American Labor Alliance Loses Again
American Labor Alliance is fighting multiple cease and desist orders from the California Department of Insurance. It has been ordered it to stop selling [not insurance but] what it claims …
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Workers’ Comp Anti-Fraud Efforts Probed
The California Department of Insurance, the Department of Industrial Relations, and some of California’s district attorneys are bracing themselves for an expansive audit of their workers’ compensation anti-fraud efforts. The scope of the audit suggests that enforcement efforts, specifically the investigation and prosecution of fraud cases are a significant focus. The funds to pay for …
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Bureau Committee Approves Ancillary Filing Rules
Prompted by California Department of Insurance’s regulations requiring carriers to file for approval the ancillary agreements they intend to use, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is amending its rules and procedures to accept the documents. Many – most – carriers have routinely ignored the regulations, and court cases have been lost as a result. …
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CDI: Waiver Backdating Illegal
Last year’s AB 2883 turned one kind of premium fraud into another. The inability of one or more carriers to perform basic underwriting tasks has become a nightmare for brokers, not only from a process perspective but, too from an E&O standpoint. Now, comes the California Department of Insurance (through the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating …
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MEWA Cease & Desist Case Opens
The California Department of Insurance administrative hearing bureau will take a second-day of testimony today in American Labor Alliance’s (ALA) appeal of a CDI Cease and Desist order. CDI ordered …
Applied Underwriters’ Thumbs Its Nose At CDI
Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company, (AUCRA), through its EquityComp program is still charging former insureds what some say are exorbitant run-off loss development factors on open claims after the …
What’s Behind the Commissioner’s Rate Decision
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ workers’ comp pure premium rate decision trimmed the rate sought by the insurance industry through the recommendation of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The key difference being the estimated costs of medical services going forward. The Department’s actuaries gave more emphasis to the industry’s recent experience in lowering the …
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CDI Ceases MEWA Workers’ Comp Program
The California Department of Insurance says a workers’ comp program that claims to offer an alternative to traditional insurance or self-insurance is actually operating illegally in California. It ordered the …