April 10, 2012
At a recent joint hearing in Sacramento on workers’ compensation in California with the Assembly and Senate, statistic after statistic flew out of the mouths of speaker after speaker during the nearly four-hour session. It was titled, “Informational Hearing, Injured …
March 15, 2012
An annual report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows that for the second consecutive year statewide workers’ compensation premiums levels rose in 2011, but that continually growing costs of claims has eroded statewide underwriting results. The …
March 12, 2012
A analysis of more than 10 years’ worth of data shows for the fifth consecutive year increases in the average loss per claim, led by escalating medical losses, pushed up total workers’ compensation costs for cities, counties and other public …
October 19, 2011
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Wednesday released a review and compilation of 20 bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2001. The bills include: • AB 55, Gatto: Extension of the right of entertainment production companies to use payroll …