The impact of COVID-19 on the workers compensation industry is the top concern going into 2021 among comp insurance executives, according to a survey by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
Boca Raton, Florida-based NCCI reported Wednesday that nearly two-thirds of the more than 100 insurance leaders surveyed cited pandemic-related issues as their top concern, indicating they are most worried about the uncertainty related to the duration of the pandemic, the number and size of COVID-19 comp claims and how long it will take workers and the economy to recover.
The other four top concerns, ranked in order of importance, are:
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The number of employees who may be covered by the various state laws and executive orders providing some level of compensability for workers who acquire COVID-19 on the job varies substantially based on workforce and the nature of the order, researchers from the Workers Compensation Research Institute found in a study released Tuesday.