Workers' Comp Executive

08/11/2025

Flash: An Easy Fix for an Interested Legislature

Opinion by J Dale Debber

The Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, (SIBTF), is in deep trouble and it’s affecting every government and private employer. The legislature needs to act now to protect California. Read why and how by clicking here…

The Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, (SIBTF), is in deep trouble and it’s affecting every government and private employer. The legislature needs to act now to protect California. Read why and how by clicking here…

07/17/2025

Flash: Major Changes To DIR Leadership
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.

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.

07/14/2025

Flash: Forecast For SIBTF Program Bleak
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.

Analysis by two independent actuaries and the state’s own nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) proves that employers’ unpaid liabilities for Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund claims are more than double … Read More » Read More »

07/14/2025

Flash: Here’s the Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made his decision on California’s pure premium advisory rates official. How much are they going up?

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

04/16/2025

Flash: SHOCKER: Bureau Votes for Huge Rate Increase
https://www.wcexec.com/flash-report/shocker-bureau-votes-for-huge-rate-increase/
The workers’ compensation industry is making a move for a major rate hike effective for September 1, 2025, policies. How high is it and what could it have been?

The insurer member majority on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee voted to ask Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara for a whopping 11.2% overall rate increase effective with policies … Read More »

04/11/2025

Prepare For Significant Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Request

https://www.wcexec.com/flash-report/prepare-for-significant-workers-comp-rate-hike-request/

Work is underway for the next workers' comp rate filing. How bad is the deterioration in the industry's projected loss ratio? And how big a rate hike will the Bureau recommend?

03/14/2025

Flash: DWC Zoom Hearing Disrupted by Hate Group
A Division of Workers’ Compensation hearing was hit with a “zoombombing” incident. What happened and how was it resolved?

A Division of Workers' Compensation hearing was hit with a “zoombombing” incident. What happened and how was it resolved?

12/02/2024

Flash: 2025 Workers’ Comp Assessments

The new assessments for funding the Division of Industrial Relations are out for workers’ comp policies, and the total is up again. How much more do they say they need to run the system? What will employers be paying?

The new assessments for funding the Division of Industrial Relations are out for workers’ comp policies, and the total is up again. How much more do they say they need to run the system? What will employers be paying?

10/15/2024

Flash: Workers’ Comp TTD/PTD Benefits Increase
California’s average weekly wage increased, so workers’ comp benefits paid by employers are also increasing. How big is the increase, and when will it take effect? Find out right here right now.

California's average weekly wage increased, so workers' comp benefits paid by employers are also increasing. How big is the increase, and when will it take effect? Find out right here right now.

08/05/2024

Flash: Flash: California Employers Owe Billions
A new analysis of the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund program shows that California employers owe billions to injured workers who have pre-existing disabilities. How many billions of dollars have regulators added to California’s beleaguered employers costs?

California employers owe a shocking $7.9 billion for claims from the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) program, and the total liabilities are expected to grow rapidly unless reforms are … Read More »

07/15/2024

Flash: Commissioner Rejects Call For Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
The September 1, 2024, workers’ comp rate decision is in, and employers dodged another Bureau attempt to hike rates. How much were the rates cut? Find out by clicking here…

The September 1, 2024, workers' comp rate decision is in, and employers dodged another Bureau attempt to hike rates. How much were the rates cut? Find out by clicking here…

06/11/2024

Flash: WCAB Issues En Banc On Rebutting Combined Values Chart

In a just issued en banc decision, The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board endorsed two approaches to rebutting the Combined Values Chart in the Permanent Disabilities Rating Schedule. Get the full story here.

In a just issued en banc decision, The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board endorsed two approaches to rebutting the Combined Values Chart in the Permanent Disabilities Rating Schedule. Get the full story here.