The workers’ compensation industry is making a move for a major rate hike effective for September 1, 2025, policies. How high is it and what could it have been?

Work is underway for the next workers’ comp rate filing. How bad is the deterioration in the industry’s projected loss ratio? And how big a rate hike will the Bureau recommend?

A Division of Workers’ Compensation hearing was hit with a “zoombombing” incident. What happened and how was it resolved?  

How did a bill to reform the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund program fare in its first hear-ing? What changes have been made to the bill to cut program costs?

Why did the Third District find that the going and coming rule blocked compensability for a farm-worker's workers' comp claim? What exceptions did the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board say applied but with which the court disagreed?

What did the workers' comp community have to say about the classification changes proposed by the rating bureau? How are the classes changed, and what else is under consideration?

Two applicant's attorneys and a call center operator have been charged. Who are the attorneys facing charges? What were they allegedly doing?

The insurance industry says it needs a rate hike next year, but what do the numbers contradict the Bureau's analysis? The latest data is inside.

A farmworker heat illness presumption bill is making another run at becoming law. How big are the problems it will create for the WCAB and Cal/OSHA Appeals Board? Is anything different with this bill than one that was ve-toed last year?

San Francisco is taking on another gig economy company for allegedly misclassifying its workers as independent contractors when they are employees. Who is in the crosshairs, and what services do they provide?

What are the workers' comp bills advancing in the Legislature this session? Click here for the latest result.

Is one of California's larger workers' comp carriers on the auction block? Hear what company officials have to say about the rumors by clicking here.

The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is seeking a double-digit rate hike. What are the technical factors driving up the rates? How much does the public actuary recommend? Are the cost trends the same statewide?

The principals behind a long-running workers' comp and pension fraud scheme were finally sentenced for their crimes. The sentencing came nearly 9 years after Workers' Comp Executive broke the story, exposed the fraud, and began its detailed investigative series about the MEWA in October of 2016. Read the entire series in our investigations section here.