California Workers’ Comp Report: Private Self-Insured Indemnity Claim Frequency, Paid & Incurred Losses Spiked in 2020 July 21, 2021 Workers’ comp claim frequency among California’s private self-insured employers rose in 2020, fueled by a big increase in the incidence...
CWCI: California Workers’ Comp Direct Written Premium Fell 11.4% in 2020 May 28, 2021 Total direct written premium in the California workers’ compensation system fell by 11.4% in 2020, dropping to an eight-year low...
Institute Analyzes Impact of California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers April 16, 2021 Legislation intended to increase injured California workers’ access to medical care by requiring the state to create a medical provider...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects Board for 2021 March 16, 2021 Matthew Zender of AmTrust North America, who has served on the executive committee of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute since...
Report: California Comp Virus Claim Volume Plummeted in February March 12, 2021 The wave of COVID-19 claims that hit the California workers’ compensation system at the end of 2020 has subsided for...
Study Shows NASIDs Growing in California Workers’ Comp March 10, 2021 A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) now account for more than one-third of all drugs dispensed to injured...
California Passes 103K COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims for AY 2020 January 28, 2021 The monthly count of COVID-19 job injury claims reported rose to a record 32,549 cases in December, bringing the total...
New Wave of Virus Claims Hit California Workers’ Comp January 14, 2021 A California Workers’ Compensation Institute analysis of claims reported to the state Division of Workers’ Compensation as of Jan. 11...
California Workers’ Comp Public Self-Insured Med-Only Claims Drop December 11, 2020 Initial data on fiscal year 2019/2020 public self-insured claims experience in the California workers’ compensation system show claim volume fell...
California Workers’ Comp Hospital Stays From 2010 to 2019 Examined November 10, 2020 A new study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows the steep drop in the number of inpatient hospitalizations involving...