published by the insurance carriers.

Rarely, the carriers will actually file lower schedules. Usually, the insurance carriers feel they must have sufficient overhead beyond the ALC’s. I have never seen a state insurance department reject a carrier’s insurance filing to increase the ALC.

California’s Rating Bureau WCIRB refers to them as pure premium rates.

During a recent premium audit that we performed for an insured, we found the filed insurance carrier’s rate to be 211% over the ALC. Ask your insurance agent to include what the state’s ALC’s are for each classification code when you are receiving quotes. If your agent cannot provide them, please contact J&L to obtain them.

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James founded a Workers’ Compensation consulting firm, J&L Risk Management Consultants, Inc. in 1996. J&L’s mission is to reduce our clients’ Workers Compensation premiums by using time-tested techniques. J&L’s claims, premium, reserve and Experience Mod reviews have saved employers over $9.8 million in earned premiums over the last three years. J&L has saved numerous companies from bankruptcy proceedings as a result of insurance overpayments.

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James’s educational background, which centered on computer technology, culminated in earning a Masters of Business Administration (MBA); an Associate in Claims designation (AIC); and an Associate in Risk Management designation (ARM). He is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and a licensed financial advisor. The NC Department of Insurance has certified him as an insurance instructor. He also possesses a Bachelors’ Degree in Actuarial Science.

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James is on the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the North Carolina Mid-State Safety Council. He has published two manuals on Workers’ Compensation and three different claims processing manuals. He has also written and has been quoted in numerous articles on reducing Workers’ Compensation costs for public and private employers. James publishes a weekly newsletter with 7,000 readers.

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