01/20/2021
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In 2020 the WCIRB conducted multiple studies to determine which classifications could be eliminated or combined with others under one code Gray said.
He said the bureau examined more than 113 classifications last year and revised more than 40 for 2021.
Among the changes the WCIRB amended the
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12/21/2020
The Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California projects written premium for 2020 will be the lowest since 2012.
The 10.7 billion in written premium through the first nine months of 2020 is down 12 compared to written premium through the first nine months of 2019. The WCIRB
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12/14/2020
rate decision last month.
In addition to ordering the 10th consecutive premium rate decrease since 2015 Lara directed carriers to identify COVID-19 adjustments in rate filings submitted to the department and advised the WCIRB to collect information on aggregate premium charged for COVID-related
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12/11/2020
officials said.
Tony Milano
WCIRB Vice President of Actuarial Services Tony Milano during an Actuarial Committee meeting Tuesday said third quarter experience from July through September showed more signs of a typical pattern due to a relative lull in infections.
The third quarter
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12/09/2020
significant slowdown in medical treatments Julia Zhang managing director of medical analytics for WCIRB said during an Actuarial Committee meeting Tuesday.
Use of medical services rebounded between June and September after a slowdown between late March and May Zhang said.
Use of physician services
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12/07/2020
per 100 of payroll for 2021 the 10th consecutive rate cut since 2015.
The WCIRB had recommended raising the rate to 1.56 which included a 6 cent average surcharge due to COVID-19-related cost projections across six industry sectors.
Lara however opted not to include COVID-19 claim costs in
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12/04/2020
The Actuarial Committee for the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will discuss medical severity trends large-deductible
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12/03/2020
by the WCIRB they are roughly the same between 2018 and 2019 Azevedo said. In other words the average claim expense didnt go down so what we are seeing here is a reduction in the aggregate.
Written premiums for insured employers totaled approximately 16 billion in 2019 according to the
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12/01/2020
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It would have been the first rate increase in five years. But Lara said last week that the current data on COVID-19 claims is still too green and it should be up to insurers to identify COVID-related adjustments while the WCIRB continues its research.
Advocates on both the employer and labor
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11/30/2020
Insurance said in a news release that Lara did not want to include COVID-19 costs in the rate filing because the agency and WCIRB need to collect and review more data about the virus and how it's affected the workers comp system.
The WCIRBs thorough efforts to estimate COVID-19 costs are noted and
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