Flash Report: Trade Groups Challenge DOI on Taxing Deductibles

The American Insurance Association yesterday asked the California Office of Administrative Law to review the Department of Insurances recent decision to retroactively tax workers comp deductible payments.The AIA charges that the DOIs handling of the issue violates the states Administrative Procedures Act, because the Department didnt hold any hearings on the matter. The DOI last month announced that it had recently found that deductible payments made by employers to insurers are subject