The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is seeking a double-digit rate hike. What are the technical factors driving up the rates? How much does the public actuary recommend? Are the cost trends the same statewide?

The principals behind a long-running workers' comp and pension fraud scheme were finally sentenced for their crimes. The sentencing came nearly 9 years after Workers' Comp Executive broke the story, exposed the fraud, and began its detailed investigative series about the MEWA in October of 2016. Read the entire series in our investigations section here.

The Division of Workers' Compensation is circulating another round of changes to the proposed utilization review regulatory update. Get the details of what has been taken out, what's been added to the package, and how you can comment on the changes by clicking here.

How did a panel of justices poke and prod the trucking industry’s arguments in their AB 5 challenge? Why does the state say there are ways for the truckers to comply with the law and still have their own businesses?

What are a homeowner's workers' comp obligations to a remodeling contractor? How does the length of the contract for work and the number of hours worked impact coverage?

A key Senate committee advanced a handful of workers' comp bills before the Legislature's spring recess. Why do employers say a pair are unnecessary cost drivers without any expressed need for the measures?

What's behind a push to get the United States Supreme Court to take up a workers' comp fraud case? What is the alleged criminal act at the heart of the dispute?

Why is an appeals court reversing a summary judgment and ordering a trial in a discrimination and retaliation case? What are the workers' comp aspects of the case?

Industry experts give their thoughts on pending legislation and the workers' comp reform outlook. What are the potential pitfalls that lay ahead?

What legislative proposals are moving early in the session? How would they impact employers and brokers?

Prosecutors secured victories in two long-running premium fraud cases. Who were the employers, and how were they caught?

Here we go again. Despite the courts consistently backing the Department's position, California Insurance Company has filed an appeal challenging the California Department of Insurance's rehabilitation plan. The filings are in. What's in them?

Why is a legislator proposing an amnesty program for certain workers' comp scofflaws? How would it work, and who would be covered?

Why is a carrier denying any liability in a workplace fatality? What are the safety orders in question?

What are the features of a bill to reform the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund program? How would it cut costs and would these cuts be deep enough?