The California Department of Insurance will hold a virtual public hearing on June 10th at 1:00 p.m. to review the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s request for an 11.2% increase in the state’s advisory pure premium rates. The Department will also hear the alternative proposal for the smaller 8% increase recommended by the actuary representing …
The California Department of Insurance held a public hearing last week to take public comment on the September 1, 2025, regulatory filing by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The proposal, which includes several classification changes, increases to the minimum/maximum payroll limits for certain classes, and updates to the ELRs and D-Ratios, drew little response …
District Attorneys in Los Angeles and San Diego notched victories against two employers for underreporting payroll to avoid workers’ comp premiums. The San Diego DA won a $1 million restitution order against a plumbing company, while the Los Angeles DA’s office secured a nearly $2.3 million order against a couple operating three delivery services. John …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau officially asked Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to approve changes to the classification system to create a new wholesale baked goods class, eliminate manufacturing classes for sugar, cottonseed oil, and butter substitutes, and move these employers to new classes. The proposal also includes changes for coffee bean roasting, vape juice …
A nonprofit theater company is asking the California Department of Insurance’s Administrative Hearing Bureau to intervene in a premium audit dispute with its workers’ comp carrier over a minimum premium charge for two executive officers. But the situation is not so simple. Jabberwocky Theatre Company, a nonprofit performing arts company, filed the request for assistance …
The California Department of Insurance Fraud Assessment Commission (FAC) approved another one-year adjustment to the anti-fraud funding formula. This one will redirect approximately $4 million away from county district attorneys and give it to the Department. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara requested the change after DAs again failed to use the entirety of the grants provided …
The California Department of Insurance Fraud Assessment Commission (FAC) is meeting later this morning to discuss another one-year reallocation of the anti-fraud funding that California employers must pay each year. The Commission could shift some $4 million from county district attorneys to CDI for its anti-fraud efforts. The action comes against the background of district …
XL Insurance is asking the California Department of Insurance’s Administrative Hearing Bureau to dismiss with prejudice an appeal filed by Personnel Staffing Group in a $42.5 million dispute related to a large deductible workers’ comp program. The carrier is citing a just-issued federal court ruling in New York that confirmed two arbitration awards that went …