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Bureau Filing Draws Both Support and Controversy

Proposed amendments to the Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan (USRP) and the Experience Rating Plan are now formally under review by the California Department of Insurance (CDI). The official public comment period and hearing produced strong support for proposals to limit X-Mod swings for small employers and to ease payroll documentation for some employers covered by … Read More »

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Cumulative Trauma Claims Growing & Costly

California’s workers’ comp system experienced a spike in cumulative trauma claims starting in 2010 and the rate of new CT claims remains near all-time highs. Carriers, claims adjusters and defense attorneys all agree that these are difficult to defend and end up driving up the overall cost of the claim and by extension an employer’s … Read More »

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Carriers Back X-Mod Swing Limit For Small Risks

Insurance industry representatives to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau are supporting a proposal to limit the impact that a single claim can have on a small employer’s X-Mod. But they balked at another proposal from the Bureau that they said would have had safe employers subsidizing the worst 1% of the workers’ comp risks. … Read More »

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X-Mod Relief For Small Employers Moves Forward

Experience rated small employers that have been operating loss free could be in for some relief when they incur that first workers’ comp claim. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, a carrier supported private organization, is proposing to limit the swing in small business X-Mods to a maximum of 25 points in these instances. It … Read More »

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X-Mod Changes for Small Employers Fair or Not?

Small employers that get hit with huge X-Mod increases following a loss could have that increase cut in half if the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) adopts proposed changes to California’s experience rating system. But representatives for California contractors say the Bureau’s proposal doesn’t go far enough to prevent small construction firms from essentially being … Read More »

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Claims Increase Small Employers X-Mods Disproportionately

Small employers, especially those in the construction trades, may get some relief from the hit their X-Mod takes when they have to file workers’ comp claims. A confidential source tells Workers’ Comp Executive discussions are underway that could put a limit on the impact a single claim can have on an employer’s X-Mod. But a permanent … Read More »

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Experience Rating For Small Employers Under Review

California’s workers’ comp experience rating system is proving to be an effective tool for improving workplace safety, but the system is problematic for the smallest rated employers. A new study indicates that these employers are becoming safer once they get an X-Mod, but are paying a far higher price than others if they do incur … Read More »

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ZipRealty Settles $5M Wage & Hour Case

California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su and the Emeryville-based firm ZipRealty (Nasdaq: ZIPR) reached an agreement to settle a statewide wage and hour action for $4.8 million and no admission of guilt that the realty company routinely failed to pay its real estate agents the required minimum wage. It appears, however, that no one is … Read More »

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