California workers comp News
WCIRB Lowers Mid-Range Estimate of COVID Workers Comp Costs by $10B
The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California published estimated costs of allowing state workers to receive benefits for COVID-19 claims without proving virus exposure at work, ...
WCIRB: Calif. Workers Comp Written Premium to Be Down Again This Year
Lower workers compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. That revelation is ...
Rand Analyzes Impact of WC Reforms, Eco Downturn on Calif. Workers
Will workers compensation benefits from California's sweeping reform law passed in 2012 help or hurt injured employees over the next four years? Some people didn't want to wait until 2020 to answer ...
Lawsuit Alleges Calif. Workers Comp System Biased Against Women
California's workers compensation system discriminates against women by judging benefits on the basis of stereotypes and ignoring harm done to women—such as refusing permanent benefits when a woman ...
Berkshire’s Workers Comp Business Faulted by Calif. Regulator
California's insurance commissioner on Monday said a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. insurance business evaded a state law designed to protect small businesses from unexpected workers compensation costs. ...
States—Not Feds—Should Oversee Workers Comp; Reform Challenges Mount
Workers compensation insurance is getting a bad rap these days, with everyone from an investigative media organization to North Carolina's governor offering criticisms of how "the grand bargain" of ...
WCRI Study Looks at California’s Workers Comp Reforms
When California Senate Bill 863 took effect Jan. 1, 2013, it created several fee schedule changes in the California workers compensation system. The Workers Compensation Research Institute released a ...