LXXXII They’ve Detached the Rudder Cable
By all accounts, October was not a good month for the Division of Workers’ Compensation. First, Administrative Director Carrie Nevans officially had to vacate her office due to inaction by …
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News Digest 7/23/2008
Publius LXXVII: Steve Poizner Is No John Garamendi It must be getting awfully cold in Purgatory these days as Publius compares former Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s handling of the issues …
News Digest 6/11/2008
Publius Looks at Two Recent Decisions Chiropractic treatments and permanent disability rating schedules were recently the subject of important judicial decisions. Publius’ take on the decisions will shed light on …
LXXIII P-K4 P-K4
Well, it’s that time of year again. The slowdown in the legislative process brought about by the anxious anticipation of the “May revise,” where budget news goes from bad to …
News Digest 3/26/2008
Publius: Group Self-Insureds’ State Secrets In his own inimitable fashion, Publius takes on the secrecy in Department of Industrial Relations group insurance plans. Though each member is responsible for the …
LXXI CPR For CPR
We don’t have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem. No, that’s not it, we don’t have a spending problem, we have a revenue problem. No, that’s not it, …
LXX ULAE, ILAE, We All LAE
It was only a matter of time. The insurance commissioner, having served up his sugarplum vision of how workers’ comp insurers should be able to reap a wonderful rate of …
News Digest 2/7/2008
Publius: Applicant Attorneys to Propose Laws California applicant attorneys are readying a proposal to get tough on workers’ comp fraud. If this raises you eyebrows, just wait till you read …