Class code 8820: Law firm
Class 8820 is the NCCI workers' comp code for “Attorney All Employees & Clerical, Messengers, Drivers”. In plain words: law firm.
The facts
- Official wording (NCCI)
- Attorney All Employees & Clerical, Messengers, Drivers
- In plain words
- Law firm
- Industry group (our dictionary)
- Healthcare & Legal Services
- Hazard group
- D
- State codes that differ
- DE 0956 · PA 0956
- Line
- Workers' comp
What it means
Class 8820 is the code carriers use to rate workers' comp payroll for this kind of work.
Drivers who work for the business are rated in this same code.
NCCI hazard group D, on a scale from A (least severe claims) to G (most severe).
Some states use their own code for this work: Delaware 0956, Pennsylvania 0956.
Who writes class 8820, state by state
From our live eligibility engine, refreshed every day (page updated November 1, 2026). It shows who has appetite, not a price. The final decision is always the carrier's underwriter.
Instant quote available 47
By email or underwriter only 0
No market listed yet 0
State fund only 4
North Dakota (North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance) · Ohio (Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation) · Washington (Washington Department of Labor & Industries) · Wyoming (Wyoming Department of Workforce Services)
Carriers with appetite for class 8820
- Markel · 47 states · instant quote
- Travelers · 47 states · instant quote
- biBERK · 46 states · instant quote
- Employers · 45 states · instant quote
- AmTrust · 43 states · instant quote
- CopperPoint · 19 states · instant quote
- Normandy Harbor Insurance Company · 19 states · instant quote
- Chubb · 47 states
- Clear Spring · 47 states
- FCBI · 47 states
- Guard · 47 states
- V3- National Liability & Fire Insurance Company · 47 states
- Amtrust - Security National Insurance Company · 46 states
- Ascendant Commercial Insurance · 46 states
- Trean / 7710 Insurance · 46 states
- Trean / American Liberty Insurance Company · 46 states
- Amerisafe · 28 states
- Omaha National · 28 states
- ICW Group · 22 states
- AIG · 7 states
- Accident Fund Insurance Company Of America · 5 states
- Hartford · 5 states
What does class code 8820 cover?
Class 8820 is the NCCI workers' comp code for “Attorney All Employees & Clerical, Messengers, Drivers” — in plain words, law firm. Carriers use it to rate the payroll of people doing this kind of work. It sits in NCCI hazard group D.
Who writes class code 8820 workers' comp?
In our live appetite data (updated November 1, 2026), 22 carriers have appetite for class 8820 in at least one state, and 7 of them quote it instantly. An instant quote is available in 47 states. The final decision is always the carrier's underwriter.
Does every state use class code 8820?
No. In our dictionary these states use their own code for this work: Delaware 0956, Pennsylvania 0956. North Dakota, Ohio, Washington and Wyoming write workers' comp through the state fund.