Intended Use: The calculations presented here model the potential direct impact to expected losses for the associated jurisdiction and workforce under the scenario framework described in NCCI’s Research Briefs:   COVID-19 and Workers Compensation: Modeling Potential Impacts, COVID-19 and Workers Compensation: Permanent Disability, and COVID-19 and Workers Compensation: Severity Assumptions Update.

    Scenario    
  Frequency Inputs Assumption    
(1) Infection Rate 3% Double-click to reset.
(2) Report Rate 5%  
(3) Hospitalization Rate 15%  
(4) Critical Care Rate 20%  
  (a) Permanent Partial Rate 40%  
  (b) Permanent Total Rate 3%  
(5) Fatal Rate 0.5%  
(6) Compensability Rate 50%  
              Scenario
  Severity and Benefit Inputs     Relativity     Assumption
(7) Wage Replacement1 x 1.00 =
(8) Fatal2 x 0.75 =
(9) Permanent Partial2            
  (a) Moderate x 0.90 =
  (b) Severe x 1.50 =
(10) Permanent Total2 x 0.95 =
(11) Medical1            
  (a) Mild x 1.00 =
  (b) Moderate x 1.40 =
  (c) Severe x 2.10 =
               
 
   
    (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
      Wage Permanent   Total
  Scenario Assumptions Frequency Replacement Disability Medical Nonfatal
 (12) Mild
(13) Moderate
(14) Severe
(15) Overall
 
 
  Scenario Impacts Estimate    
 (16) Average Salary3    
(17) Pure Premium Factor4    
(18)    
(19) Expected Payroll M = (16) x (18)  
(20) COVID-19 Total Severity = (15v) + (5) x (8)  
(21) COVID-19 Expected Losses M = (20) x (18) x (15i) x (6)  
(22) Expected Losses Without COVID-19 M = (19) / 100 x (17)  
(23) Scenario Expected Losses With COVID-19 M = (21) + (22)  
(24) + = (23) / (22) – 1.0  
NOTE: The model scenario may not include consideration for all potential benefit costs such as mental illness or employers liability. Displayed values not shown to full precision.
Amounts shown in Rows (16), (18), (19), (21), (22), (23) reflect all private and public employers regardless of how work-related injury costs are funded (e.g., privately insured, self-insured, and employers exempted from WC requirements including Non-Subscribers in Texas)
 
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2 Base severity values taken from COVID-19 and Workers Compensation: Permanent Disability
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