California WCIRB Offers Testimony About System Cost Drivers By Press Release - workerscompensation.com - May 17, 2012 San Francisco, CA  - At a recent California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing, Bill Mudge, the WCIRB’s President and CEO and Dave Bellusci, the WCIRB’s Chief Actuary, testified before the Insurance Commissioner in support of the WCIRB’s July 1, 2012 Pure Premium Rate Filing (Filing). In the Filing, which was submitted to the CDI on April 12, 2012, the WCIRB proposed advisory pure premium rates that average $2.51 per $100 of payroll which is 4.1% higher than the industry average filed pure premium rate as of January 1, 2012 of $2.41. In his opening statement, Mr. Mudge cited the effect of the disparity between the growth in claim costs and the growth in wage level since 2005 as a primary factor leading to increases in the indicated average pure premium rate. Read More

Death Benefits Awarded To Widow Of Worker Who Died From Hydrocodone Overdose: Business Insurance   May 11, 2012 Workers compensation benefits must be awarded for a death caused by an overdose of hydrocodone pain medication prescribed for an on-the-job injury, a Texas appeals court ruled Thursday...

Report: Workers’ Comp Claim Age Biggest Driver of Pharmacy Trends: Claims Journal  May 10, 2012 Questionable Slip and Fall Claims Increase 12 Percent. Small Retailers May Be Prime Targets. : National Insurance Crime Bureau  May 8, 2012 Top Ten Roadblocks To Fighting Fraud: PropertyCasualty360  May 3, 2012

Promising Sign Of Growth Reported In The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Market, Although Not Out Of The Woods By Lonce LaMon - May 15, 2012 The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has released its latest edition of its annual Read More

Workers' Compensation E-Billing Webcasts Will Drive Industrywide Engagement -- May 11th AMA Webinar for Vendors about California's Workers' Compensation eBilling Kicks Off Campaign Webcast Series for Physician Practices Starting May 17th By Press Release - May 11, 2012 CONCORD, Calif., May 10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- A national electronic billing (eBill) engagement campaign is now... Read More

California Department of Transportation Honors 178 Workers Killed On The Job By Press Release - May 10, 2012 Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - At its 22nd Annual Workers Memorial today, California Departm... Read More

It is Still Time to Put A Stake Through the Heart of the Tort of Bad Faith By Barry Zalma, Esq. - March 26, 2012 In 2008, I wrote an article about the so-called tort of bad faith called “It’s Time to Put... Read More

Lisa Moore, Once Not Allowed To Have Pockets In Her Pants, Is Now A Veteran Owner Of A California Workers' Compensation Claims TPA By Lonce LaMon - January 18, 2012 Lisa Moore is a veteran workers' compensation claims handling specialist who today owns Accelerated Clai... Read More