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Additional Data Element Guidelines

While each data call has its own set of instructions, to further assist insurers in data call submissions, this page contains detailed information on submitting certain data elements to the WCIRB.

Approved Advisory Pure Premium Rates

In deriving the Pure Premium at the Advisory Pure Premium Rate Level for reporting in the Quarterly Call (CA-QT-xQyy) and Large Deductible Call (CA-LD-yyyy), several methods require the use of the approved advisory pure premium rates. The latest several sets of approved advisory pure premium rates are provided in Excel file format below.

            January 1, 2013      XLS

            January 1, 2014      XLS

            January 1, 2015      XLS                July 1, 2015      XLS

            January 1, 2016      XLS                 July 1, 2016      XLS

            January 1, 2017      XLS                 July 1, 2017      XLS

            January 1, 2018      XLS                 July 1, 2018      XLS      

            January 1, 2019      XLS 

            January 1, 2020      XLS 

            January 1, 2021      XLS                 September 1, 2021      XLS      

            September 1, 2022      XLS

            September 1, 2023      XLS


Pure Premium Guidelines and Illustrative Spreadsheet

Several methods are acceptable in deriving the Pure Premium at the Advisory Pure Premium Rate Level for reporting in the Quarterly Call (CA-QT-xQyy) and Large Deductible Call (CA-LD-yyyy). The guidelines and sample calculations for Methods 1 to 4 can be found in the PDF and Excel files below, respectively. The Excel file also contains sample ways to compute the loss cost multiplier (LCM) for use in several of the methods.

            Pure Premium Guidelines       PDF

            Pure Premium Illustrative Spreadsheet        XLS


Claim Count Guidelines

Whether a claim is to be included in the various claim count fields on the Quarterly Call (CA-QT-xQyy) is often a question that a reporting insurer has. The guidelines for claim count reporting can be found below.

            Claim Count Guidelines       PDF


MCCP including IBR/IMR Guidelines

Changes in the reporting of the costs of medical cost containment programs (MCCP), independent bill review (IBR), and independent medical review (IMR) will impact the reporting of these costs differently for various accident years. Guidelines for reporting these costs can be found below.

            MCCP, IBR and IMR reporting on Data Calls       PDF