Contain you comp costs: why workers' compensation is in crisis.(Business: * operations *...

Workers' compensation premium rates have escalated across the country. In some states, increases over the last few years cumulate to several hundred percent. What are the causes, and what are the prospects for relief?. Will reform result in premium decreases? What can the individual pest control company owner or manager do to stem the increases in his or her company's premiums?

California has experienced some of the worst increases, but other states are also in trouble. For example, in Florida, costs for permanent disability claims are almost three times the national av