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Private Self-Insureds’ 2024 Experience

Private sector employers in California that self-insure their workers’ compensation obligations collectively paid $1.73 billion in 2024 for indemnity and medical benefits for injured employees. The total is up approximately 11% from the prior year, with higher medical costs accounting for the lion’s share of the increase. It mirrors the costs California workers’ comp carriers … Read More »

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2025 Workers’ Comp Assessments

The Department of Industrial Relations has released its assessments for 2025. The charges are added to employer’s workers’ comp policies, and self-insureds are assessed differently. DIR says the total cost … Read More »

Private Self-Insured’s 2023 Experience

California’s private sector employers that self-insure their workers’ comp obligations collectively spent $1.56 billion last year to provide indemnity and medical benefits to injured employees. The payments cover claims from all years, up 7.6% from the prior year. The self-insured employers have estimated future liabilities still outstanding of $4.18 billion, up from $4.03 billion outstanding … Read More »

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Bankrupt Self-Insured Defaults On Workers’ Comp Obligations

Bankrupt retailer 99 Cents Only Stores LLC stopped paying its workers’ comp claims, and the California Self-Insurers’ Security Fund (SISF) is now tasked with ensuring that its injured workers receive their statutory benefits. State officials note the self-insured employer had $43 million in workers’ comp liabilities at its default but say that based on the … Read More »

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Alternative Security Program For SIGs

California’s SIGs – Self-Insured Groups –– may no longer have to post security to secure financial viability as self-insureds. State officials say they are returning to a subject that has been bandied about for years but never implemented – allowing SIGs to participate in the alternative security program (ASP) run by the Self-Insurers Security Fund … Read More »

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Penalty Rules Published For Medicare Reporting Violations

The final rule establishing when and how penalties will be assessed for carriers and self-insured employers who fail to properly report claims to Medicare is now out and set to take effect on December 11, 2023. The final regulation, however, gives the regulated public a year before fines can kick in, which will give them … Read More »

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Latest Numbers for California’s Self-Insured Groups

The number of self-insured groups (SIGs) in California’s workers’ comp industry remained steady at 25 last year, but the number of employers covered by the groups was down last year for the third year. Total covered payroll was up 8% to top $7 billion. The statistics cover the 2022 calendar year results. The change in … Read More »

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Private Self-Insureds’ 2022 Experience

Those California private sector employers who self-insure their workers’ comp obligations saw an uptick in reported claims last year, with the increase outpacing overall employment growth among the self-insureds. The private employers reported 104,278 workers’ comp claims last year, with a relatively even split between indemnity and medical-only claims. The total reported claims are up … Read More »

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