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O.C.G.A. § 34-9-137 — Considerations in employer's experience modification factor | Georgia Code
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TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Section 9. Workers' Compensation, 34-9-1 through 34-9-432.

ARTICLE 4 INSURANCE OF COMPENSATION LIABILITY GENERALLY

34-9-137. Considerations in employer's experience modification factor.

Whenever an experience modification factor is applied to the premium of an employer's policy of workers' compensation insurance, consideration shall be given to:

  1. Any amounts recovered by such employer or its insurer pursuant to Code Section 34-9-11.1, relating to rights of action against third parties and subrogation; and
  2. Code Section 34-9-360, relating to reimbursements from the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund.In addition, the insurer shall not include in the computation of such factor any penalties which were incurred pursuant to this chapter by the actions of the insurer or its representative.

(Code 1981, §34-9-137, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 14; Ga. L. 1994, p. 887, § 9.)

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- For note on the 1992 enactment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 285 (1992). For note on the 1994 amendment of this Code section, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 204 (1994).

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