EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2008 - DISCONTINUATION OF HARD COPY EXPERIENCE AND MERIT RATING WORKSHEETS

For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1546.

Among the approved revisions to designated auditable payrolls for executive officers, the following item was inadvertently omitted from Bureau Circular No. 1542 and is effective April 1, 2008:

Executive officers minimum weekly payroll - revised from $350 to $400 per week.

For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1545.

For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1544.

The Insurance Department has approved a number of endorsement forms for use by all members. Bureau Circular No. 1543 was published to announce that approval, provide copies of the approved forms, and inform all members of important considerations related to policyholder notice and disclosure accomplished by use of the approved forms. In addition, the circular provides guidance with respect to the use of approved statistical codes for policy and unit statistical reporting. For details, refer to Bureau Crcular No. 1543.

The Insurance Commissioner has approved revised loss costs and related rating values effective on a new and renewal basis as of 12:01 a.m., April 1, 2008. The approved loss costs call for an overall average decrease of 10.22 percent from existing loss costs. For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1542.

The Bureau is still receiving substantial amounts of mail addressed to our old address, requiring forwarding by the USPS. Please note the Bureau move to its new office location was effective April 2, 2007. Bureau Circular No. 1527, dated March 20, 2007, announced a change of address for the Bureau to:

United Plaza Building - Suite 1500
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4007

For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1541.

The Bureau has submitted a filing of Pennsylvania loss costs, related rating values and Manual rule changes with a proposed effective date of April 1, 2008. That filing, Proposal C-353, proposes an overall average loss cost decrease of 10.22 percent. For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1540.

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 SUBMISSION OF PAPER UNIT STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Bureau Circular No. 1523 announced future document processing charges for submission of paper unit statistical information, effective July 1, 2008. This reminder notice regarding these upcoming processing charges reiterates the key points of Bureau Circular No. 1523. For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1539.

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008 - FUTURE DOCUMENT PROCESSING CHARGES FOR ENDORSEMENTS, CANCELLATIONS AND REINSTATEMENTS

Bureau Circular No. 1525 announced future document processing charges for endorsements, cancellations and reinstatements, effective July 1, 2008. This reminder notice regarding these upcoming processing charges reproduces the text of Bureau Circular No. 1525 in its entirety. For more detail please refer to Bureau Circular No. 1538.

The Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, recently issued the captioned notices to insurance carriers and to self-insured employers. This circular is to provide some background information pertaining to those notices and to advise Bureau members of steps that will be taken to account for and recoup the amounts of those assessments. For more detail please refer to Bureau Circular No. 1537.

The Bureau has filed and the Insurance Commissioner has approved a format revision to the Basic Manual.  The Bureau undertook this revision for the purpose of providing a more user-friendly, efficient means of viewing all pertinent classification information in one place in the Manual.  This new format will assist policyholders, insurance agents and carrier personnel in locating and applying pertinent Manual language with respect to classification assignments. For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1536.

For more detail refer to Bureau Circular No. 1535.