State Compensation Insurance Fund | Page 17 of 44 | Workers’ Comp Executive | Workers’ Comp Executive

Menu

Underground Economy Bills for Roofers, Contractors Pass Committee

Efforts to target unscrupulous employers in the roofing and contracting industries that are hiding payroll to avoid paying their share of workers’ comp premiums are advancing in the Legislature. One would extend and strengthen a program targeting roofers, while the second would expand payroll audits and require all contractors to notify their workers’ comp carrier … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in

State Fund Cancels Layoffs

State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) has officially cancelled the layoff plan it announced last fall, State Fund officials confirm. In 2010 State Fund began a major restructuring of its operations and announced layoffs the following year. According to an email sent out by president and CEO Tom Rowe and obtained by Workers’ Comp Executive, the … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in

Introductions, Amendments and Hearings

Implantable medical devices are in the crosshairs of Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) as legislators on both sides of the aisle continue to try to find ways to cut unnecessary costs out of the workers’ comp system. Lieu mentioned his recently amended bill during an information hearing on the impact of SB 889 on injured workers … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in

State Fund Board Member Reappointed, Two Others Wait

Gov. Jerry Brown took action and reappointed Daniel Curtin to serve a second term on the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) board of directors. Two other members on the 11-member board are still awaiting action to either be reappointed or replaced. Curtin’s reappointment to the $50,000 per year position was announced a week before State … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in

New Carriers Enter Market As Rate Increases Loom

Employers and brokers continue to feel the sting of increasing premiums being turned in the California workers’ comp market. Officials from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) say the Golden State is still seeing an influx of new capacity in spite of the industry’s high combined ratio. The Department concedes that increases in rates are occurring … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in

Data Breach Sinks Medical Review Firm

Impairment Resources, a medical records reviewer for workers’ comp and auto insurers, has closed up shop in the wake of a burglary that compromised the privacy of 14,000 claimants. The company seeks bankruptcy court protection from an estimated $2.5 million in potential liabilities against reported assets of just $226,000. A company official says its business … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in

California Workers’ Comp Fraud File (5)

A Southern California roofing contractor received a one-year prison sentence for hiding payroll to avoid paying all the workers’ comp premiums he actually owed and for failing to provide workers’ comp coverage for an injured worker. But Michael Amzie Holley of Murrieta is not likely to be the last employer facing jail time for workers’ … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in

New Legislation Starts Making the Rounds at the Capitol

New workers’ comp legislation is flooding the Capitol with everything from acupuncturists and audiologists to State Fund governance and supplemental job displacement benefits. True to form, some of the bills are placeholders and will likely morph into something else as the session wears on. In addition, employers, labor representatives and other stakeholders are keeping a … Read More »

This content is only available to premium subscribers. Please login here log in