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FLASH: Correction: Rate Rising - SCIF Data Excluded The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will likely make an amended filing to suggest an even higher increase in the pure premium rate. Find out how high they say it should go and why excluding SCIF's data keeps it from going even higher .... Read more here... More...

FLASH: New Transparency Requirements for SCIF Legislation is heading for the governor's desk that will put SCIF on the path to transparency and accountability. Find out the final details of the legislation and what SCIF can still keep secret. Read more here... More...

FLASH: It's Good When The Truth Gets Out More details about the terms and conditions of Janet Frank's contract with the State Compensation Insurance Fund are slowly coming out, but as is typical for State Fund the information is being revealed in a circuitous and piecemeal fashion that fails to give the public the whole picture. Read more here... More...

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Return To Work Stalls For Now Perhaps the most important goal of the California workers' comp system, getting the return-to-work system straightened out, is proving an enormous hurdle. Both employers and labor subtly and not so subtly blame each other for the impasse – it's been deal or no deal all session. But who is really to blame? Premium subscribers can find out what the issues are and where both sides stand, in the current issue of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

Will 16% Increase Be Enough? The Bureau has filed for a 16% increase in pure premium. But some already question whether this will be adequate even for the near term. What are the cost drivers, what are the projections, what do the carriers think, and what will the commissioner do? We can answer most of those for you if you're a premium subscriber and you click here. Read more here... More...

Readers Respond And Our Publisher Comments A recent FLASH Report detailing the current state of transparency at the State Compensation Insurance Fund generated a flurry of responses from readers. See what your colleagues and our publisher has to say on the matter. Read more here... More...

Dueling Guidelines Debated At Hearing The Division of Workers' Compensation has brought havoc to the system. It made decisions that have generated a flurry of industry response—900 pages' worth. And we bring them all to you. No, just kidding. But we do bring you the reality of the situation and some hard facts. Click here if you're a premium subscriber. Read more here... More...

California-Based Carriers' 2007 NAIC IRIS Ratio Results Insurance Regulatory Information System (IRIS) ratios from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have arrived. Which insurance companies have been cruising on easy street this year, and which carriers are cruisin' for a bruisin'? Read more here... More...

Pressing For Change California's small but growing olive oil industry is being grouped with vegetable oil manufacturers for rating purposes. Find out why they oppose the move and what classification they think might be a better fit. If it's tutti-frutti to you, better click here to get the skinny. Read more here... More...

Return To Work: Long-Term Solutions For Employers & Employees If an employee is out of work because of a workplace injury, why not provide the same incentives and provide the same access to the injured worker as to the rest of the unemployed? Some stakeholders in the return-to-work debate propose just that. Find out what's being discussed and what some of the programs are, in the current edition of Workers' Comp Executive. Read more here... More...

Are Workplace Fatalities Declining In California? Preliminary statistics show that California's employers reduced workplace fatalities by nearly 10% last year. But these still have an effect on California workers' comp. Find out how much the cost driver really is. Read more here... More...