The Governing Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit the proposed January 1, 2020 Pure Premium Advisory rates to the California Insurance Commissioner. The new rates will on …
Workers' Compensation
Experience Rating in California
The WCIRB develops advisory pure premium rates for workers' compensation insurance, and rules and regulations with respect to the California Experience Rating Plan, subject to the approval of the Insurance Commissioner. In conjunction with the …
Workers Comp Class Code Changes After Policy is Issued
A new client, has asked me to review their recent final audit, and reclassification by the Workers' Comp carrier. The policy period is Jan 27, 2013 to 2014, and the client is a small medical device manufacturer. The Workers' Comp policy was …
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Can the Wife of the Owner be Excluded from Workers’ Comp?
The owners of a privately held closed corporation employ their wives in the company. Since the owners can elect to be excluded from Workers' Comp, can the wives be excluded also? If the entity were a sole proprietorship or partnership, the answer …
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The Workers’ Comp Audit
A request for information is received by my client from their Workers' Comp carrier, a few weeks after the expiration date of their policy. Here is a list of the information we will be reviewing: Detailed description of operations Website …