SACRAMENTO -- While the insurance industry expressed hope that the insurance commissioner's order to hike the state's average pure premium rate by 18.4 percent would prompt rate hikes, employers are fretting about it.Employers for the most part realize that they've been enjoying screaming deals since the state's minimum rate law was abolished in 1995, introducing intense price competition.And while they realize that the industry needs to be healthy in order to keep a competitive market going, the
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