Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
031 - BUREAU OF INSURANCE
Chapter 450 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE - EXPERIENCE RATING
Section 031-450-6 - Aggravation of Prior Work-Related Injuries
Current through 2024-13, March 27, 2024
A. Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
B. Reporting of subsequent injuries. When reporting incurred losses to the designated advisory organization, an insurer shall separately identify all claims attributable to lost-time work-related injuries that aggravate or combine with any prior lost-time work-related injury to produce incapacity.
C. Exclusion from incurred loss experience. The designated advisory organization shall exclude all claims reported under this Section from an employer's loss experience when calculating the employer's experience modification factor, and shall make appropriate corresponding adjustments to aggregate loss experience when determining employers' expected losses for experience rating purposes. The designated advisory organization shall develop and implement an appropriate coding mechanism. This Section does not restrict the use of such information for ratemaking purposes.
D. Apportionment after reporting date. If a claim is included in an employer's incurred loss experience, but a payment or decree made after the loss report was filed establishes that the injury aggravates or combines with a prior lost-time work-related injury, then the exclusion of the claim from the employer's incurred loss experience shall be retroactive only if the employer is entitled to a correction of the relevant loss report pursuant to Section 5.
E. Merit rating plan. If the employer is not subject to experience rating, claims reported under this Section shall be excluded from the employer's loss experience in determining the number of claims within the rating period and in determining the employer's loss ratio for purposes of the merit rating plan established pursuant to 24-A M.R.S.A. §2382-D(3).