It is time for Workers’ Comp Executive to provide a list of the most significant California workers’ compensation stories from the previous year. Some years, legislative developments like the 2012 passage of the Baker SB 863 workers’ comp reforms dominate the news. Other years’ market issues such as rising workers’ comp rates or insurance company …
The 2020 California workers’ comp market share totals are in, and the State Compensation Insurance Fund remains the largest writer of workers’ comp coverage. However, there is a new member among the top 10 largest workers’ comp carriers. The new member is Arizona’s CopperPoint Group. Copperpoint bucked the general trend of lower workers’ comp writings …
California brokers with clients covered by Applied Underwriters’ California Insurance Company either in the EquityComp program or the Solution one program tell Workers’ Comp Executive they are getting multiple calls …
The Iowa Insurance Department has approved the sale of the Applied Underwriters’ related companies but with very telling conditions. California and Texas officials have, so far, not approved the deals. …
Applied Underwriters pending exit from the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) family of companies is having a negative impact on the credit ratings for its primary insurance companies – California Insurance …
Analysts at the A.M. Best rating agency issued a negative outlook warning for California Insurance Company, Continental Indemnity and the other companies in Applied Underwriters’ North American Casualty Group. The …
An employer who spent three years in Applied Underwriters’ EquityComp program is now questioning the company’s accounting practices in a Missouri lawsuit. Hillyard Industries filed the case after its bills …