Because I have to change. I have to be a different person than I've been for something on the order of the last two decades. As hard as it is to make incremental changes, I'm a fan of ripping the bandage off quickly. And my Pugs of War is one of the casualties of life. The title has long been superannuated and I have lost the momentum of interesting posting. I look at Joe Sherlock's excellent View Through the Windshield and see how it's done: interesting aggregation with intelligent comments done with regularity.
Compa-Ratio: The ratio of an employee's actual salary (the numerator) to the midpoint of the applicable (the denominator) salary range. To calculate an individual's compa-ratio, divide the actual salary by the midpoint of the assigned salary range. Market Index: An index that is used to calculate an individual or groups market pay by dividing the current pay of an individual by the market pay.
Interestingly enough this amount is called expected losses in the experience modifier calculation formula. Every code that is used to develop a workers comp premium carries with it an expected loss ratio. This ratio drives the expected loss amount that will go with each workers comp class code.