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
Shake-Up In California’s Workers’ Comp Market
Who dethroned State Compensation Insurance Fund as the largest writer of workers' comp cover-age in California? Which carriers are grabbing market share and from whom?
Prosecutors & Carriers Are Failing in Anti-Fraud Results
What results are employers getting for the $90 million they are spending this year to fight workers' comp fraud? How are the dollars being divided up, and what are the criteria?
Details of California’s Growing Cumulative Trauma Problem
How bad is California’s cumulative trauma problem? The latest facts, figures, and projections are startling.
Stalled Workers’ Comp Fraud Bill Amended Before Hearing
How does a bill that is up for hearing this morning propose to fight workers' comp fraud? What new tools will it arm workers' comp carriers with?
Rate Hike Proposals Under CDI Consideration
What are the key differences between the two pure premium rate recommendations under consideration? Why is the insurance industry’s request so much higher? And when will we find out the September pure premium rate changes? Premium subscribers can click here to find out...
It’s Dem vs Dem for Insurance Commissioner
Two Democrats are facing off in the race for California Insurance Commissioner. Results of the jungle primary put the two democrats into the general election as the republican conceded. Who is supporting whom, and where is the insurance industry?
Legislation to Close Restitution Loophole
How are some fraudsters getting around paying restitution to their victims? What is the proposed fix to close the loophole?
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?