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Workers’ Comp Rate Decision Details

Acting on the advice of the California Department of Insurance’s actuary, the Insurance Commissioner approved a 6.6% increase in California’s workers’ comp advisory pure premium rates. The approved rate was 3.8 points below what the insurance industry requested and 1.8 points above what an independent actuary representing employers and organized labor recommended. “While the indicated … Read More »

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Comprehensive Workers’ Comp Reform Delay

Employer hopes to see a comprehensive workers’ comp reform package enacted before Gavin Newsom is termed out of office have faded, but discussions over what is and is not working in the system are ongoing. Labor, too, will have to do without a permanent disability benefit increase for another year. The Commission on Health, Safety … Read More »

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CDI Wants Changes to Anti-Fraud Funding

The California Department of Insurance is proposing updates to the regulations governing grant funding programs that fight fraud in workers’ compensation, automobile, disability, and healthcare insurance. The regulations haven’t been updated in decades. Tens of millions of dollars are awarded annually to county district attorneys (see related story on page 6). The Department will hold … Read More »

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Unlicensed Contractor Wins Reinstatement of Negligence Lawsuit

A homeowner will be facing a civil lawsuit filed by an unlicensed contractor who was injured on her property. The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a lower court decision granting summary judgment in favor of the homeowner. The decision in Luis Gonzalez v. Jessie Washington stems from injuries Gonzalez sustained when he fell from … Read More »

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Workers’ Comp Rate Hike

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara effectively split the baby and approved the second consecutive increase in California’s workers’ comp advisory pure premium rates. In a decision released late Friday afternoon, the … Read More »

Shake-Up In California’s Workers’ Comp Market

The 2025 market share totals are out, and the State Compensation Insurance Fund is no longer the largest writer of workers’ comp insurance in California. State Fund’s writings last year dropped below $1 billion, and AmTrust Financial Services Group surpassed it. AmTrust increased its premium by 12% to become the largest carrier in the California … Read More »

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Stalled Workers’ Comp Fraud Bill Amended Before Hearing

A proposal to help insurers fight workers’ comp premium fraud was amended by Members ahead of a hearing before the Assembly Insurance Committee scheduled for later this morning. The legislation, designed to provide insurers with greater access to the payroll records employers submit to the Employment Development Department, was narrowed in a bid to advance … Read More »

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California Supreme Court Considers Equitable Tolling

Justices at the California Supreme Court heard from both sides in a dispute over a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision to act on a petition for reconsideration after the 60-day statutory clock had run out. The Board relied on a 30-year-old precedent to grant a petition that had not been delivered to it in time … Read More »

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