Tagged in: X-Mod

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 … Read More »

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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 … Read More »

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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 … Read More »

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 … Read More »

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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 … Read More »

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Chinese Coronavirus: New Rules For X-Mods, Premium, & Ratemaking

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is backing special rules to limit the impact of the Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on employers’ X-Mods and allow steps to lessen workers’ comp premiums, but not before a critical committee amended the proposal. Members of the Classification & Rating Committee insisted on changes to expand the proposal while … Read More »

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Chinese Coronavirus Impacts American Workers’ Comp Claims

The ongoing Coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic is creating many problems for the workers’ comp industry that are likely to impact claims both in the short and long-term adversely. Delayed care, extended time on temporary disability, and a limited ability to return injured employees to work are all expected to drive up claims costs for employers. … Read More »

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