SAN FRANCISCO -- First report data from the 1996 policy year provided by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau indicates that aggregate incurred workers' comp benefit costs for the state were $3.4 billion. That's up from $3.1 billion in 1995.Incurred benefit costs have risen between 1994 and 1996, the most recent year available from the Bureau, based on first report data. Although benefits paid throughout the state are higher again, they still pale in comparison to 1990, when aggregate bene
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