California’s private employers that self-insure their workers’ compensation obligation saw their number of claims increase for the fifth year in a row (see chart below). But not all of the …
Private self-insured employers in California workers’ comp collectively are seeing an increased number of claims, but they decreased future liabilities last year. Somewhat counterintuitively, for the third year in a …
California’s private stand-alone self-insured employers spent nearly $1.38 billion on workers’ comp indemnity benefits and medical care last year – a sharp 2% decline from the $1.41 billion they spent …
Safety National Casualty Corp. remained the major player in California’s excess workers’ comp market last year with just under $90 million in written premium, but behind it the market was …
Members of self-insured groups (SIGs) are jointly and severally liable for each other’s losses, but a California Court of Appeal says the individual liability applies only to losses from years …
A California Court of Appeal says it isn’t necessary to automatically disqualify the lead counsel for the California Self-Insurers’ Security Fund for hiring away a defense attorney from the other …
California’s Self-Insurers’ Security Fund’s (SISF) $40 million lawsuit for joint and several liability against hundreds of former members of a failed healthcare industry self-insured group (SIG) has been delayed. A …
The Office of Self-Insurance Plans is circulating an updated draft of proposed regulations for self-insured employers in California after integrating some of the changes proposed by the workers’ comp community. …