This report compares medical payment information from 2019 through 2021. The annual report analyzes medical payment and utilization trends by provider type, service locations and different service types.
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In this section, you will find current news stories from the WCIRB. To view stories from previous years, choose a year from the pull-down menu at the right of this page.
This report provides premium, exposure and loss information based on unit statistical report data submitted to the WCIRB for policy years 2003 to 2019.
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The WCIRB Governing Committee will meet virtually at 9:30 AM on September 21, 2022. The meeting is open to the public.
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The WCIRB Actuarial Committee will meet virtually at 9:00 AM on September 13, 2022. The meeting is open to the public.
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In his Decision on the September 1, 2021 WCIRB Regulatory Filing, the Commissioner approved the application of payroll limitations for the following seven classifications effective September 1, 2022:
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The WCIRB has published an update to the loss elimination ratios used in computation of classification relativities in the recently approved September 1, 2022 Regulatory Filing. This annual update reflects the most current claim severity and benefit on-leveling factors.
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The State of the System report highlights key metrics of the California workers’ compensation system, including the latest trends on rates, market characteristics and profitability.
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The Insurance Commissioner issued a Decision that indicated the approved advisory pure premium rate of $1.45 should remain unchanged.
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As a WCIRB executive leadership team member, Coleman assists in leading the strategic vision and planning of the organization.
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This report is an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of March 31, 2022.
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The WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee will meet virtually at 9:30 AM on August 9, 2022. The meeting is open to the public.
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The September 1, 2022 versions of the USRP, ERP and Miscellaneous Regulations, along with the advisory California Basic Underwriting Manual, are now available.
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The Estimator is for insurers, agents and brokers to help policyholders understand how payroll and claims experience will affect the computation of their September 1, 2022 and later X-Mod.
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Key findings in the report include: Medical losses paid in 2021 were $4.4 billion, or 53 percent of total loss payments.
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Today, the California Insurance Commissioner issued a Decision regarding the WCIRB’s September 1, 2022 Regulatory Filing. The proposed amendments to sunset the exclusion of COVID-19 claims in the ERP were not approved.
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The WCIRB Actuarial Committee will virtually meet at 9:00 AM on June 28, 2022. The meeting is open to the public.
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The WCIRB presented the actuarial basis for the WCIRB’s average proposed September 1, 2022 advisory pure premium rate of $1.56 per $100 of payroll.
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This report is an update on California statewide insurer experience valued as of December 31, 2021.
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The CDI announced that it will hold a public hearing on June 14, 2022 at 10:00 AM PT to consider the WCIRB’s September 1, 2022 Pure Premium Rate Filing.
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The WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee will virtually meet at 9:30 AM on May 17, 2022.
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The WCIRB has submitted its September 1, 2022 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the CDI proposing advisory pure premium rates that are, on average, 7.6 percent above the average approved September 1, 2021 advisory pure premium rates.
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Today, the WCIRB Governing Committee voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a September 1, 2022 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Insurance Commissioner. The filing will propose advisory pure premium rates that will be on average 7.6 percent above the average approved September 1, 2021 advisory pure premium rates.
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The WCIRB Governing Committee will meet at 9:30 AM on April 20, 2022 via webinar. The meeting is open to the public.
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Actuarial Committee will meet at 9:00 AM on April 14, 2022 via webinar.
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President and CEO Bill Mudge and his colleagues discuss how we at the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) are recharging our relationships with WCIRB customers in a short video.
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The CDI announced that it will hold a public hearing on April 26, 2022 to consider the WCIRB September 1, 2022 Regulatory Filing, which was submitted to the CDI on February 28, 2022.
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Actuarial Committee will meet at 9:00 AM on March 21, 2022 via webinar.
At the meeting, the Committee will review the following:
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The WCIRB has released a new report, Medical Treatments and Costs of COVID-19 Claims and An Early Look at Long COVID in the California Workers’ Compensation System.
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Today, the WCIRB submitted a September 1, 2022 Regulatory Filing to the California Insurance Commissioner.
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The WCIRB Actuarial Committee will meet at 9:00 AM on February 15, 2022 via webinar. The meeting is open to the public.
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The WCIRB Governing Committee will meet at 9:30 AM on February 9, 2022 via webinar. The meeting is open to the public.
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The WCIRB Classification and Rating Committee will meet at 9:30 AM on February 1, 2022 via webinar.
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