Insurance Department and DWC Discuss Joint Claims Enforcement

By: Workers' Comp Executive

SACRAMENTO -- The Division of Workers' Compensation and the Department of Insurance have been meeting to formulate a joint enforcement strategy against insurers that are consistently fined for late payments and other indiscretions uncovered by DWC audits.Currently, the DWC can only fine offenders and repeat offenders, and it wants to add some tougher consequences that only the DOI with its policing authority can provide. The fines don't seem to be a deterrent since the number of infractions keeps in

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