Tampa Bay

Staffing agency workers' comp

Multi-code payroll, high turnover, host-employer exposure. Staffing is the core of our book, not an exception we tolerate.

Built around how staffing payroll actually behaves

A Tampa staffing agency can add a class code in a week and double a payroll in a quarter. Annual estimates never survive that, and the year-end audit becomes the largest bill of the year. We structure placements so premium follows real payroll and the class code mix can change without reopening the whole policy.

Light industrial, warehouse, clerical, hospitality and skilled trades all run through our markets, including blended payrolls that standard staffing programs decline on sight. Where the exposure includes construction placements, we position the host employer relationship and safety controls for underwriters instead of leaving them to guess.

Reclassification is part of the work

Misapplied class codes are the most common thing we find in staffing submissions, and they inflate both premium and the experience mod. We review the code assignment before the account goes to market — sometimes the fix is the placement.

Send it if

  • Six or more class codes on one payroll
  • Light industrial and clerical blended with skilled trades
  • Turnover above 100% annually
  • Client contracts requiring certificates on short notice
  • New staffing venture with no loss history
  • Prior carrier exited the staffing class entirely
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Questions agents ask

Staffing comp, answered

Why is staffing comp so hard to place in Florida?

Carriers exit the class in waves. Turnover, host-employer exposure and blended class codes make loss picks unpredictable, so admitted markets restrict appetite to the cleanest accounts. Specialty markets that understand staffing stay in — those are the markets we work.

Do you write staffing with construction codes on the payroll?

Yes. Skilled trades placed into construction sites are part of the book, including codes standard staffing programs exclude. Send the payroll split and the client list and we'll position it.

Can premium track actual payroll?

That's the usual answer for staffing. Pay-as-you-go reporting ties premium to each payroll run, which removes the deposit and the year-end audit swing that hurts staffing agencies most.

Is PEO an option for a smaller agency?

Often the best one. A master policy can carry a small or fast-growing staffing payroll at rates a standalone policy won't reach, with HR and compliance support included.

Staffing accounts

Send the payroll split and the loss runs.

We'll tell you the same day which markets will look at it and what structure fits.

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