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Recent announcements, cases, events, developments and other news regarding workers' compensation insurance premium and related issues. 

WCIRB Governing Committee to Consider Mid-year Rate Filing

The WCIRB's Governing Committee is scheduled to meet on April 4, 2012 to consider the need for a mid-year pure-premium rate filing. Pure premium rates are those considered adequate to cover anticipated worker compensation claims and certain associated claims-handling costs, but ...
Posted Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Next WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee Meeting

The WCIRB's Classification and Rating ("C&R") Committee is next scheduled to meet on March 6, 2012. Meetings take place at the WCIRB's San Francisco office and are open to the public, except for portions held in Executive Session. The C&R Committee consists of seven insurers: State Co...
Posted Monday, January 23, 2012

WCIRB to Scrap “Rulings and Interpretations” and Seek Public Hearing?

For decades, the WCIRB has published “Rulings and Interpretations” as a supplement to the Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan and its pre-1995 predecessor, the Unit Statistical Plan. The “R&I’s” were printed on yellow pages – perhaps an unintended comment about...
Posted Thursday, January 26, 2012

How long do insurers have to sue for workers compensation premium?

For the first time, a California appellate court has determined the time period within which a workers compensation insurer must sue for premium.
Posted Monday, January 30, 2012
 
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