The North Carolina Rate Bureau is a rating bureau created by the General Assembly of North Carolina under the provisions of Chapter 58, Article 36 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Every insurance company authorized to write workers’ compensation insurance in the State of North Carolina must be a member of the Bureau.
Pursuant to North Carolina law, insurance companies are required to “file data in accordance with the uniform statistical plan approved by the Commissioner", The North Carolina Rate Bureau Workers Compensation Statistical Plan, which has been filed with and approved by the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance as the uniform statistical plan for workers' compensation, contains instructions for the reporting of experience on workers’ compensation and employers liability insurance in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Rate Bureau will hereinafter be referred to as "NCRB” or “Bureau".
Whenever a change is made in these instructions, the appropriate page will be updated and the change will be tracked on the Revision History Page. The effective date of the change will be referenced on the Revision History Page.
Elsewhere in this manual, this plan will be referred to as the “Stat Plan” or the “Statistical Plan".
The North Carolina Rate Bureau Workers Compensation Statistical Plan Manual contains information regarding the data elements required for unit statistical reporting to NCRB. Optional data elements or data elements that are not applicable are not included in the content of this manual.
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