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Auditor: State Agencies Paying Too Much for Workers’ Comp

California State Auditor Elaine Howle says some state agencies that opted to purchase workers’ compensation coverage from the State Compensation Insurance Fund rather than participate in the state’s master agreement with the quasi-governmental carrier ended up paying far more than they should. The audit looked at 10 of the 32 state agencies that opted to … Read More »

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State Fund’s Premiums At 3rd Quarter Mark

The State Compensation Insurance Fund is feeling the impact of California’s competitive workers’ comp market. Its net premium is dropping, and its combined ratio is rising so far in 2019. The carrier’s board of directors will hear later this week that net premiums earned so far in the year are down 12.5%, which equates to … Read More »

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State Fund’s Roofer Safety Program A Success

“We wanted to be a pioneer. We wanted to do something to help our employers change their behavior towards workplace safety,” says Lauren Mayfield, senior vice president of Safety & Health and Loss Prevention at State Fund. “It’s not just about loss prevention going out there – it’s about incentivizing behavior.” And it worked. State … Read More »

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State Fund’s Tiered Rating Under Fire

The employer at the center of a dispute between State Compensation Insurance Fund and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over State Fund’s tiered rating system is asking a court of appeal to bar SCIF’s petition for writ of mandate. The employer, A-Brite Blind & Drapery Cleaning, maintains that State Fund filed its writ three-months too late. … Read More »

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No Restitution In Spinal Kickback Case

A federal judge in the Michael Drobot spinal surgery kickback case is refusing to order any of the seven defendants to pay restitution. The Judge says the workers’ comp carriers and the federal government failed to follow her directions for calculating and proving the amount of restitution potentially owed. It was AIG, State Compensation Insurance … Read More »

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State Fund Renews Dividends With Mid-Year Declaration

The State Compensation Insurance Fund’s board of directors is authorizing a mid-year 15% dividend for 2019 workers’ comp policies that incepted or renewed between Jan. 1 and August 19, 2019. The dividend equates to a $105 million giveback overall or an average of $1,400 per insured. State Fund officials say the board will consider dividends … Read More »

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State Fund’s Premium Down Over 15% This Year

State Compensation Insurance Fund says it is continuing to lose business in California’s competitive workers’ comp market. Its premiums through the first half of the year are down by 15.4%. Company officials told the carrier’s board of directors yesterday that the soft market is is to blame in spite of a 10% rate cut that … Read More »

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SCIF Petitions Court, Says CDI Is Violating Settlement

The State Compensation Insurance Fund is asking a state court to block the California Department of Insurance from using the settlement agreement reached in the A-Brite case against it. State Fund says the department violated the clear intent of the settlement and that the underlying decision should now be vacated. State Fund has filed a … Read More »

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