April 12, 2024
The California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. is applauding upcoming changes in workers’ compensation classifications for California’s restaurant and hospitality sectors, The changes were announced by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. The update to the classification system is …
December 21, 2023
A new report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows written premium in 2022 was 14% above the previous year. The WCIRB’s Quarterly Experience Report is an update on California statewide insurer experience as of September 30, …
October 4, 2023
Written premium in 2022 was 14% higher than 2021 and almost at the pre-pandemic level – an increase was driven by higher employee wage levels and the economic Recovery, according to a new report out on Wednesday from the Workers’ …
July 25, 2023
California workers’ compensation premium levels rose by 14% in 2022 due to the economic recovery from the pandemic-related downturn, according to the new Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s 2023 State of the System Report. The WCIRB report forecasts …
May 26, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a decision this week regarding the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Sept. 1, 2023 regulatory filing. The Commissioner approved all of the WCIRB’s proposed changes to: the California Workers’ Compensation Uniform Statistical …
May 16, 2023
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued its Quarterly Experience Report, an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of Dec. 31, 2022. Highlights of the report include: California written premium in 2022 was 14% above that …
April 19, 2023
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Governing Committee voted on Wednesday to authorize the WCIRB to submit a Sept. 1, 2023 pure premium rate filing to the state’s Insurance Commissioner on average 0.3% above the average approved September …
December 20, 2022
Written premium declined sharply beginning in the second quarter of 2020 due to the economic downturn resulting from the pandemic, according to a report out on Tuesday. The report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows a …
December 12, 2022
A report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows indemnity claims are the key driver of cumulative trauma claim costs. Highlights of the WCIRB report, Medical Characteristics of Cumulative Trauma Claims, include: Indemnity claims are the key …
October 13, 2022
More than a half of all reported COVID-19 indemnity claims in California continue to arise from workers in the healthcare sector, according to a new report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. The WCIRB released the information this week …