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FLASH: The Division of Workers’ Compensation is called out on the PDRS Carrie Nevans is being asked to explain why it can’t seem to meet its statutory deadlines. Find out who’s doing the asking and what they want to know by clicking here. Read more here ... More...

FLASH: Staffing Company Stops Fighting Premium Fraud Charges A Southern California temporary staffing firm has given up the fight and agreed to plead guilty to felony charges for premium fraud. Is anyone going to jail with this $20 million case? Click here to find out. Read more here ... More...

FLASH: Janet Frank to Join Zenith Zenith Insurance is getting a new president. You will not believe who it is. Click here to find out. Read more here ... More...

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Workers’ Comp Price Increases: Carriers Tighten Underwriting Carriers are changing the way they write California workers' comp. So how are 2010 new and renewal policies coming out? Premium subscribers can find out quite easily. Just click here. Read more here ... More...

Proposed Cuts for Spinal-Hardware Payments Are Being Challenged The administration wants to eliminate a costly pass-through provision, while hospitals say their costs have to be covered if services are going to be provided. Is there common ground to be found? One possible solution is rising to the fore and we've got the details right here. Read more here ... More...

State Fund Looks to Put Soma Use to Bed One carrier wants to change practice patterns that it says lead to delayed recovery for injured workers. And it;s starting by targeting one of the most popular drugs in use in today's workers' comp system. Who's taking the bold step? What is the step? Premium subscribers can get the full story by clicking here. Read more here ... More...

Governor Yanks Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Appointee The Legislature sends a gubernatorial appointee packing. Is it just politics as usual or is the Legislature not cutting any slack in a lame-duck year? Find out who got the shaft and why, by clicking here. Read more here ... More...

Eliminate Temporary Disability Loophole for Jail Inmates It may seem outrageous and completely outside the intent of the workers’ comp system, yet counties are required to pay these “employees” benefits. If it’s so outrageous, why are counties having such a tough time changing it? Find out what has them fuming, the impact on budgets, and what challenges counties face trying to close a major loophole. Read all about it by clicking here. Read more here ... More...

Against All Odds, Majestic Stays the Course Unswayed by the tarnished image of its corporate parent, California's Majestic Insurance has a new focus for 2010. What changes are in the works? Click here for the details. Read more here ... More...

CIGA to Prepare for Possible Return to Bond Market The California Insurance Guarantee Association is close to scraping the bottom of the barrel. Increasing costs and future loss projections don’t help. Find out what action it’s taking to keep its head above water. Read more here ... More...

Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review in COLA Case Is it a misinterpretation of the Legislature's intent or not? Could it end up grossly inflating workers’ comp life pension benefits far beyond what workers actually were earning? Did the Sixth District Court of Appeal get it wrong? Premium subscribers can click here to find out. Read more here ... More...

Search on for State Fund’s Next President The state’s workers’ comp carrier tasked a Sacramento area firm with finding its next president. But how much is the carrier on the hook to pay its last president? And what did the board authorize in bonuses for management? Click here to find out. Read more here ... More...