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Nonprofit Wins Classification Dispute

Norcal Crew, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit competitive youth rowing program, prevailed in a dispute with its workers’ comp carrier and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The organization successfully fought off reclassification of its operations to a class with an advisory pure premium rate 2.5 times higher than the workers’ comp rate for its historical classification … Read More »

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Dual Wage Changes, Payroll Limits Under Review

Officials at the California Department of Insurance heard California contractors’ concerns and their request for a review of the fairness of the proposed increases to the dual wage thresholds, but there was little other feedback on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s newest technical filing. The filing is now under review, with a decision by … Read More »

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Rate Increase Drivers Identified

The insurer majority on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s governing committee pushed through a request for a 10.4% increase in California workers’ comp advisory pure premium rates effective September 1, 2026. An alternative proposal by the public members for a lower 5.1% rate hike was rejected by the industry executives. The filing for the … Read More »

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Workers’ Comp Reform Coming

A seemingly routine panel discussion at a recent Commission on Health, Safety, and Workers’ Compensation may prove to be the starting point for California’s next round of workers’ compensation reforms. Representatives for injured workers, providers, and payers were discussing what is and isn’t working in the system when a representative for employers and workers’ comp … Read More »

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Another Workers’ Comp Rate Hike

It’s a 10.4% recommended rate increase in the state’s advisory pure premium rates effective September 1, 2026. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s insurer majority just approved it as the … Read More »

Rowing Club Challenges Reclassification

A nonprofit organization that runs competitive youth rowing programs is asking the Department of Insurance Administrative Law Bureau to intervene in a reclassification dispute with its workers’ comp carrier and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The organization’s operations were moved into a class with a pure premium rate more than 2.5 times the rate … Read More »

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Major Employer Fights X-Mod

A California employer is facing the double whammy of an X-Mod that’s bloated by years of unreported payroll, skewing its experience rating calculation. Now, it’s facing the impact of an 850 X-Mod on the additional premium that’s due as it seeks to bring its payroll reports into compliance. Law enforcement is involved, but no charges … Read More »

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WCIRB Files Regulatory Changes

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau officially requested approval of across-the-board increases to the dual wage thresholds, as well as increases in payroll minimums and maximums in limited classes. The California Department of Insurance will take public comment and hold a hearing later this spring on the proposed changes for September 1, 2026, policies. The … Read More »

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