At the rate State Compensation Insurance Fund spends on swag (“stuff we all get” at conferences, trade shows and other promotional events), it would have spent just over $800,000 in three years. This would put it third behind two other state agencies. A battle may be brewing over what constitutes a valid marketing expense for …
A San Joaquin County couple faces 13 felony counts for allegedly underreporting almost $6 million in payroll to avoid paying workers’ comp premiums to State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) and Redwood Insurance Company. They’re also accused of filing false payroll reports with the Employment Development Department to avoid unemployment and payroll taxes. All told, the …
Looking to capitalize on its relationships with dental offices around the state and its ties to the California Dental Association, The Dentists Insurance Company (TDIC) says it has applied for and received a license to sell workers’ comp coverage in California. Its expansion into the California workers’ comp market will begin in earnest in April. …
The State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) board of directors held its first meeting since industry veteran Larry Mulryan took over chairmanship. It was also the first since SCIF management announced a major restructuring program that puts into question future employment of well over 1,400 SCIF employees. This does not sit well with the rank and …
State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) officials say they’ve decided to eliminate assigned company cars entirely. The initial plan (phase one) was to eliminate some 1,000 of the 1,800 automobiles in its fleet. The quasi-governmental carrier began notifying affected managers and frontline workers about the second phase of its fleet management program early this year. The …
State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify rules for collecting on criminal restitution awards when the issue becomes entangled in a bankruptcy court proceeding. SCIF won a $100,000 restitution award in a California workers’ comp fraud case but could lose it if a bankruptcy court decision allowing the trustee …
Clearly calling it what it appears to be, the Service Employees International Union Local 1000 (SEIU) says State Compensation Insurance Fund’s restructuring plan is actually an illegal layoff plan. SEIU wants it stopped. The union sent California’s largest workers’ comp carrier a cease-and-desist letter demanding that it stop all implementation efforts. More important, State Fund …
State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) is moving to radically reshape its group insurance program by dropping stand-alone safety groups and weeding out trade associations that don’t meet new standards drawn up by the carrier. State Fund’s group programs were at the epicenter of scandals broken by Workers’ Comp Executive. They rocked the quasi-governmental carrier nearly …