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 ...

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 ...

How bad is California’s cumulative trauma problem? The latest facts, figures, and projections are startling. Read More... This content is for premium subscribers. To read please login or subscribe ...

How does a bill that is up for hearing this morning propose to fight workers' comp fraud? What new tools will it arm workers' comp carriers with? Read More... This content is for premium subscribers.

What are the key differences between the two pure premium rate recommendations under consideration? Why is the insurance industry’s request so much higher? And when ...

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 ...

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 ...

What did the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board have to say to the California Supreme Court about its use of equitable tolling for some petitions for reconsideration? Where did the Justices push back ...

The San Mateo Superior Court, overseeing the rehabilitation of Applied Underwriters’ California Insurance Company, denied a motion by a New York employer seeking recognition as a claimant in the case ...

How much of an increase in permanent disability benefits is a state Senator seeking? What other holdover bills have been amended? Read More... This content is for premium subscribers. To read please ...

What is the Department of Industrial Relations considering for a potential legal office in Southern California? How much will it cost employers? Read More... This content is for premium subscribers.

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 ...