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Workers’ Comp Rate Decision Details

Acting on the advice of the California Department of Insurance’s actuary, the Insurance Commissioner approved a 6.6% increase in California’s workers’ comp advisory pure premium rates. The approved rate was 3.8 points below what the insurance industry requested and 1.8 points above what an independent actuary representing employers and organized labor recommended. “While the indicated … Read More »

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CDI Wants Changes to Anti-Fraud Funding

The California Department of Insurance is proposing updates to the regulations governing grant funding programs that fight fraud in workers’ compensation, automobile, disability, and healthcare insurance. The regulations haven’t been updated in decades. Tens of millions of dollars are awarded annually to county district attorneys (see related story on page 6). The Department will hold … Read More »

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Commissioner, FAC Approve Funding Split Among District Attorneys

The Fraud Assessment Commission and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a review panel’s recommendations for splitting $55.6 million in anti-fraud funds among 30 District Attorneys. The number of DAs getting funding this year to fight workers’ comp fraud is down by two after Merced and Tulare counties did not apply this year. In 2025, Tehama … Read More »

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Prosecutors & Carriers Are Failing in Anti-Fraud Results

District attorneys from around the state made their case for a share of the anti-fraud funds to a panel of experts in the field. Many DAs faced pushback for the meager results they have produced to date, but their partners in the fight against workers’ comp fraud – the workers’ comp carriers – also took … Read More »

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Rate Hike Proposals Under CDI Consideration

The California Department of Insurance took testimony from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, the independent actuary representing employers and organized labor, and a member of the workers’ comp community during a remote hearing earlier this month on competing proposals for a workers’ comp rate hike. The testimony covered the insurance industry’s request for a … Read More »

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Department Hears Dispute Over Premium Charge For Licensed Contractors

A California Department of Insurance administrative law judge is reviewing evidence in a dispute between a couple that owns a handful of rental properties and State Farm. The carrier is trying to collect additional premium on a minimum premium workers’ comp policy charging for the licensed businesses they hired to maintain the properties. Nancy Rasmussen … Read More »

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Nonprofit Wins Classification Dispute

Norcal Crew, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit competitive youth rowing program, prevailed in a dispute with its workers’ comp carrier and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The organization successfully fought off reclassification of its operations to a class with an advisory pure premium rate 2.5 times higher than the workers’ comp rate for its historical classification … Read More »

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CDI Enforcement Bill Advances On Promised Amendments

The Senate Insurance Committee voted 5-2 to advance a bill by Sen. Ben Allen (D-El Segundo) to give the Insurance Commissioner explicit authority to levy penalties of up to $20,000 if insurance companies fail to take corrective action on problems identified during an examination. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and insurance industry representatives testified that they … Read More »

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