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The Florida Bar Member Benefits Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program The State of Florida mandates that all businesses with more than 3 employees provide an insurance policy to pay for medical treatment and salary benefits of injured workers. Unlike other types of coverage where you get to choose the ultimate cost via limits, covered events and deductibles, Workers’ Compensation Insurance benefits and rates are set by the State Legislature and the Division of Workers’ Compensation Department of Financial Services. Therefore, you will pay exactly the same base price for this coverage no matter what carrier you choose. However, being a member of The Florida Bar, you have an opportunity to purchase your workers’ compensation insurance from AmTrust North America. AmTrust North America is able to offer your practice the buying power usually reserved for larger organizations. By grouping The Florida Bar members into one single group, each firm is eligible to participate in a dividend program based on the group’s overall performance and combined loss ratios. AmTrust North America has been ranked the 3rd largest workers’ compensation insurance company nationwide in a recent market share report, so you can be confident that we will be there for you when you need us. Program Specifics: • This program is underwritten by AmTrust North America. Best rated “A Stable“ insurance carrier, so you know that necessary funds are available. • This program is NON-assessable. You will never be asked to make up shortfalls in premiums to cover losses. • This program contains a NO Recapture Clause. Once dividends are paid to you they will never be recalled. • Dividends are paid based on 6 and 18 month valuations of group losses. You receive 50% of the earned dividend at each valuation period. All audits must be completed and paid in order to receive dividends. • Dividends are earned based on total losses, earned premiums and minimum achievement goals established for the group. By law, dividends are not guaranteed and are declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors LOSS RATIO ACHIEVED DIVIDEND 0% 24.8% 10.0% 23.8% 20.0% 17.0% 30.0% 10.2% 40.0% 3.4% 45% 0.0% If you are truly committed to reducing and controlling the financial impact of your Workers’ Compensation insurance premium for your law firm, we’d like to help. Contact The Florida Bar Member Benefits Insurance Programs administrator at 800-282-8626 for program details.

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Page 1: The Florida Bar Member Bene˜ts Workers’ Compensation ...€¦ · The Florida Bar Member Bene˜ts Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program The State of Florida mandates that all

The Florida Bar Member Bene�tsWorkers’ Compensation Insurance Program

The State of Florida mandates that all businesses with more than 3 employees provide an insurance policy to pay for medical treatment and salary bene�ts of injured workers. Unlike other types of coverage where you get to choose the ultimate cost via limits, covered events and deductibles, Workers’ Compensation Insurance bene�ts and rates are set by the State Legislature and the Division of Workers’ Compensation Department of Financial Services. Therefore, you will pay exactly the same base price for this coverage no matter what carrier you choose.

However, being a member of The Florida Bar, you have an opportunity to purchase your workers’ compensation insurance from AmTrust North America. AmTrust North America is able to o�er your practice the buying power usually reserved for larger organizations. By grouping The Florida Bar members into one single group, each �rm is eligible to participate in a dividend program based on the group’s overall performance and combined loss ratios.

AmTrust North America has been ranked the 3rd largest workers’ compensation insurance company nationwide in a recent market share report, so you can be con�dent that we will be there for you when you need us.

Program Speci�cs:• This program is underwritten by AmTrust North America. Best rated “A Stable“ insurance carrier, so you know that necessary funds are available.• This program is NON-assessable. You will never be asked to make up shortfalls in premiums to cover losses.• This program contains a NO Recapture Clause. Once dividends are paid to you they will never be recalled.• Dividends are paid based on 6 and 18 month valuations of group losses. You receive 50% of the earned dividend at each valuation period. All audits must be completed and paid in order to receive dividends.• Dividends are earned based on total losses, earned premiums and minimum achievement goals established for the group. By law, dividends are not guaranteed and are declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors

LOSS RATIO ACHIEVED DIVIDEND

0% 24.8%

10.0% 23.8%

20.0% 17.0%

30.0% 10.2%

40.0% 3.4%

45% 0.0%

If you are truly committed to reducing and controlling the �nancial impact of your Workers’ Compensation insurance premium for your law �rm, we’d like to help. Contact The Florida Bar Member Bene�ts Insurance Programs administrator at 800-282-8626 for program details.

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Through the buying power of The Florida Bar’s membership, the new Workers’ Compensation Member Benefit creates the potential for additional support for The Florida Bar Foundation, the only statewide funder of civil legal services for Floridians living in poverty. We hope you will make the choice to donate any dividend you might receive to the Foundation to support its mission.

Every day, in every city in Florida, we help Legal Aid help those least able to afford a lawyer. We are The Florida Bar Foundation, and we believe the system works best when it works for everyone.

The power of more than 80,000 lawyers is in your hands. Make it count.

The Florida Bar Foundation u P.O. Box 1553, Orlando, FL 32802-1553 u (407) 843-0045 or (800) 541-2195

www.flabarfndn.orgAs a 501(c)(3) organization, The Florida Bar Foundation is eligible

to receive tax-deductible donations.

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