FLASH REPORTS
Flash: DIR Director Hagen Resigns
DIR’s Director is leaving, and you may be a surprised to learn where she’s going and what she’ll be doing. Click here for the whole story.
Flash: SHOCKER: Bureau Votes for Huge Rate Increase
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?
Flash: Prepare For Significant Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Request
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?
ARTICLES
Ninth Circuit Upholds AB 5…Again
What did the Ninth Circuit have to say about the trucking industry's arguments against AB 5?
Workers’ Comp Bills Clear Major Legislative Hurdle
What are the proposed workers' comp bills that are still under consideration, and how would they impact the system? Will employers face a new set of cost drivers if these proposals are signed into law?
BaronHR Owner Gets 8 Years For Tax Fraud
A major staffing industry villain is going to jail for years. What's next on the docket for the convicted tax cheat?
Employer Wins Judgment Against Illegal MEWA
How much may an employer set to collect from an illegal workers' comp program? Who is not on the hook for the settlement?
QME Replacement Panel Process Clarified
What does the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board say needs to be considered before a qualified medical evaluator is taken off a case? How does the decision impact past and future cases?
CHSWC Backs Planned Study of PTSD Claims
The Commission on Health, Safety, and Workers' Compensation is following a legislative mandate and is going out to bid for a study of PTSD claims. Why do the experts say there is really not much there to study?
Ninth Circuit Ruling in Cumulative Trama Case
How did an employer overcome a federal presumption that an employee’s knee troubles were a compensable consequence of work? What are the underlying facts in the case?
State Bar Reproves Attorney But He Keeps License
After a reproval, what is a state bar court ordering an attorney to do to avoid a more severe punishment? What kind of workers' comp fraud ring created the mess?
WCAB Overturned in Tribal Sovereign Immunity Case
In an interesting workers' compensation case that decides when tribal sovereign immunity extends to a medical contractor hired by a tribe? Learn what are the factors that must be considered.
Justices Raise Questions In Applied Underwriters / CIC Appeal
California Insurance Company got its day before the First District Court of Appeal. How did the justices respond to its complaints of regulatory overreach in the state's ongoing conservation and rehabilitation of the carrier?
California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio At Highest Level Since 2011
What are the year-end results for California workers' comp carriers? What do the national numbers look like in comparison?