Word on the street is that California employers should start expecting higher workers’ compensation rates. California employers have enjoyed a...
Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California News

Written premium in the first quarter was 4% lower than the same period in 2024, extending a trend in which...
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a higher September 1, 2025, pure workers’ compensation premium rate filing. The decision followed...
Total losses and expenses in California’s workers’ compensation system incurred in 2024 were $16.7 billion, or 108% percent of earned...
Written premiums in California stabilized in 2022 through 2024 after the large swings during the pandemic, while the combined ratio...

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California submitted a September 1, 2025 pure premium rate filing, proposing advisory pure...
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee on Wednesday voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a...
Claim frequency in California workers’ compensation remains significantly higher in the Los Angeles Basin than in the northern part of...
California workers’ compensation written premium in 2023 was slightly above 2022, while written premium for the first six months of...
The impact and surge of long-term COVID on the California workers’ compensation system since 2020 has been prevalent, including long-term...