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Fewer Claims, Higher Losses for CA Workers’ Comp Self-Insureds

Oakland, CA – Private self-insured claim volume in the California workers’ compensation claims system fell 9.5% in 2023, producing the biggest year-to-year decline in private self-insured claim frequency in more than 15 years, but double-digit increases in the average amounts paid and incurred on these claims drove total paid and incurred losses for private self-insured […]

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Are Migraine Drugs Becoming a New WC Cost Driver?

Jennifer Bauder • News

Oakland, CA – Migraine Drugs represented less than 1% of all prescriptions dispensed to California injured workers in 2023 but they consumed 4.7% of workers’ compensation drug payments, a nearly 8-fold increase since 2018, which a California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) study links to the emergence of several high-cost brand drugs that are not listed

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SAWW Increase Bumps California WC Benefits for 2025

Jennifer Bauder • Regulatory

Oakland, CA – California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose nearly 3.8 percent in the year ending March 31, 2024, which will increase California workers’ compensation temporary total disability (TTD) and permanent total disability (PTD) rates for 2025 work injury claims and other workers’ compensation benefits that are tied to SAWW increases. The latest wage

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Opioid Prescribing for Injured Workers in California: 2017-2023

Jennifer Bauder • Medical

Oakland, CA – The decline in opioid use in California workers’ compensation has outpaced the decline among the state’s overall population according to a new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) analysis of 2017-2023 opioid prescription data from the California Department of Justice’s Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) database. The analysis builds on

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Former CHP Captain Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud & Perjury

Jennifer Bauder • News

Folsom, CA – A former California Highway Patrol (CHP) captain, Matthew Stover, has been arrested on charges of workers’ compensation fraud and perjury, authorities reported. Stover, 51, a 22-year veteran of the CHP, was detained in Folsom on October 17, 2024, after a multi-year investigation by the CHP’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigations Unit. The investigation

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Cal/OSHA Fines Ruiz Farm Labor for Heat Illness Violations

Jennifer Bauder • News

Cal/OSHA has cited Ruiz Farm Labor in Dixon for failing to protect its employees from heat illness, imposing a penalty of $17,550 for three serious heat illness violations of California’s heat illness prevention standard. The investigation began in June after reports surfaced that the farm labor contractor allegedly fired a group of workers, known as

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WCIRB Announces Update to eSCAD

Jennifer Bauder • Regulatory

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has launched a significant update to eSCAD®, the WCIRB’s online tool for insurers to submit California aggregate financial data. The new version introduces features and a streamlined interface to enhance usability and improve customer experience. The eSCAD update is a key milestone in the WCIRB’s ongoing

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WCIRB Appoints Tony Milano as Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary

Jennifer Bauder • Regulatory

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) is pleased to announce the promotion of Tony Milano to Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary, effective September 25, 2024. Tony Milano, a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Bay Area native, began his career with the WCIRB in 2005 as an actuarial researcher.

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Andrea Coleman Selected to Succeed Bill Mudge as WCIRB President and CEO

Jennifer Bauder • Regulatory

On September 25, 2024, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Governing Committee selected Andrea Coleman. The WCIRB Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, to serve as President and CEO designate. Andrea’s promotion to President and CEO will take effect February 1, 2025, succeeding current President and CEO, Bill Mudge. Furthermore, Bill

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California Workers’ Comp Premium Trends and Insights

Jennifer Bauder • News

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has released its Quarterly Experience Report. This report is an update on California’s statewide insurer experience valued as of June 30, 2024. Highlights of the report include: The full report is in the Research Studies and Reports section of the WCIRB website and at the following link: Conclusion The

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Fewer Claims, Higher Losses for CA Workers’ Comp Self-Insureds

Are Migraine Drugs Becoming a New WC Cost Driver?

SAWW Increase Bumps California WC Benefits for 2025

Opioid Prescribing for Injured Workers in California: 2017-2023

Former CHP Captain Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud & Perjury

Cal/OSHA Fines Ruiz Farm Labor for Heat Illness Violations

WCIRB Announces Update to eSCAD

WCIRB Appoints Tony Milano as Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary

Andrea Coleman Selected to Succeed Bill Mudge as WCIRB President and CEO

California Workers’ Comp Premium Trends and Insights

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