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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1403

  • Accepted risk: means an employer, other than one eligible for a preferred risk policy, who in good faith attempts to procure or retain workers' compensation insurance but is unable to do so through ordinary methods in the voluntary market from an admitted insurer with a minimum "A-" A. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1392
  • Board: means the board of directors of the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1392
  • Corporation: means the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1392
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Preferred risk: is a n employer who is a Louisiana resident, partnership, or corporation domiciled in this state whose workers' compensation insurance policy meets either of the following conditions:

    (a)  The prospective annual premium is less than five thousand dollars during the succeeding twelve months; the governing classifications of the policy would be in hazard group I, II, or III, as determined in retrospective rating plans approved by the commissioner of insurance; and the employer can demonstrate that its loss ratio has not exceeded seventy-hundredths during the most recent three policy years. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1392

A.  There is established within the corporation a preferred risk policy program, hereinafter referred to as the PRP program and an accepted risk program, hereinafter referred to as the ARP program.

B.  The corporation shall keep a separate accounting of all costs and revenues associated with the ARP program and the PRP program.  The corporation shall issue separate rating plans for the ARP program and the PRP program according to La. Rev. Stat. 23:1411.

C.  To participate in the PRP program, the applicant shall satisfy the definition of preferred risk as stated in La. Rev. Stat. 23:1392.

D.  To participate in the ARP program the applicant shall satisfy the definition of accepted risk as stated in La. Rev. Stat. 23:1392.

E.  After the PRP program has been operating at least twelve months, the board may expand the eligibility of the PRP program.

Acts 1991, No. 814, §1, eff. Nov.  20, 1991.