Florida workers' comp writes push for 20% rate hike

Hundreds of US insurers have taken to the courts in Florida to
seek a double-digit increase in workers' compensation rates in
the state.
A dispute over workers compensation rates in Florida came before
the state regulator yesterday as insurers look to increase prices
in the segment by 19.6 percent.
The raise, proposed by the industry representative body the
National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), was spurred by
an April Florida Supreme Court Ruling which held that limiting
attorneys'