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Insurance Letters

The WC Division issues Insurance Letters to communicate information with external WC customers. The reasons vary but may include the need to communicate changes in policies or procedures, to highlight law changes and impacts on external WC customers, to announce benefit rate changes, to distribute annual assessments, or to announce a new program or new technology that strengthens customer service.

Standard Letters

Listing of all Standard Letters Organized by Type

Insurance Letters

Insurance Letters - Current
Letter	Date	Description
Ins 538	12/13/2022	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate. This includes information regarding deadlines and reminds insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The Worker’s Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued annually.
Ins 537	12/07/2022	Announce 2023 maximum rates effective January 1, 2023.
Ins 536	05/25/2022	To communicate to insurance carriers about the 2021 supplemental benefit reimbursement assessment rate. This includes information regarding deadlines and to remind insurance carriers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The Worker’s Compensation Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Assessment is issued annually.
Ins 535	04/12/2022	To announce the elimination of § 102.11(1)(am), Wis. Stats., and the amendments to § 102.11(1)(ap), Wis. Stats., and § 102.11(1)(f), Wis. Stats., created by 2022 Wis. Act 232, effective April 10, 2022, to provide changes in the method that the average weekly wage (AWW) is calculated for part-time employees.
Ins 534	04/12/2022	To inform claims handling offices about Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Act, Chapter 102, Wis. Stats. law changes effective April 10, 2022, relating to changes in compensation rate, the method in which the average weekly wage is computed for part-time employees, authorization for employees to have an observer present during directed medical examinations, employer subjectivity, and other changes.
Ins 533	12/21/2021	Announce 2022 maximum rates effective January 1, 2022.
Ins 532	11/29/2021	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate. This includes information regarding deadlines and reminds insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The Worker’s Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued annually.
Ins 531	04/26/2021	To communicate to insurance carriers about the 2020 supplemental benefit reimbursement assessment rate.
Ins 530	12/07/2020	Announce 2021 maximum rates effective January 1, 2021.
Ins 529	12/04/2020	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The Worker’s Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued annually.
Ins 528	10/22/2020	Agency Website Updates
Ins 527	12/23/2019	Amended Announcement of 2020 maximum rates effective January 1, 2020
Ins 526	12/20/2019	To communicate information concerning the upcoming launch of the new Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) redesigned public website on Thursday January 2, 2020.
Ins 525	12/16/2019	To communicate to insurance carriers about the 2019 supplemental benefit reimbursement assessment rate.
Ins 524	12/12/2019	Announce 2020 maximum rates effective January 1, 2020.
Ins 523	10/24/2019	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The Worker’s Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued annually.
Ins 522	07/11/2019	To inform attorneys representing parties in worker's compensation disputes and claims handling offices of the latest methods for submitting Applications for Hearing and Litigated Mail
Ins 521	12/07/2018	To communicate to insurance carriers about the 2018 supplemental benefit reimbursement assessment rate. This includes information regarding deadlines and to remind insurance carriers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The Worker’s Compensation Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Assessment is issued annually.
Ins 520	10/31/2018	Announce 2019 maximum rates effective January 1, 2019. Wage and Rate Chart WKC-9572-P
Ins 519	10/31/2018	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The Worker's Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued annually.
Ins 518	04/04/2018	New Procedure for the Submission of Applications for Hearing and Litigated Mail Effective April 16th, 2018, please use the new fax number (608) 260-3053 for the submission of Applications for Hearing and Litigated Mail.
Ins 517	12/07/2017	Announce 2018 maximum rates effective January 1, 2018.
Ins 516	11/30/2017	To communicate to insurance carriers about the supplemental benefit reimbursement assessment. This includes information about deadlines and to remind insurance carriers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The annual Worker's Compensation Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Assessment will be issued each year in November.
Ins 515	10/31/2017	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The annual Worker's Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued each year in October.
Ins 514	12/16/2016	Announcing the maximum rates effective January 1, 2017
Ins 513	11/3/2016	To communicate to insurance carriers the new supplemental benefit reimbursement assessment. This includes information about deadlines and to remind insurance carriers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The annual Worker's Compensation Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Assessment will be issued each year in November.
Ins 512	9/30/2016	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The annual Worker's Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued each year in August.
Ins 511	4/16/2016	To inform claims offices and attorneys representing parties in worker's compensation disputes of the changes to the Certification of Readiness (COR) process and form (WKC-17717-DHA-E) effective May 1, 2016.
Ins 510	3/31/2016	To inform claims handling offices about Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act, Chapter 102, Wis. Stats., law changes effective March 2, 2016, relating to compensation rate changes, a fixed rate for electronic medical records, the maximum charge for a final medical report, the reduction of the statute of limitations for traumatic injuries, the provision allowing no offset of temporary disability based on wages for the first 24 hours an employee works while receiving retraining benefits under § 102.61(1) or (1m), Wis. Stats., and other changes.
Ins 509	3/2/2016	To announce that s. 102.44 (1) (c), Wis. Stats., was amended and s. 102.75 (1g), Wis. Stats., was created by 2015 Wis. Act 55, effective January 1, 2016, to provide for changes in the manner supplemental benefits are reimbursed.
Ins 508	2/23/2016	To announce changes in the maximum age for ending the social security reverse offset under s. 102.44 (5), Wis. Stats.
Ins 507	2/12/2016	To inform claim handling offices and attorneys representing parties in WC disputes that effective January 11, 2016, the duties of the administrative law judges for litigated cases have been transferred to the Division of Hearings and Appeals, Office of Worker's Compensation Hearings under the Department of Administration.
Ins 506	12/08/2015	Announce 2016 maximum rates effective January 1, 2016
Ins 505	12/01/2015	Inform claims handling office of changes to the Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter DWD 80, relating to Worker's Compensation that became effective November 1. 2015
Ins 504	8/20/2015	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The annual Worker's Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued each year in August. NOTE: Replaces Ins 501
Ins 503	5/12/2015	To provide instruction on the proper submission of claims related information to the WC Division (WCD)
Ins 502	12/11/2014	To announce 2015 maximum rates effective January 1, 2015
Ins 501	8/21/2014	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The annual Worker's Compensation Administrative Assessment is issued each year in August.
Ins 500	5/15/2014	To provide instruction on the proper submission of claims related information to the WC Division (WCD).
Ins 499	4/24/2014	To inform that Wisconsin Statute §102.43(5)(c); the provision that allows no offset of temporary disability compensation based on wages for the first 24 hours an employee works while receiving retraining benefits under s. 102.61(1) or (1m), will sunset effective May 1, 2014.
Ins 498	12/6/2013	Announce 2014 maximum rates effective January 1, 2014.(Rate Chart)
Ins 497	8/20/2013	To communicate to insurance carriers and self-insured employers the new assessment rate and issue date information, and also to remind insurance carriers and self-insured employers that interest will accrue on all unpaid balances after 30 days. The annual Worker’s Compensation Administrative Assessment will be issued each year in August.
Ins 496	6/3/2013	Inform insurers of a reduction to supplemental benefit reimbursement payments made to employers and insurers under s. 102.44 (1) (c), Wis. Stats., effective May 14, 2013
Ins 495	1/28/2013	Clarification of recent amendment to s. 102.13 (2) (c) about requirement for final treating practitioner report

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