In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, industry actuaries and workers’ comp claims professionals discussed the pandemic’s likely impacts on the workers’ comp system. There were wild swings in …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will make it official later this month when it files to apply the 8810 clerical class’ rate to the proposed new 8871 class for …
A host of pricing surveys from national retail and wholesale brokerages show strong price increases for most commercial insurance lines with brokers declaring that the industry is now in a …
The California workers’ comp industry’s overall claims experience continued to improve through the end of 2019, according to the latest industry data. Still, concerns are rising that the economic fallout …
California’s extensive anti-fraud efforts have had an impact on the state’s workers’ comp costs, but the true impact is just now coming into focus. New industry claim data linking indicted …
Despite increasing payrolls, early estimates of the 2019 California workers’ comp market are indicating another drop in written premium to about $15.7 billion total for the year. The $1.3 billion …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau governing board has a tough decision to make early next month when it meets to discuss a potential mid-year workers’ comp rate filing. A …
Cumulative trauma (CT) claims have been a growing problem for California employers for several years now, but the overall cost of these claims is only now coming into focus. Anecdotal …