The Governor made major changes to the leadership at the Department of Industrial Relations. New people will fill the top two positions. Who are they and where did they come from? Click here for the whole story.

What is the real price tag for California’s out-of-control Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund program? New estimates are in, but even those billions are understated. Most agree that urgent legislative action is needed.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made his decision on California’s pure premium advisory rates official. How much are they going up?

New analysis shows that California employers are on the hook for billions more in Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund costs than previously thought. Where are the new costs coming from, and what can be done to eliminate much of this liability?

How big of an underwriting loss did the workers' comp industry take last year? What were the driving factors?

Criminal charges were against two applicants' attorneys and a couple accused of capping. How did the scheme work?

What did the First District Court of Appeal have to say about Applied Underwriters' arguments against the state's rehabilitation plan for California Insurance Company? How far does the Commissioner's authority go in conservation proceedings?

How much did private self-insured employers pay last year to provide medical care and lost time payments to their injured workers? How do the costs compare to the insured market?

Did a building owner go too far in telling a contractor how a job should be done and expose them-selves to a negligence lawsuit? The Second District addressed the issue in a recent opinion.

Who is getting the millions of dollars that California employers put up each year to fight workers' comp fraud? How are the individual awards changing?

There are 20 different workers' comp classifications facing at least a 28% increase in rates this fall. What are the covered operations, and who is being hit the hardest by the rate increases?

What's behind the competing recommendations for an 11.2% and an 8.1% rate hike? When will employers learn how much more they will be paying for their next workers' compensation policy?

Who are the workers' comp carriers grabbing more market share in California, and which ones are backing away? Who's up, who's down? The latest numbers are here.

What made it into the final rulemaking package for California's utilization review regulations? When will the changes take effect if they are approved?