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As Most States Cut Comp Rates, CA Raised Them. That Makes No Sense.

Last year, California hit employers with an 8.7% increase in workers' comp premium rates. Meanwhile, almost every other state is cutting rates, in some cases, for more than a...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: TN Edition

Tennessee just announced its 13th consecutive year of declining workers' comp premium rates.The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) approved a 2.0% o...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: AZ Edition

The Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) has good news for the state’s employers: a 6.7% decrease in workers’ comp premium rates.Arizona j...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: NJ Edition

In 2026, New Jersey employers will continue to enjoy the benefits of a positive national trend: cheaper premium rates for workers’ comp coverage.The New Jersey Compens...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: OH Edition

Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is saving employers millions by (you guessed it) cutting premium rates. The BWC is the exclusive provider of workers’ comp...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: NY Edition

This week, yet another state demonstrates that market conditions warrant a break for employers on the cost of workers’ comp coverage, as California continues to punish employ...

WCIRB's Fraud Hotline Takes Aim at Providers (But Not Insurers)

California's Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) is deeply concerned about potential fraud…but apparently, only fraud committed by providers and injured wor...

Insurers Are Fleecing CA Employers: FL Edition

For California employers, premium rates for workers' comp coverage are going up. Yet in most other states, employers are watching their comp rates decrease. Why?Nation...

CA State Fund Profits Exposes WCIRB's Manufactured Crisis

According to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB), California workers’ comp insurers are caught in a death spiral of underwriting losses. However,...

CA Employers: Paying More for Comp Coverage as Insurers Make Bank

Yet another industry report confirms that workers’ compensation is stupendously profitable for insurers, outperforming the rest of the insurance industry even as rates decrea...

CA Employers: Comp Premium Hike Based On Bad Data

While most states are lowering employers’ workers’ comp premiums, California is heading in the opposite direction. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a premium rate...

CA Providers Among Lowest Paid as Employers Pay Increasing Premiums

California’s Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, recently increased the advisory pure premium rate by 8.7%, to $1.52 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation policies ...