What is the difference between a premium review and a reserve review? Often, during one of our presentations or in speaking with potential clients, or clients, we are asked how our Workers Compensation premium reviews differ from our reserve reviews.

To keep from boring you to tears, we will cover Premium Reviews today and Reserve Reviews next time. We avoid the word audit when we can as audit has such a bad connotation - IRS audit, year-end payroll audit by the insurance carrier, etc. Audits sound confrontational.

Premium Reviews - this is also called a policy review. We look at the "mechanics" of how your Workers Comp premium has been calculated. We look at various items including:

• Payroll Statements
• Current and previous Work Comp policies
• Website advertising and brochures
• Previous Work Comp year-end payrolls audits from the insurance carrier
• NCCI or State Rating Bureau sheets
• Audit Billing Statements
• Audit Workpapers
• Any type of premium adjustment after initial policy issued
• Job Descriptions for each employee
• Description of Operations

We are often asked why we need website info, brochures, advertising, and a description of operations. We want to take the time to understand your company and what your company does in its operations. Without knowing it exactly, we would not be able to do a complete and accurate premium review.

We can usually go back three years from the date of the review. If we find errors, we can usually recover the error for three years, not just one. With a premium review, we are looking at the current Work Comp insurance situation and back in time for three years.

Next Time - Reserve Reviews - the hidden way to save $ of Workers Comp

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