WCIS

CA Employers Beware: Problems With WCIRB Reports
Sep 5, 2025
CA Employers Beware: Problems With WCIRB Reports
In its 2025 State of the System report, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) presents its findings with an air of authority. However, a close look...
WCIRB’s Flawed Data Means Higher Premiums for CA Employers
Aug 5, 2025
WCIRB’s Flawed Data Means Higher Premiums for CA Employers
Insurers control the narrative around California’s workers’ compensation—and it’s costing the state’s employers more every year.Annually, the Workers’ Compensation Ins...
DWC Data: Texas Delivers, California Dodges
Jun 19, 2025
DWC Data: Texas Delivers, California Dodges
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (TX DWC) and the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (CA DWC) each hold a sacred public trust to oversee the treatment of...
Workers’ Comp Has a Serious Data Problem
Jun 3, 2025
Workers’ Comp Has a Serious Data Problem
Anyone who’s been hurt at work (or treated an injured worker) knows that the workers' comp system is in crisis. To fix it, stakeholders need reliable, verifiable data—but tha...
An Open Letter to CHSWC re: WCIS
Sep 13, 2024
An Open Letter to CHSWC re: WCIS
To the Members of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Comp (CHSWC),California needs objective, verifiable data and credible, expert analysis to...
DWC's Failed WCIS Taints CHSWC Reports
Sep 12, 2024
DWC's Failed WCIS Taints CHSWC Reports
With 49 cents spent on administrative expenses for every dollar spent on actual benefits (over absurdly stretched 7-year claim durations) California workers’ comp is in a fou...
CA DWC Defies Law, Botches WCIS
Aug 7, 2024
CA DWC Defies Law, Botches WCIS
Without reliable data, no government can understand—let alone solve—the problems of any major system. Yet California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has openly defi...