No Data Problem Because of Open Rating, WCIRB Says

SAN FRANCISCO - On June 16, Frank Newman with Minet Insurance Services, a COR reader, called to reply to comments made in an article on NEWS p. 00-6219.Bill Van Cleve, who heads the Loss Control Certification Unit in the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, had expressed concern that, under open rating, the present experience modification (Xmod) formula would no longer be valid. "We face a data problem," he told the Cal-OSHA Advisory Committee.Newman disagreed. "Concerning open ratings," he s