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Wide Ranging Opposition To COVID-19 Surcharge
Public testimony delivered during Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s workers’ comp rate hearing and subsequently in written comments show wide-ranging opposition to the insurance industry’s proposed six-tier COVID-19 surcharge. The California Bureau filed a surcharge for all employers ranging from 1 cent to 24 cents depending upon classification. The Bureau inserted class into one of 6 …
Farm Labor Contractor Indicted
The father, daughter team behind a Merced farm labor contractor – Agriculture Services Inc. –are due back in court next month to face five felony counts for allegedly defrauding State Compensation Insurance Fund out of some $2.5 million in workers’ comp premium. The pair is alleged to have kept two sets of books to hide …
Lawsuit Over MEWA’s Fake Coverage
A Fresno area restaurant is suing the illegal American Labor Alliance and its founder Marcus Asay for selling bogus workers’ comp coverage. The trial is scheduled for the fall and …
Six Felony Convictions In Premium Fraud Case
The owner of a paving company pleaded guilty to six felonies and agreed to pay over $1.4 million in restitution to two workers’ comp carriers as part of a deal to end a workers’ comp fraud case. Maurosan Milhomem, the owner of Viking Pavers, Inc., copped to the charges related to workers’ compensation insurance premium …
Commissioner Approves Coronavirus Rule Changes
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is giving the go-ahead to a unique set of changes to the state’s classification and experience rating rules to provide workers’ comp premium relief to California employers. The Commissioner approved the regulatory filing by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau that allows for three crucial changes: Employees shifted to work-from-home status …