FLASH REPORTS
Flash: Another Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
The insurance industry is pushing for another round of rate hikes after winning an 8.7% increase last year. How much higher are rates likely to go?
Flash: Administration’s Proposed SIBTF Reforms Are Out
The Newsom Administration is proposing to reform the troubled Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund program and bring real reform. What specific reforms are being proposed?
Flash: Superior Court Judge Cops To Workers’ Comp Fraud
The identity of a formerly unnamed and uncharged co-conspirator in a Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund fraud case is revealed. What are the consequences that he is facing?
ARTICLES
California Supreme Court Considers Equitable Tolling
What did the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board have to say to the California Supreme Court about its use of equitable tolling for some petitions for reconsideration? Where did the Justices push back?
Comes Now Out-of-State Employers In CIC Rehabilitation
Why did a California court deny a New York employer's motion to have their litigation with Ap-plied Underwriters settled under the pending rehabilitation plan for California Insurance Company? But there's hope for this and other out-of-state employers. What does the Court say needs to be done to make this happen?
Amendments Target CT Claims, PD Benefits
How much of an increase in permanent disability benefits is a state Senator seeking? What other holdover bills have been amended?
DIR Defends Second SoCal Legal Unit Office
What is the Department of Industrial Relations considering for a potential legal office in Southern California? How much will it cost employers?
California’s Combined Ratio Reaches Two-Decade High
What do the latest numbers tell us about the health of California's workers' comp system? What are the latest and greatest cost drivers? More importantly, what about rates? Premium subscribers can click here to find out....
As the Market Turns State Fund Sees Policy Increases
What is California's largest workers' comp carrier seeing in the market? How are its finances affected?
Private Self-Insureds’ 2025 Experience
How much did self-insured private employers pay to provide workers' comp benefits to their workers? How do the numbers compare to prior years?
Senate Budget Committees Rejects DIR Plan To Cut Positions
How is the Senate trying to reshape the budget for the Department of Industrial Relations? What did a key committee accept and what did it reject in the Administration's proposed budget?
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Narrowing Contractors Workers’ Comp Exemption
Who would be able to qualify for an exemption from carrying workers' comp coverage under the Contractors State Licensing Board's proposal? How many contractors would have to start buying coverage to stay licensed?
DIR Gains Positions, Funding In Governor’s May Revise
What was in the Governor's revised budget to aid the Department of Industrial Relations? How much additional money is it getting, and where will it go?
Legislative Update
What bills made it past a key legislative deadline? How would the change the workers' comp system if enacted?