| Effective January 1, 2010, the current rates for | | | | percent since the 2003 rates. |
| workers' compensation insurance in Florida | | | | - Landscape installation businesses also received a |
| decreased by an average of 6.8 percent. The | | | | larger rate decrease than the state average. |
| rate decrease was proposed by the National | | | | Businesses that install sod, plant bushes and trees, |
| Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) in | | | | and offer other services associated with the |
| August. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin | | | | installation of new landscapes are rated in Florida |
| McCarty issued a final order on October 26 to | | | | under the 0042 classification code. The 2010 rate |
| approve the amended rate filings. This is the | | | | for this workers comp classification is 6.36 dollars. |
| seventh annual consecutive drop in workers' | | | | This amounts to a 10.5 percent decrease from |
| compensation rates since 2003, the year the | | | | the 2009 rate. |
| Florida Legislature passed sweeping reforms of | | | | - Businesses that install irrigation systems assign |
| the workers' compensation system. Since that | | | | those employees to the 5183 classification code. |
| time, the cumulative average rate decrease is | | | | That class code received a 7.5 percent decrease |
| more than 63 percent. | | | | and the 2010 rate is 4.75 dollars. |
| - For lawn maintenance businesses, the rate | | | | - Tree trimming businesses were not as fortunate |
| reduction news is even better because there was | | | | as the other types of landscaping service |
| a 16.9 percent reduction from the 2009 rate. The | | | | providers mentioned above. The classification code |
| classification code for landscape maintenance | | | | for tree trimming services is number 0106 and |
| services is number 9102 and the 2010 rate for | | | | the new rate is 13.31 dollars. This rate marks a 2.7 |
| that classification is 3.49 dollars for every 100 | | | | percent rate increase for this classification of |
| dollars of remuneration. The rate in 2009 for this | | | | employees. There is still a 67.3 percent decrease |
| class code was 4.20 dollars. This classification of | | | | since the 2003 rates, which is above the average. |
| employees has a total rate decrease of 71 | | | | |