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In brief.

Publication: Business Insurance
Publication Date: 04-AUG-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: In brief.(News)(Workers compensation claim frequency continue to decline at a slower rate than during the previous two years)(Increase in the shareholder class action filings due to the credit crisis)(Labor Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission signing a memorandum of understanding to share information affecting retirement plans)

Article Excerpt
Comp claim frequency falls again: NCCI study

Workers compensation claim frequency continued to decline during 2007, although at a slower rate than during the previous two years, NCCI Holdings Inc. reported. While a 2.5% decrease in 2007 claim frequency continues a trend that started during the 1990s, it is "more modest'' than the 7.0% drops during each of the previous two years and was the smallest decrease in eight years, the NCCI said. Average indemnity costs per claim rose 4.0% in 2007, up slightly from the average of 3.3% since 2001. Medical...

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