District Attorneys in three counties are pressing fraud charges against employers accused of hiding millions of dollars in payroll from their insurance carriers in a bid to lower their workers’ comp premiums. In one case the employer claimed to have only one full time employee, but prosecutors say they’ve found at least $1.7 million in …
A California employer that sells and rents high-tech audio equipment to production companies, schools, churches, and others is being forced to pay a far higher rate for its workers’ comp coverage because of an outdated definition in the state’s classification system. A California Department of Insurance administrative law judge says the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating …
Changes now under consideration could double or even triple the number of experience-rated employers in California. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is researching changes that would give X-Mods to 250,000-300,000 small employers or more. The small employers are mostly claim free risks that would see a 5% credit mod, but those with workers’ comp …
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 …
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 …