Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California News

Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau of California OKs Higher Pure Premium Rate Filing

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California submitted its Sept. 1, 2024, pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance, proposing advisory rates on average 0.9% above the average approved Sept. 1, 2023 rates. The proposed advisory …

Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau of California Governing Committee Oks Higher Pure Premium Rate Filing

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee voted on Wednesday to authorize the WCIRB to submit a Sept. 1, 2024 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Insurance Commissioner on average 0.9% above the average approved Sept. …

Report: Four-in-10 California Workers’ Comp Claims from Workers with Less Than a Year of Tenure

Roughly four-in-10 workers’ compensation claims come from workers with less than one year of tenure, a new report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows. The report shows 40% of workers’ comp claims come from workers with …

California Workers’ Comp Report Shows Written Premium Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels

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, …

California Insurance Commissioner Issues Workers’ Comp Pure Premium Rate Filing Decision

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a decision regarding the workers’ compensation insurance pure premium rate filing that average $1.46 per $100 of payroll, 2.6% below the average of the approved September 1, 2022 advisory pure premium rates. The Workers’ …

California Workers’ Comp Insurer Combined Losses and Expenses in 2022 Were $15B

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses for 2022. Key findings in the report include: Medical losses paid in 2022 were $4.4 billion, or 53 percent of total loss payments. …

Report Looks at Long COVID Claims in California Workers’ Comp

Roughly 13% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments received treatments for long COVID symptoms in the workers’ compensation system, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released an updated COVID-19 report, Medical Characteristics of COVID-19 …

California Commissioner Issues Decision on Workers’ Comp Regulatory Filing

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 …

California Workers’ Comp Written Premium was 14% Above 2021

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 …

California Workers’ Comp Committee to Discuss Insurer Experience

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Actuarial Committee is set to talk about insurer experience, and the impact of the economic slowdown on the pure premium. The committee is set to meet virtually at 9:30 a..m on March …