California Division of Workers' Compensation posts update to proposed Utilization Review regulations By Lonce Lamonte, editor from adjustercom editing and publishing the news from the DWC Newsline - July 30, 2025 On June 6, 2025, following extensive public comment, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) submitted a rulemaking package to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) that proposed significant changes to the utilization review (UR) process. On July 22, 2025, OAL notified DWC of its disapproval of the entire package based on five specific proposed amendments that required further clarity and two that required additional notice; OAL formally issued its Decision of Disapproval on July 28, 2025 (“OAL Decision”). Pursuant to Government Code section 11349.4(a), the OAL Decision allows DWC to resubmit a revised regulation package to correct the identified deficiencies within 120 days of receipt of the OAL Decision. Read More

California property insurance apocalypse-- Some progress, no immediate relief. Premium cost expected to leap 21%.: Times-Herald  July 30, 2025During Orinda homeowner Yasaman Nazmi Lee’s home-insurance saga — one of millions playing out across California as the age of mega-fires drives insurers to pull back from coverage and raise prices — there was bad news, then good news. But even the good news was not great.

UK property insurers paid £1.6 billion in claims during quarter driven by adverse weather: Reinsurance News  July 30, 2025 More than 25 million dollars in workers compensation claims relating to e-scooter and e-bike injuries made in Queensland over five-year period: abc.net.au  July 30, 2025 Union says insurers are bleeding the system dry in backlash to NSW bid to limit workers compensation claims: The Guardian  July 28, 2025

Judge sides with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, upholding authority to protect consumers and stabilize the California FAIR Plan By Lonce Lamonte, editor and publisher from adjustercom, editing the news release from the California Department of Insurance - July 23, 2025 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara released a statement following a judge’s dismissal of Consumer Watchdog’s unfounded cl... Read More

California awards $8.6 million to local prosecutors to enforce workers’ rights By Lonce Lamonte, editor and publisher from adjustercom using the news release from the California Department of Industrial Relations for publication on adjustercom - July 23, 2025 The California Labor Commissioner’s Office (LCO) is awarding $8.55 million in Workers’ Rights Enforcement grants to 16 prosecuto... Read More

California Division of Workers' Compensation posts Ethics Advisory Committee annual report for 2024 By Lonce Lamonte, editor from adjustercom editing and publishing the news from the DWC Newsline - July 21, 2025 The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted the 2024 Ethics Advisory Committee's annual report on its website... Read More

Why do so many injury lawyer billboards dot our landscape? By Jorge Alexandria - May 4, 2025 I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley (really, it’s southern edge), 3 minutes to El Monte and 14 to Monterey Park. Then it was... Read More

Alysha Stockton hits her one year mark at Sedgwick while Lisa Bourbeau just started a few months ago at Align Claims in Construction Defect By Lonce Lamonte - July 21, 2025 Alysha Stockton just recently passed the one-year mark as a senior workers’ compensation examiner at Sedgwick in Rancho Cuca... Read More