December 13, 2024
Mega claims in workers’ compensation represent far less than 1% of total workers’ comp claims yet account for more than 2% of total loss dollars, and total in excess of $1 billion each year, a new study from 10 state …
December 5, 2024
Claim frequency in California workers’ compensation remains significantly higher in the Los Angeles Basin than in the northern part of the state, a new study shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its WCIRB Geo Study 2024, …
October 7, 2024
The impact and surge of long-term COVID on the California workers’ compensation system since 2020 has been prevalent, including long-term impacts on disability and long-term patterns of medical cost and treatment on long COVID claims. That’s from a report by …
May 19, 2020
Bill Mudge has been put in a unique position during the pandemic. He’s got a sizeable workforce he’s had to reconfigure and manage much differently, and he heads the bureau that regulators, employers and insurers in the largest state in …