California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund News

Report: $8.1B of Sandy’s Damages Attributable to Climate Change

Roughly $8.1B of Superstorm Sandy’s damages in 2012 are attributable to “climate-mediated anthropogenic sea level rise,” a report out this week shows. The report published on Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications examined how much of the more than $60 …

California’s State Fund Launches COVID Regulations Resource Center

California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has created a free resource center for employers, whether they are policyholders or not, to prepare their businesses for the next phases of COVID-19 reopening and help to avoid penalties from Cal/OSHA. State Fund’s resource …

California’s State Fund Announces Credit Extensions, Moratorium on Cancellations

California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced several steps to support policyholders during the COVID-19 crisis, including a moratorium on policy cancellations and late payment penalties. State Fund also said it will extend credit to any business negatively impacted by COVID-19 …

Former California State Fund Executive Fined for Conflict of Interest

A former top executive at California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has admitted to charges of a conflict of interest in awarding contacts to a software firm while he was at State Fund, it was made public on Friday by the …

Insurance Weighs in on Working from Home

Working from home has become a hot topic following Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer’s announced plans in late February to bring telecommuters back into the office, and the issue is being taken up by some insurance firms, many of which …