Why Did the Ex-Mod Go Up? Five Questions Lead to the Culprit

I have an affinity for detective and crime shows, and this year I’ve added The Mentalist to my list of favorites. The show features character Patrick Jane, who formerly posed as a psychic and now consults with the California Bureau of Investigation. In each episode, Jane reliably uses his superior powers of observation to have [...]

The New ModMaster Is Here

Queue the dramatic music and expectant drum roll: Today Zywave releases an all-new ModMaster version 5.0. Some of you have been with this product since its beginning with Specific Software Solutions almost 20 years ago. You know how it’s changed over the years – from rating updates on disks (remember those?) to web-based updates; from [...]

NCCI Publishes FAQ on Split Point and Maximum Debit Mod Changes

The official word we’ve been waiting for is here: NCCI has published one of its “FYI Plus” memos on proposed revisions to the experience rating plan primary/excess split point value and to the maximum debit modification formula. The FAQ document, FYI-CW-2011-05, is publicly available here in the Industry Information /Regulatory Activities section of the NCCI site. The FAQ [...]

NCCI Changing Primary-Excess Split Point in Experience Rating Methodology

A few weeks ago, colleague Michelle Jackson and I attended NCCI’s 2011 Annual Issues Symposium. We got lots of great data and ideas to share with insurance and risk management professionals, and their clients, in coming blogs on a wide range of work comp topics. But the piece of news that captured my attention the [...]

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