How much is workers' comp insurance in NY?
In New York your premium is built from payroll by class code, the NYCIRB manual rate for each code, your experience modification factor, carrier pricing, and how the policy is structured. The part the insurance company won't push you on is that most of those inputs are controllable: miscoded clerical staff paying a nurse's rate, open reserves left sitting on closed injuries, and claims that dragged on because nobody managed them. PCI attacks those drivers directly. Some high-rate New York employers have moved from a $500K annual premium toward a $150K–$200K structure once the inputs were corrected, individual results vary with your loss history and payroll.
Does New York require workers' compensation insurance?
Yes. New York generally requires employers to carry workers' compensation for their employees, and the New York Workers' Compensation Board administers the rules. You'll also need it for contracts, lenders, and certificates of insurance. A narrow set of owners and roles can fall outside the mandate, see workers' comp exemption in NY, but for a 100-plus-employee healthcare, home care, or CDPAP operation, coverage is required. PCI places the policy through A+ rated carriers and then manages it: premium reduction, claims handling, and NYCIRB rating issues.
Who is a good fit for PCI Consultants?
PCI Consultants is built for employers with 100+ employees and roughly $100K or more in annual workers' compensation premium, the point where active management pays for itself. It fits best in high-rate, hands-on industries: nursing homes, home health and CDPAP agencies, hospitals, staffing, construction, warehousing, trucking, and security. If you run several nursing homes under one owner, we can often consolidate them into a single master program for better terms. Smaller and newer operations can be grown into the model over time.
How does a high-deductible workers' compensation program work?
A high-deductible program places coverage with an A+ rated carrier while you retain a defined first layer of each claim, for example the first $150K–$250K, and the carrier covers the rest. Because you hold that predictable early layer, underwriting premium drops sharply, often cutting an annual premium roughly in half for qualifying businesses. It only works when PCI actively administers it: retained claims are paid incrementally (frequently around $3,000 a month) and stop when the condition resolves, not as a lump sum. Not every business qualifies, and you can read more in large-deductible workers' compensation.
How much can my company save on workers' compensation premiums?
The biggest savings come from a high-deductible structure for qualifying businesses, where day-one underwriting premium can fall meaningfully because you retain a predictable first layer. Your net cost then depends on your actual loss ratio and how those retained claims develop, which is exactly what PCI's claims control is designed to keep low. We've moved a $500K premium into a $150K–$200K structure, but individual results vary; nobody can promise a specific number without seeing your loss runs. The savings are real precisely because the retained dollars stay on your balance sheet longer instead of being handed to a carrier up front.
Can PCI help lower our New York experience modification rate?
New York is an independent-bureau state where your experience modification is calculated by NYCIRB, not NCCI, the mechanics differ, and small input errors compound. PCI reviews loss runs, open reserves, medical-only classification opportunities, class-code assignments, and rating-bureau errors that may be inflating your mod and every future renewal. One caution the insurer rarely volunteers: once a claim pushes your premium up, it rarely comes all the way back down even after the file closes, so the mod is a multi-year cost worth fighting now. See how a claim affects future premium and NYCIRB experience rating.
Is PCI Consultants the insurance carrier?
No. PCI Consultants is an insurance consultant and program administrator, not the carrier. Your policy is underwritten by A+ rated insurers such as Travelers. Here's the part that matters: PCI is paid by commission from the insurer, not by how many dollars your claims cost, so we're not incentivized to let claims run high. Left to their defaults, insurers tend to pay a claim at or near face value and call it a 'win.' Our job is the opposite: build your underwriting case, coordinate carrier options, and manage the claim directly for the life of the policy so your real cost stays low.
What happens during the first consultation?
We review your current policy, recent payroll audits, class codes, five-year loss runs, open claims, your NYCIRB mod, and renewal timing. A 30-minute discovery call tells us whether your premium size, headcount, loss ratio, and New York footprint justify a deeper engagement. The two documents that make this fast are a copy of your current WC policy and five years of loss runs, send those and we can quote or map out taking over coverage. Schedule through PCI's Calendly link or call 917-613-8580.