Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara effectively split the baby and approved the second consecutive increase in California’s workers’ comp advisory pure premium rates. In a decision released late ...

It’s a 10.4% recommended rate increase in the state’s advisory pure premium rates effective September 1, 2026. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s insurer majority just approved it as ...

Actuaries for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau and its carrier members completed their review of the industry’s most recent experience. The upcoming rate filing reflects that the data ...

Dale is the father of Compline, the publisher of Workers’ Comp Executive, Cal-OSHA Reporter and our other publications and sites. He is an award-winning investigative journalist although there are ...

The first workers’ compensation rate hike in California in a decade was announced late Friday afternoon. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved an 8.7% hike in the workers’ comp advisory pure ...

The Department of Industrial Relations just announced its annual assessments for 2024. The total assessments are $1.7 billion – an 8.5% increase from the $1.57 billion for 2023. It is effectively a ...

The Fifth District examined an emotional distress claim in the context of workers’ compensation and civil tort litigation. Click here for the full text of its opinion finding that workers’ comp ...

How are some fraudsters getting around paying restitution to their victims? What is the proposed fix to close the loophole? Read More... This content is for premium subscribers. To read please login ...

What do the latest numbers tell us about the health of California's workers' comp system? What are the latest and greatest cost drivers? More importantly, what about ...

The Fourth District Court of Appeal slapped down the Workers' Compensation Appeals board pretty hard when it overturned a finding by the WCAB in favor of the original trial judge. What caused the ...

What was in the Governor's revised budget to aid the Department of Industrial Relations? How much additional money is it getting, and where will it go? Read More... This content is for premium ...

What results are employers getting for the $90 million they are spending this year to fight workers' comp fraud? How are the dollars being divided up, and what are the criteria? Read More... This ...